Jinny Beyer's designs are unique to her. She has the edge on designing border fabrics in all sorts of widths. If you look at her fabric carefully you will see that she plans spacing between each stripe so that you can use the full stripes and not have to cut (and waste) some of them because you have to have seam allowances. She designs the content to maximize 'fussy cutting' techniques. However, as you have discovered you don't have to use the fabric her way. You achieve great results by ignoring some of these characteristics. If you are happy with the way you use the fabric design in your quilt you have achieved success. Another designer who has taken fabric design to new heights is Bethany Reynolds and her stack and whack method. Do what you like and love what you do. It is good to want to do the best you can but keep the joy.