"Waste" is a relevant term.........I think the studio and the GO work on the same principal....meaning how you set your fabric on the die determines the amount of "waste". The lilttle bit produced when I use GO is irrelevant to me in so far as the accuracy and speed of the process. But if you are really concerned because of limited amount of fabric, I would work the math out on paper....cutting strips manually vs. die cutter.......and see, maybe you have enough to make it with cutter. Second choice might be a strip cutter template/ruler...like June Taylor, and I know there's another....this way you could cut your strips, then flip the ruler and cut your recs......just a thought......let us know the outcome