I recently made the Steve Good's scarecrow below. (it is not in the catalogue but link is https://www.stevedgood.com/scarecrow2025.pdf
The original pattern has a backer and the coat, hat and pumpkin are overlays.
If you are careful and cut exactly they will match but if you go off the the line a bit the glue up will be off.
So when ever I can, I cut the outline of the overlays at the same time as the backer.
This is how I did it.
1. Import into Inkscape the pdf (pages 6 - 7 for the larger version.)
2. Set snapping on and move the overlays to the appropriate locations.
3. Select the background only, I change the stroke from black to red with a width of 2 px.
4. Stack -(I tape edges) add pattern to 1/8 in and stack with 1/4in. Now cut the red line and separate. ,
5 Cut the 1/8 on black stroke. When you glue up it will match