Basically Badass

Yep, back at it again and once again I am totally winging this shit!  Lucky once again it came out amazing and worthy of passing on to you fine BadAss people. The actual night of this meal I was honestly despondent at the idea of cooking yet another dinner. I did the...

~Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed quilters, crafters and knitters can change the world.~ {With my apologies to Margaret Mead for skating on her famous quote}  The time has come to become the change we need to see and at BadAss Quilters Society...

The cat is out of the bag and the magazine is even on the stands in most locations* so we can feel totally cool about talking above a whisper and making vague references to our amazing feature and quilt pattern in Quilt Sampler Magazine. The truth is that it was...

I am not going to Quilt Market this Spring* ( but do catch me in the Fall where I will be speaking at Quilt Market - Houston!)  but I wanted to do a small series on the people that I think you must meet. While I think many shops are feeling a real pinch and wondering...

Row by Row Experience season is just around the corner for nearly 3,000 quilt shops across the United States as well as Canada and now Europe.  Rows are being finished and the time has come to  take those photos that can either make or break people coming to those...

Back in November I wrote about ways you can support you favorite local quilt shop. Of course I mentioned shopping there but I also included a nice list of things you can do that make a difference that don't cost a dime. How to be a BFF to your LQS  is  totally worth...

So maybe you saw my Happy-Mail video the other day when I opened a package in my car and was just tickled pink to have gotten a copy of Tracey Russell's newest book Free Motion Quilting 101.. I promised a more in-depth review and here it is! Tracey's book is a well...

In what it seems is now a three part series I am diving in again to talk further about the quilt shop world that few talk about in the open.  In Part One I talked about diving in and in Part Two I spoke about how you can make a difference to your local quilt shop In...

2016 is off to an amazing start and we are SO VERY EXCITED to be partnering with the amazing guys at Famore Cutlery to bring you the Rocky Horror {Quilt} Challenge!! There are only 150 challenge slots and entry opens today ( January 4th) and will sell out fast! (yes,...

Oh my, that might be the most "click-baitest" post title I have ever written but it is true.  While there is tons of ways to improve your skill set on the techniques there is really only one way to become the best quilter you can be - Stop Quilting Yes, I said it,...

Many months ago I wrote a post that had some people up in arms and others nodding their heads in agreement.  I wrote that I hoped that people would have sex on the quilts I give them and not fold them up like precious objects never to be touched or used. Many quilts...