Vireya's Blog

 Spent the day helping some friends turn some of their wood reserves into firewood, with the help of a hired log-splitter. Once split, they ...

My supply of sewing machine needles was almost depleted, so I went looking to buy some more. There are not many places nearby that sell them...

How to plant 120 bulbs in under half an hour: This "garden auger" drill bit was one of my birthday presents, along with a box o...

This is why I went to Geelong on Wednesday : To collect the extension table for my "new" machine . The lady I bought the machin...

Today I went to Geelong, and this came back home with me: It is a Janome Memory Craft 6500P. I've never owned a computerised machine...

Good-bye old scratched glasses, hello new shiny ones! The new ones are hard to photograph. They are blue and shiny red, and the colour ap...

Today at Sit and Sew, one of the other quilters showed us a purchase she had made at the Craft and Quilt Show: A finger light! I didn...

The post-hole digger has had a work-out today: Making holes for these posts: Posts are sitting loose in the holes so far - do not pani...

Welcome home to my trusty Elna Lotus! It has been out of action since the 29th of March - nearly 8 weeks. The problem wasn't in the f...

The Australasian Quilt Convention opened today in the Exhibition Building in Carlton. I volunteered for white glove duty, which meant I coul...

This morning this big truck came to visit us: Or more accurately, came to visit our waste treatment plant. The system has a service visit...

The labels I had for sewing onto the little quilts I finished the other day were printed on some very tough fabric. I managed to put a hole ...

Last Christmas one side of the family ran a Kris Kringle instead of gifts for all. Our price limit was $5 to $10, so it wasn't an expens...

A couple of weeks ago amongst the junk mail that arrive in my inbox was a review of a new product called the "Lap App". It is a li...

Meet "Creepy"; an Aldi special this week. Tool or toy? I don't normally name machines, but this little guy seemed to need o...

Digging holes - another use for a tractor: Proving yet again it is a tool, not a toy! Here the tractor is being a wheelbarrow, carrying...

Ever have times when it seems machinery hates you? I've been that way this week. I started quilting my recent mystery quilt, and all w...

Went to the city today to check out the Vic Quilters Showcase at the Craft and Quilt Fair, which is on until Sunday. I volunteered for white...

Not that sort of weight! Yesterday I went hardware shopping and bought a bunch of pipes and pipe bits, and these: These Quick-Grip clam...

A larger-than-expected concrete mixer arrived this morning, with enough mix for the foundations of the fence across the back of the carport:...