You are explaining it right...the video on missouri quilt shop tutorial is the one you want...you sew your strips together then cut them with a ruler that has a 60 degree line on it...here is both tutorials
http://www.youtube.com/missouriquilt...62/vOWSp0mTTqE
http://www.youtube.com/missouriquilt...45/J5WgTyqB8Pc and this one shows you the same technique but using different kinds of strips...
You will get the same kind of quilt as you are talking about, it all depends how you sew your strip colors into strips