I want to thank everyone for their input. I think that I cut and joined correctly. I am taking all the cut pieces and making a quilt out of them. I think I came up with something that will look pretty good. I saved a couple of diamonds, and parts a&b to play with. I also may try to cut he pieces for one block out of paper and see what happens with the angles. My friend and I were really perplexed with this pattern! I wonder if my download messed something up. Thanks again.