A while back I made a “hardcore” quilt top out of a bunch of band t-shirts I had lying around. It was sort of practice for piecing since it was one of the first things I pieced.
Anywho, I only used half of the 50 blocks I’d created for it and shoved the [...]
A while back I was going to participate in a charm pack swap on craftster, but didn’t realize that I had to complete a swap before I can do two at a time … and I really wanted to rock the metal swap (which I blogged about earlier in the summer).
Anywho, I [...]
I reserved this afternoon for some crafting. I had a few mugs to make and I had a couple ideas for some bags.
Here’s the first thing I came up with. I totally forgot the closure, but I’ll figure that out later. I will be making 3 more of these. I’ve got 2 done and [...]
Not really, but I always feel special when something I do ends up on somebody else’s blog.
A while back I blogged about a block I sent in to the Jolly Jabber Block Lottery. I sent it in a while back. Today I was catching up on all my [...]
I did this a few weeks back but never officially blogged about it or posted it anywhere because I never got out my good camera and took photos of it.
Well, I did. I didn’t take *good* photos of it, but it’s a step up from the cell phone pix that I had!
I have [...]
My friend Adria gave me the quilting bug (not to be confused with the Swine Flu — dear god I’m sick of hearing about that!)… so I’ve been buying fabrics and learning a little bit about piecework. First off: Piecework involves MATH. Not good for me. So far I’ve completed [...]

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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