Binding and Soaking in the Sun
The crazy pressure and pace of last week has lightened to a calm, relaxing drift. Spending the week in Georgia with my girlfriends, I’ve been soaking in the gorgeous sun and seventy degree weather....
View ArticleYou're Invited
With just a couple days until showtime, I am sending out invitations to my show and reception. It's fun to pop them into the mail and exceptionally exciting to get picture texts and snapchats upon...
View ArticleFabrika
I had the lovely opportunity while on Spring Break in Georgia last week to take a day trip to Savannah. Described as somewhere that just shouts "Kelsey!" I couldn't wait to see what the day might hold....
View ArticleUp Up and Away
I know you all are dying to see pictures of the show, and I am editing them as we speak, but I wanted to get some pictures up at least, so here are the before pictures. (Big run-on sentence, I know.)...
View ArticleShe Can Laugh At the Days to Come
Transience and permanence. This collection anchors itself in the juxtaposition of beginnings and endings, expressing confidence in the face of uncertainty and joyful contentment in the present. As my...
View ArticleRemnants of Summer
With little pieces of hydrangea fabric from the summer as well as an overprint of hydrangea design, this block brings me back to walking the hot streets of Florence with my sister at my side. Freckles...
View ArticleA Small Interlude
After the huge every-minute-of-every-day push to get the show finished and hung and opened, I've taken a small break, not from life or school, just from sewing. It's been relaxing to enjoy the quilt...
View ArticleMorning
Mornings are just the best, aren't they? Fresh sun. Fresh eyes. Fresh day. Endless possibilities ahead of you and new energy to tackle them all. Yesterday morning was like that. I sat down to decide...
View ArticleGood Friday
Some days are just great. Good Friday was one of them. I woke up to sunshine, rolled out of bed to a quiet and warm campus, and hied to the printing studio for a day away from assignments and dance...
View ArticleGraduating Hecticity
Life has been hectic these last weeks with banquets and grad school visits and final presentations, but to avoid complete lack of presence on my blog, I wanted to give a quick update. In case you're...
View ArticleThe Screen Printing Process
It was an exciting week last week. In between finishing up classes, planning for graduation, doing my best to get wrinkles out of my gown sans iron, and turning in final projects, I drove into the city...
View ArticleBunting on Words
A week ago last Friday was my last day printing in the studio at school. I thought it would be Thursday and shed a tear for the fabrics I hadn't had a chance to print, but a happy accident occurred...
View ArticleLinoleum
Summer is officially here. I slept in until 9:30 this morning and woke up to seventy degrees and sun. After a lazy sit with my sister on the couch, I pulled my laptop towards me to respond to some...
View ArticleVariations on Variations on a Bouquet of Tulips
Neck deep in grow-your-handmade-business books with numbers and notebooks and workbooks spread across the work table in front of me, I decided to adjourn for some sewing. With two quilts left to send...
View ArticleThe Very End
This is it! The very end of my senior show. For those of you who have been following along, it's been a winding and busy road since beginning the senior show process in January and before, and it's all...
View ArticleNew Quilt Blogger Blog Hop
I have the exciting privilege to be part of Plum and June's New Quilt Blogger Hop this summer. Some of the ladies in this hop have pretty, new, and fantastic blogs. I encourage you to check them out!...
View ArticleLabor of Love
Farmer's Wife Quilt today! When Camille Roskelley made hers a couple years ago, I fell in love with it, and I'm totally and completely hooked. I've been working on the quilt little by little for almost...
View ArticleWelcome to Lovely & Enough
Hello! Welcome to Lovely & Enough. I'm Kelsey.You have stumbled across my breath of fresh air. In the midst of physical chemistry tests, dance rehearsals, and studio critiques, this is my happy...
View ArticleBarefoot Thank you
Sometimes I find it important to think back on the week and realize how truly lovely it was.In the warm winds and blossoming sun of summer, I received my very own squeegee in the mail. The postman...
View ArticleLearning and Lulls
Gosh, sometimes things just don't go quite as you planned, y'know? I've been struggling a bit with selecting the perfect palette for my summer collection and on the fabric designing front as well. This...
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