Quilt as you go
I am attempting to make my first quilt and since I've never had any quilting classes, I'm totally confused with the instructions in my pattern for making a quilt as you go.
My instructions tell me to cut individual pieces of batting that match my strips of material and also cut 2 exact same strips for the front and back of the quilt. I've tried to watch some YouTube videos on making quilts as you go and they all seem to work on a large backing with one piece of batting instead of individual pieces so I'm a little confused at how to do this.
My instructions are also having me work from the center out because the center is a large square with an applique in the middle.
I'm trying to visualize how this will work and if I'm understanding any of this, I believe I have to first make my square, then lay my first border on the center square, right sides together and the strip of batting that matches my first strip on top of the strip. I will have another strip underneath with right sides together and then sew through all layers.
Is that right?
The pattern keeps adding strips of material around each row. Two of the rows are supposed to have corner squares. Is that any harder then adding full length strips? I don't necessarily have to make corner squares if that's going to make things any more difficult then they probably already are.
And one more question. After attaching my first border, the instructions say "quilt as desired." Does this mean if I want, I can stitch lines in each border? I don't really want to do that or add any extra work for myself since this is my first attempt at quilting.