I get my patches at Wal Mart. In the sporting goods they sell a bag of patches for $1.99. They come out of India I think and are chunks of left over T-shirts but they are all around the right size for patches. Some you have to trim or cut in half, but for the price, they work really good. The other thing that works real good is cotton white socks. You can cut them into strips and then the strips into chunks. Trouble is you only wear socks out so fast...