I make dolls and use vintage linens for the clothes. Used to do a lot of it and had a good clientel, but moving and life changes slowed it down. I still like to recycle; lately I've made make-do pin cushions out of cups, sugar bowls, lamp parts. They are stuffed with raw wool, which I think makes the best stuffing ever. A local lamb raiser gives me the raw wool. Boy, is it a mess! Cleaning it enough to use for stuffing is a messy, outdoor job. Also like to fabricate paperweights out of vintage door knobs and various things. My "stash" is old scrap iron, wood, architectural baubles, feedsacks, and linens.
I also made miniatures for my dollhouse vignette roomboxes--all made of salvaged stuff, of course.
This is my Make-Do Motto: Use it up; make it do; wear it out; do without. Drives my husband crazy! When I bring a load home from an old farm auction he is in a bad mood until I get it all sorted and out of sight. He can hardly stand all that dirty, ugly junk. But wait! What is this cool thing! A magnetic tool for retrieving lost screws in an auto engine? A useful plumbing fitting?