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Janet Mattocks, Aiken South Carolina artisan, creates the new from the very old.

In the attic workroom of her 1920"s home she sits at her grandmother"s 40 year old New Home sewing machine, amidst a clutter of varied patterned fabric, spools of thread, needles, scissors, and assorted sewing tools. This is the home office in which she designs and creates one-of-a-kind baby, children and doll clothing.

No mass production here, she explained. "I used to advertise on eBay," she said, "but I really don"t want to have to do 25 of anything. I get bored. I don"t know if I could do two of the exact same thing anyway. I make it up."

Mattocks does have more modern equipment than grandma"s old machine. Her husband Herb, whom she describes as her major supporter, gave her a new sewing machine last year. "I use it sometimes," she says, "but my grandmother was my inspiration. Her sewing machine is sentimental for me. If her machine stops working I think I"m still going to keep it sitting right there."

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