Originally Posted by
OurWorkbench
I played around a bit and possibly the original diagram got numbers 1 and 2 transposed so I changed those.. So the strip pieces would be the even numbers in my edited diagram and the odd number be the solid color. I would think that one would join 2 (the strips) to 3 (solid) to add to 1 (solid color). Maybe this diagram will help.

Excellent diagram.
When i was playing with it a had joined 2 to 3 and attached that to 1.
1.and then attached 4 to 5 and attached that to triangles 1 and 3.
I like your method better.