25 or 50 yards — how to pick?

Count the projects: a typical jelly roll rug or strip throw consumes 15–25 yards, so the 25 covers one project with margin; anyone planning a second buys the 50 and banks the per-yard savings.

Why factory-cut strips beat self-cut?

Consistency — dozens of hand-cut 2.5" strips drift in width and off-grain, and the drift shows in coiled rug rows; factory strips are identical, which is what the technique's geometry needs.