Hi there! My name is Melanie and I’m so glad you are here. I took a beginning sewing class at Joann Fabrics back in 2007 and bought a sewing machine when I had a little extra time on my hands while I was finishing college and my husband had just joined the U.S. Army. I started sewing crafty stuff, just simple things and then in 2010 I made my first quilt and have been obsessed ever since. Around the same time I learned to crochet while my husband was deployed since it was a craft I could travel with. I started the YouTube Channel in December of 2011 and the best thing is that I can work from home and keep my family my #1. We now live in SoCal where my husband is now working in the film industry sharing the solidiers story roberthamfilms.com.
Not only do I love DIY, Sewing, Quilting, Crochet and basically all the crafty things – I am very interested in fitness and nutrition, cold brew coffee, gadgets and tech, parenting my 2 beautiful kids, reading faith based books as well as business development, personal development and home decorating and organization. I’m not a great cook but I’d love to invite you over for dinner and feed you something mediocre but hopefully can make up for it in a relaxing environment, cute kids, funny husband and my whiskey collection ;).
Some businessy stats:
– Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History
– I have 428,000 YouTube subscribers and upload crochet, sewing, diy videos each week with over 34 million lifetime views.
– Worked with many creative brands like Fiskars, Clover, Quiltfolk, Macy’s, Hallmark, Simplicity, and FabFitFun just to name a few.
-Present on Instagram and Instagram Stories, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, and my newsletter CaliStitching which goes out to 25k subscribers twice a month.
Check out the What I Use and Love page to see all the sewing, computer and online tools I use to run my business.
Want to connect? Send me an email! melanie @ melaniekham {dot} com
