crocheted plastic bags(totes, mats), string from feed bags(doilies), old denim scraps(grocery bag dispensers from legs, and cool purses), t-shirt fronts(memory quilts), juice cans (like hi-C, to make small hassocks), the old doubleknits (in braided-woven rugs), it's nice to make useful things for home from virtually trash. I like to make something from nothing.