I was "cutting" the strips lengthwise into 36 inch long strips - for the reasons i mentioned above.
I did assume that the original poster was trying to get border strips as wide as possible from the fabric available.
However, cjsews is correct if one chose to cut width of fabric:
372 divided by 40 = 9.3 strips -she would need to cut 10 strips to make it work.
372 divided by 45 = 8.266.... - then she would need to cut 9 strips to make it work.
3.5 x 10 = 35
3.5 x 9 = 31.5
I think the original poster might want to do some graph papering to decide where she wants the seam lines - I like them to be more or less "balanced" - but that may just be a bit of my OCD showing.
Last edited by bearisgray; 08-08-2019 at 03:02 PM.