by Maddie Kertay | Jan 31, 2020 | Basically BadAss
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...
by Maddie Kertay | Jan 28, 2020 | Basically BadAss
Some lessons are learned the hard way. When I dismantled my wall hung thread rack when I moved I was shocked to see the outward sides of the threads were fainter in color than the thread on the backs of the spools. Obvious UV damage had occurred! This was distressing...
by Maddie Kertay | Jun 28, 2019 | Basically BadAss
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...
by Maddie Kertay | Jan 30, 2019 | Basically BadAss
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...
by Maddie Kertay | Dec 12, 2018 | Basically BadAss
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...