I have this machine. I bought it because I had a hard time using a rotary cutter and thought this would be easier. The problem is it wastes fabric. If you are going to cut the fabric down to as close to the size of the die as possible you may have slippage. What I mean is the die may shift during the cutting and then you won't have a complete shape. That is why they recommend using larger pieces of fabric. I think the concept is great and if you don't mind a little wasted fabric then go for it. It can cut multiple pieces at once which is nice. As for me mine has been sitting on a shelf for a long time.