Prism99 -
Thank you so much for your quick, detailed answer. I'm a bit red-faced now that I didn't think of it. I'm a math nerd, an ACCOUNTANT for crying out loud, and that solution never crossed my mind. But as soon as I started reading your post, I knew you were exactly right. I cut a few HYs up when I got home from work, and every strip was perfect!
To everyone else who responded, thank you also. i love that everyone is so willing to share their expertise with people they don't even "know" on this board.
I now have about 80 fabrics cut, so I have about 50 to go. Then we can assemble them into kits and start making the many baby quilts that we are behind on!
Darren