I have 2 different sizes of the twister tool and I have had them for a l-o-n-g time. Still haven't figured out how to use them. I also was told there is a lot of fabric waste to this. I have seen some adorable wall hangings made out of these tools but it still confuses me (which doesn't take much to confuse me)!! I agree with everyone else that you need to call the LQS and make them aware that you are quite short of fabric. This happened to me when I bought a BOM and I went back to my LQS and they were very understandable and accomodating in giving me extra fabric. Good luck to you and please share a picture of your project as it looks so cute.