Three things.
Originally I had two things, but I got an e-mail this morning about something fun and I had to share.
ONE: I finished this little sampler that I’ve been working on. I think I figured out how to do most of the stitches I wanted to figure out. So I’m moving on from this [...]
The patchwork class I taught Saturday and Sunday was a success. I even learned something. Two of the ladies in the class were hardcore quilters, but needed help figuring out how to pick fabrics and wanted a fresh look at things, which is why they took my class. I kept getting guff for not pressing [...]
A while back I mentioned that I won a giveaway from Kukoshop in Japan.
I got this awesome package in the mail before the new year. So many cool things inside!
Everything was in this adorable plastic bag with some interesting English translation [...]
I love giveways, especially ones that involve fabulous fabric.
Quokka Quilts is hosting a blogger’s choice giveaway for 12 print fat quarters and 3 solids (holy cow!) of your choice from Fat Quarter Shop.
Since I mostly make bags, I picked a bunch of patterns conducive to bag-making. I also mocked up a couple of [...]
A while back I talked a bit ’bout making new wallets. The first one was cute, but not what I wanted.
Well, I sketched and sketched and put together another few before I finally got these down. And I had two days this week between jobs (I’m unemployed for 2 whole [...]
27 is still close enough to 25 to be considered mid-twenties, right?
What will this year bring? Who knows. I already have ONE big change in store, but I’m not sharing just yet (oh the suspense is killing all of my 5 readers). Cat will be out of the bag by the end of the [...]
I thought I would share with you the tutorial I used for my clutch wallets. I made a few modifications (obviously), but this is the tutorial I used to make my first wallet (pictured below). It’s from Purl Soho.
Get creative and make as many [...]
It’s been a VERY long time since I’ve done a giveaway. (In case you’re curious, I did one at the beginning of June of 2009, another in the middle of June 2009, one at the
There just aren’t enough fabrics with birdies on them, so I decided to try my hand at Spoonflower and see if I could turn my little birdies into some cute fabric.
Check it out. Birdies!
I did a few versions of my birdies. Kind of excited to see them [...]
Yay! I finally finished it.
A while back my grandpa had given me a bunch of quilt blocks that my granny (my great grandma) had made some time ago before she died in 2002. She was kind of the queen of WIP, so I’m still collecting some random crafty things she’d started and going through [...]

Hi there. I'm Calee. Not Caylee. Also known as chimes or the chimes. I'm 27, a designer, a runner, a self-proclaimed fitness queen, a craftster, a foodie, a music snob — some might call me a hipster. Here's the unabridged version.
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