The technique is to wind fabric strips around cotton clothesline and than zig-zag them together with a decorative thread. The first one I made was the red one, than I made the little coasters and than the purple one which is already full of my handmade soaps. It works great for that and they look so pretty in there. The fun part is that you never know what your fabric will look like when you cut and wrap the clothes line, its all so different. A good way to use up some weird fabrics too. One of the girls did a check which was really fun when done. Needless to say, there is no more cotton clothes line left in town, we have it all and are happily making bowls....
I am putting up a picture of a pretty pie I made, actually it is a meat pie made from leftovers like pork roast, potatoes and carrots. 
I do like to cook when I get time and I can make a pretty mean pie.
My sister, my nephew and myself are making a big batch of Merlot wine. Actually, they are doing the wine making and I'm lining up some bottles. My young neighbor has a girlfriend who has a wonderful job, she is a wine salesperson for a liquor distributor and she has to open countless bottles as tasters for her customers and has a lot of bottles with only a glass out of them. So she brings them up to her boyfriend, my neighbor, and I asked about empty bottles for our Merlot stash. He brought me lots of bottles and three are almost full of wonderful Merlots and Zinfandels and something else. I am testing one on a purely healthwise basis, the heart you know. I may have to trade more soap for wine I think. Keep warm and some day we may see a flower poking its nose through the snow.
