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…These are a few of my favorite flaps.

Posted in Patch Collecting by John E. Pannell on October 19th, 2006 at 6:27 am

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things…

from “The Sound of Music” by Rodgers and Hammerstein

I wanted to take a few minutes to share with folks what I think are a few of my favorite flaps.� � In an effort to cover more of the history of patches, I picked three from different eras: a� classic from the 1960s, one from the early 1970s showing the development of highly colorful patches, and a third that first appeared about 7 years ago.

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