She does show over cutting on a lot of the templates. She usually will show the templates cut out of a strip, and because you will be cutting anywhere from 4 to 6 to 8 at a time, she doesn't try to skimp on material. On each template is the actual shape of what you will be covering. After the first one, I tended to be a bit more careful of what I cut and saved a bit of fabric although not that much. I never thought I could cut 12 pieces of fabric at one time, but found I could do it when cutting the templates, especially with the 60mm cutter. I don't think I could trust myself to have enough thread if I only cut 3/8" over. The fun thing about quilter's is that there are always multiple ways to do anything and we will try all of them.