It means don't sew your strips from the same edge everytime! When I do a strip quilt, I mark the Left end of the strip A and the right end of the strip B . When you join your first 2 strips together, you will sew the seam from A to B. The next strip should be sewn from B to A. Keep alternating the direction that you are sewing or your quilt will be wider at the bottom an it is at the top when you are done sewing all the strips together. Does that make it clear as mud?? :p

Absolutely

It means that when you sew one set of strips sewing from the side starting on the right end, sew the next set starting on the left end.

Very critical to sew one strip top to bottom, then the next bottom to top. If you don't it will start twisting and you can never recover from that.

Yes, you'll have no problems doing it.

Often times the patterns just tell you how to make the quilt top and don't go on further re the actual making of the quilt. So, yes, you will need a batting.

Good for you, for starting to sew and wantingto make a quilt for your DDs birthday! She'll be pleased.

Please post a photo of your quilt when it's finished! Welcome to the QB!

What it means is ...
Stitch strip # and strip #2 together.
When you go to add on strip #3, start at the end where you ended when stitching strip #1+2 together.
Then start at the end where strip #3 ended stitching, add on #4 and stitch back to the other end.

By doing this, the group of strips all stitched together should be relatively straight.'
If you stitch them all starting from the same end, you'll noticed that they will have a bend in them.

YES YOU CAN!!!! It looks like you picked an easy one. Sew slowly when you do your stripes. I starch mine really well so they lay down nice & behave for me unlike, my wild curly hair!! Wonder if I should starch my hair?? good luck & most of all have fun!!

I have quilted a large king on my Pfaff 7570 which has about a 7 in harp. Getting the hang of quilting (if you are going to do freehand) is going to be the hardest. If you are going to do straight stitch would be easier.... Batting is optional, but the thinner would be better for bulk under your harp....

This is wonderful for me to wake up and start another quilting day. My granddaughter went with me the last visit to my LQS, and they had this pattern posted and a quilt done by it; of course she had a fit over it. I bought the pattern but haven't started it yet. ALL of the suggestions offered here this morning hit me right where they needed to--I have made other quilts with the straight line seams which turned out wonky (thanks to all the wrong way sewing--what did I know); these points will be remembered when I do hers--plus I'll be using my stash for the strips instead of Jelly Rolls.....that was news to me, making me pass on several Jelly Roll patterns in the past. I was even kinda dreading this, and I am an accomplished piecer and long arm quilter.

Thanks, ladies and a good day to all of you.....