I don't really love pp, but it has its place. I would not have pp the quilt in picture ...that pattern is simple enough to rotary cut and piece, and I could see how you feel you wasted a lot of fabric........can't beat its precision for, small, intricate, pointy piecing though....which I think it was originally intended for. I am now working on a project that I am pp, and since I haven't done in over a year, had to go slow and rethink piecing and placing, but this is the only this can be done...try again.....do one block of say, mariners compass...then you will appreciate it...