after you have sewn the first one finger press open be careful you don't stretch the fabric then add the next one along the edge that has no stitches press open and continue in the same way you will see that in fact you are putting the pieces first one side and then the other - hope this make sense - it should look a bit like a V -difficult to explain without showing you a picture - it does make up into a very nice quilt - did one for my niece