I use the strip dies the most, do have some others that I have not tried yet. I starch and iron my fabric prior to cutting. Sometimes when I am trying to get the most cuts that I can from a piece of fabric, I cut it just outside of the cutting line on the die. That way I don't have the folded edge, way less stretching. I love the go. I have the manual one, probably will not get the electric until my arm gets too weak to turn the crank!