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An interior designer in America has told how she loves to make sofa patchworks from other people's throwaways.

An interior designer in America has told how she loves to make sofa patchworks from other people's throwaways.

In an interview with the Denver Post, designer Michaela Scherrer explained how she could create a patchwork sofa slipcover from old US Postal Service and Federal Reserve Bank sacks.

Michaela is quick to point out the benefits of her work, as well as the timescale involved.

'If something should happen to the cover, it would just become part of the story of the sofa,' she told the paper. 'Stitch on another patch, and the story continues.

'So 20 years from now, when the patch is uncovered, you can go, 'Oh, yeah, remember? That's the day that the little one fell asleep on the sofa with a Sharpie,' ' she added.

Michaela also revealed her fascination with salvaging materials began when she was leaving a LA fabric mart and saw demol ition workers dumping debris outside.

She went on to spend every morning for the next two months salvaging the industrial-size factory windows for her home.

The trend of recycling a various materials appears to have gone full circle as the practise dates back to when the Romans built on the stone ruins of the Egyptians.