and used clothing. my thing is re-use, renew, recycle and up-cycle. i take gently used clothing that has a stain or a tear and use the good parts for making purses and tote bags. no two are ever alike. i do have a couple of patterns i created, but they are always made with different cloth and usually have slight changes to make them unique. and mostly i don’t even use patterns, but just make it up as i go along. i do all this on my grandmother’s old singer because i like using it and have never used a modern machine. i keep my work simple – don’t even 