This may - or may not - be a proper response to your question .
When I do hand- piecing, I make two templates for each shape. One is to cut around, and the smaller shape is to draw the stitching lines around.
As far as using a die cutter to get " exact" matches, I think it might be hard to get the pieces lined up precisely the same. But I do not have one, so really do not know if that is so or not.
Last edited by bearisgray; 06-28-2019 at 11:28 PM.