Actually the pattern is so easy that it was not stressful for either of us. Right now she has a scrappy log cabin in the works. I would suggest investing in a 1/4 foot it made things so much easier on this latest project, on the first one I marked 1/4 with tape on my machine and had her line up the fabric with it. I also showed her how to pin the beginning and the end of the strips so that they stayed together easier.