I mentioned that my mom told me that she found a box full of of treasures the other day in one of Gram’s closets..
Boy, did she.
First, there was a little box full of embroidery thread and instructions for different stitches. I remember getting this out sometime when I was a [...]
I don’t normally write about extremely personal things on my blog. But that’s changing slowly. And this post is about someone very near and dear to me and probably to you too.
Gram. Grandma. Granny. Gran.
However you say it, your grandma is a very special person who helps shape who you are — by [...]
I told you all that I taught a class over the weekend. But I’ve been taking a class during the week.
I’ve been taking embroidery at the same place that I taught patchwork last weekend.
I know. I need another crafty hobby like I need a hole in [...]
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 [...]
I can’t ever wait until a project is completely finished OR until I have good pictures of it…I guess I’m super impatient (how I do quilting…don’t ask!)…
I’ve been hoarding this jelly roll of Hello Betty fabric for over a month. I’ve been looking for an easy pattern for a jelly roll [...]

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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