For the Folks in the Back

For the Folks in the Back

So today I shared an article on the BAQS Fb page. The article was about Mary Englebreit and how she is using her amazing art skills to shine bright light into the dark corners of our world. She is stepping out from behind her “always happy” brand and...
So Many Better Reasons to Hate Me

So Many Better Reasons to Hate Me

Dear Quilters who left in a huff, As the say, here’s your hat, what’s your hurry. Seeing you digitally slam the door and leave the BAQS FB page in a huff is a bit like watching one of my children get enraged and stomp off, it effects me not a bit since I...
The Shameless Gifts of this Obstinate Child

The Shameless Gifts of this Obstinate Child

I was a very distractible, possibly contrary child, if I was not doing something with my hands my mind was often oft flitting about for other things to do rather than listen to what I was supposed to be learning every Sunday that my parents dutifully took me to Sunday...
The Shameless Gifts of this Obstinate Child

Quilts, Orgasm, and The Patriarchy

Being over 50 means a lot of things, one of them being that I don’t always sleep as well as I used to. Previous to messing up my shoulders by cutting 1000’s of yards of fabric and then having my reproductive innards snatched out of my body I slept  really...