Reminds me of a tumbler block (one up and one down) with the black sashing added and then squared it off at a certain size and then put all the blocks together. Maybe I need more coffee this morning??

It reminds me of the magic tile blocks. I still have the template pattern (brown paper) and directions (take the top piece from the first cut and place it at the bottom of the pile....) somewhere. I made one for someone and for the life of me, cannot remember who.

I think you can do it either way. I would probably do it your husband's way because I prefer to have straight (perpendicular) grain lines on the outside edges of blocks/units when possible.

If you plan to use the same color combinations more than once - or only once, as far as that goes - strip piecing could be done and cut at an angle like you mentioned.

I would also 'stack and whack' a bunch of squares, mix them up, then add the black sashing strip when joining them back together. Zero waste.

There is no need to have all the squares cut at the same angle. I would lay eight squares of fabric in a pile, cut through all of them at an angle and then sew them back together with the slim black sashing, using two different prints for re-creating each square. Then take another stack of eight squares and cut at a different angle and repeat. This would give more interest to the whole quilt.

here is a link to the pattern - it's on the top right http://www.kathleenbissett.com/PatternsMain.html

Similar, but not the same.

This one is a 9-P style, whereas the one Watson asked about is a 2-P joined as 4-Ps.
KrisB's link looks like the pattern, but without the black strips.

This is how I make templates.

https://www.quiltingboard.com/tutori...t-t289344.html

Thanks, Everyone...I bought a Mystery Box of Batik FQ's and I've been trying to figure out what to do with them. This might be just the thing.

Watson