Lorchen~ Excellent points about various weaves; I will have to play with that. I do not starch my fabric and would rather not start... I hate that sticky feeling LOL! (Stickiness was why I left papercrafting to start playing with fabric LOL! Silly, I know. ) The cardboard... I wasn't clear, sorry. I was thinking of trying a layer over the top of the mat, so the blades would not come into contact with it. As far as counting shapes and cut-outs, I am sure there is some time savings to be realized, but again for the price, I'm sorta not thrilled with the "clean-up" stage of the process. But you have given me lots to think about; thank you!

Pat, yeah I'm with you on the angle thing! I was working with that too, for the same reason... Alex and Ricky said so LOL! I am glad you haven't had any complaints with your Go. I'm wondering if I will have to re-think my position on the starching thing if I want to use mine...

Thanks bunches for the feedback!

I haven't had any problems with my Go! In fact, I brought it to church one day when the ladies wanted to put together a Rail Fence quilt. Everyone wanted to try the Go! and no one had any trouble. I had them starch and press the fabric, put 4 layers of fabric straight on the strip cutter, and I had them feed the mat in the Go! at a slight angle (not sure if angle is necessary, but watching Alex and Ricky opperate the Go!, that's what they do also). Hope this helps.
Pat--"Keep Calm and Carry On"

April, I haven't got this gadget, but my questions would be: Does it cut differently if the fabrics are starched? Would the density of the weave (thinking batiks here) make a difference? Could adding a layer of cardboard blunt the cutting edges? How many shapes can you get using the 'Go', and how many cutting the same shape by hand, starting with piece of fabric the same size?

Hi there~

I would love some feedback from anyone who's used this gadget. My experience is not an unequivocal success so far, so I'm putting feelers out to see if I can do anything to improve it. Here is my review:

http://aprilsatelier.wordpress.com/?p=1497&preview=true

Apologies for relocating you all to a link, but I'm too short on time (and lazy) to re-type it all here LOL!

I appreciate any thoughts you can share...