How do I cut pieces from a picture?

I have a clip where I need footage of the floor. Part of the carpet has spots on it. I want to copy nice sections of the carpet, then mask out the bad section and have the good pieces pieced together below the mask.
It should be possible and easy, but I cannot figure out how to cut out good pieces of the carpet.

Thanks Mark - I am strictly an amateur and I am a big fan of yours.
I may be misunderstanding - but I tried what you said before asking the question. When I would move the good piece of carpet mask, the mask would change to wherever it was on the video.
After asking the question last night, I imported a still of the video, cropped it down to a good portion of the carpet and moved it to the proper place.
Maybe your way is quicker and better and I am misunderstanding.
BTW I got the idea from a on of your MacBreak studios where the editor made "Grass World" for the Don Cheadle movie.
Thanks!

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