Originally Posted by
Onebyone
Fabric waste? I never have more then 1/4" waste around the die shape. Never cut to fit the die, only the die shape.
Another tip: the die shape has to be covered with the mat, not the whole die if you are only cutting part of the die shapes. No use putting wear on a mat when it's not cutting anything.
Onebyone, it isn't the 1/4"' around the die shape. It's harder to explain -- like when the shape is combined in multiples, then you need a bigger strip; you might have the right sized strip to rotary cut many more of that shape, but that width strip gets tossed into the scrap drawer, and another, larger piece has to be cut to accommodate the die. I go through much more fabric with the cutter than I would if I were rotary cutting. But that's not a complaint, just an observation.