qwkslver

I use mine often, in fact wore out a Go Baby and got a Go. I have dies I got with the Go Baby, no problems with those. If you get one though, don't force it. They say you can cut 6 layers and I say not so much. You end up forcing it and that wears out the hand crank really fast. Sometimes I cut 2 or 3 and that is fine. It's a personal choice, if you think you would use it. The dies aren't cheap, I will say that.

Onebyone

I rarely cut over 4 layers. 4 seems the magic number for me for each piece to be perfectly cut. Very intricate cuts I use 2 layers.

Sewnoma

I have mixed feelings about it.

For cutting straight-sided shapes like squares and triangles and hexagons I have decided it's not worth it due to the waste it creates. Plus using a ruler is so much more flexible, I can cut any size I want, not just the sizes I can buy. And with my June Tailor strip cut rulers and 60mm rotary blade, I am not actually convinced the die cutter is any faster than what I can do by hand - I can cut a lot more layers at a time by hand, and I've gotten enough practice that I rarely make bad cuts anymore. I have gotten a die that was bad and not realized it until I'd cut up a bunch of fabric; now I have hundreds of "squares" that measure roughly 3-1/2 by 3-1/4. (urg) So if you DO get one, I recommend cutting a piece of paper with the die first and measuring, just to make sure it's not bad. (I have 6 dies that cut straight-sided pieces, only one is bad, but it only takes one bad die to ruin a bunch of fabric!)

On the other hand, I will NEVER make a rag quilt again without using a die!! My hands can't handle all that snipping. And for cutting curved pieces like Drunkard's Path I think it's totally worth it, even if I'm a little bit limited on size options. If I ever decide to take on doing a double wedding ring quilt, I will probably buy the dies for it.

I didn't buy a Go, I bought a Fiskars Fuse which is much less expensive. It took a little playing around to find the perfect combination of shims for the Go dies, but now that I have it all figured out it's great.

If you know someone who has a cutter, see if you can borrow it! I was on the fence for awhile and someone on this forum very generously invited me over and allowed me to use her Studio cutter so I could get a better idea of how it'd work, and that tipped me over the edge into buying a die cutting system. (Plus we had a really nice visit - we need to do that again!)

I don't regret buying it, but I don't use it quite as much as I thought I would, either. I would probably replace the cutter if it got lost or stolen somehow, but I wouldn't bother to replace the straight-sided dies I've bought; I'd only replace the raggy & curved shape dies.

ManiacQuilter2

My friend purchased an Accuquilt and she kindly demo it at our senior center quilting group. I don't think it is something I would use often. I make my HSTs from squares (avoid the bias edges), Flying Geese using squares (EB method). I enjoy cutting up pieces from strip quilting (such as 9 patches). There is a bit of waste when she used the 9 square cut. But it was enjoyable to see it demo live.

BonnieI

Massdrop has a Cameo bundle on sale right now. Has anyone used that one?

Geri B

....the die cutters are tools some of us choose to use....just like machine piecing, quilting, rotary vs. scissors, etc., and each has its place in our little world. Me, I want it to be the most relaxing, enjoyable for ME....but, I do do the hand things too, just because........

Onebyone

I don't understand anyone having so much waste using the dies. I don't have but 1/8"waste around the die shape and sometimes 1/4" if the fabric is a scrap piece. I waste more then that with miss cuts and squaring up the fabric for rotary cutting.