susiequilt

The first one says it's 91 x 81. I'll assume that 81 is the width.
Buy enough fabric to cut your strips in one piece.
Get 2 1/2 yards of EACH color fabric and cut your strips not salvage to salvage but cut them cut side to cut side (the length of the fabric). Sew them together and the top is done. Fine for a beginner. Just remember to sew one row right to left and the next left to right and you will avoid a bow.
you'll have some fabric left for your stash or could use some to make matching pillows.

Lisa_wanna_b_quilter

Quilt #1 appears to be the easiest to me. As the others have said, you just need to pick you colors and cut the strips to the width of the bed. You will have to change the measurements given in the pattern but that shouldn't be so hard.

If you have trouble with it, try this. Keep taping freezer paper together until it is the size you want the quilt to be. Draw lines on it to represent the different colors you want to use. You can then use this pattern you have just drawn to measure how big each strip needs to be. Be sure to add for the seam allowance.

ohmisslizzie

A queen

Moonpi

Miss Lizzie, you have very high ambitions! Queens take a lot of squaring, and a lot of space to work in. Have you tried smaller items to get the hang of quilting?

mrs theo

I like the middle one the best. I think it looks like it has more character. Of course, you can use any colors you prefer. When I was looking at it, I was picturing greens, purples, yellow/golds :)

Mamagus

When I looked at the striped quilt that you initially liked I could see your concern. It does look like two twins sewed together.

How about you do 4 panels. HAve the first one on top go horizontal and the second top panel go vertical.
Then on the bottom reverse it. Left panel is vertical and the second is horizontal. ( see my pitiful diagram at the bottom of this post)

Make your panels 42 X42 and when they are sewn together they make a quilt 84X84 (approx). A good size and you do an modern stripe quilt without the problem you see in the first one.

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ohmisslizzie

Even though I will be piecing different fabrics together to make each strip - meaning a it woudnt be one stripe of the same color going the width of the quilt, I planned to have different fabrics to make each row and peice them together so it wouldnt be just all stripes the same size - like in the picture, I like the different widths and I will need to make the pattern a little larger its for a queen and the size she has done is for a full it wouldnt have any overhang- so I will add a few extra strips.

So how do I do it to look the same with the variated sizes and widths and stripes be of different fabrics, all in one piece, how would you reccomend I do this the cheapest way- with cutting the fabric length wise I will have to buy so much more fabric- how many different fabrics do you suggest? Anyone want to make a pattern and I will buy it, lol! Thank you all so much for the suggestions please keep them coming, I am going to have a beautiful quilt for my soo special sister done by Christmas thanks you all you wonderful quilters, keep the thoughts coming please!!!

ohmisslizzie

okay with the bow- not sure what that means- so I would sew one strip starting from the left and then when I attach the next I will sew row of stripes I will sew them starting from the right- you are reffering to sewing the strips together not the stripes in an idividual row?

ohmisslizzie

Lol, nope I am going in head first, lol. Ive done alot of rag quilting but this is so different, so no one seems to like the raw edged one- the lady that sells this says it is very simple...I dunno

Elisabrat

The first one by far and raw edges can unravel if its washed enough times even if you stitch around it so my vote if your putting the time go for the finished look its stronger in the end and looks prettier.