I love mine to get a lot of use, and they usually do. Mainly they're given to kids so my hope is that they'll be worn to a frazzle. My 22 year old DGD has had me replace patches in her Grandmother's Flower Garden so many times that I doubt there are any original ones left. And she's had it since she was eight. She's had several more as she's grown up, but that is her favorite. 8-)