Basically Badass

Unless you have been living under a rock for the past week you have seen Abby Glassenburg's post on all the money that is NOT filtering down to fabric designers from the large fabric houses.  Add that to Sam Hunter's writing on the We are $ew Worth It movement, stir...

Today I am thrilled to share with you the words of Penny Barnes and how a dream  can bloom and take you places you never thought you would go. It can take some real BadAss courage to go for your dreams and she did it and is doing it with style!  ...

    There is no doubt about it, sewing is the darling of the moment when it comes to hip-hobbies these days. But then again some of us {ahem} have been sewing since way before it became the cool-kid thing to do. What makes it a lot more fun now is that we...

"Art makes you feel" and sometimes it helps us process our feelings as we work through the sadder parts of life. Today I am so honored to share with you Megan's story and her quilt “It’s Not A Fish”.  For those of us who love someone who has experienced a miscarriage...

  We are Quilting Naked!  No, it is not like casual Friday gone to far and too early. It is more about quilts that stripped us back to our essentials. Quilts that changed us as quilters and as people. Today I am thrilled to invite Jacquie Gering to share her...

Happy day.. happy dancing.. today I get to share with you yet another person I met because of quilting.. Mandy of Yellow House Quilts is one rocking BadAss quilter and  she has even dived into making some fantastic clothing and is going to give us a sneak peak into...

  Art has a way of setting you free. Quilting if viewed past its utilitarian origins is an art and has just as much chance to move, excite and inspire as any other art form. It can do this for the viewer as well as for the creator. Epic wings ( made  almost 2...

    "I am SO nervous" "I have never done anything like this before" "I feel so exposed!"     Don't be scared, it is only a quilt show, or in this case an exhibit when is comes the BadAss Quilter Exhibit  during AQS Quilt Week in Chattanooga TN. The...

    Nearly two years ago I would have looked at you sideways if you have told me that today I would have an organization with  6000+ members who support the right to express themselves in an authentic way in both their life and their art and they were not...

Ever have those times when so much happens that the crazy in your life shoots off the charts... in fact it makes its own chart and you  vacillate between sitting and watching the crazy like a fireworks display and chasing it in the crazy way little kids chase...

  I am SO FREAKIN EXCITED ABOUT THIS!.   Yes it is true, BAQS has teamed up with the amazing people from Swatch Buddies to bring you their product with a dash of BadAss appeal! I have been a fan of Swatch Buddies since I met them last year and when the...

Rise and Shine cats and kittens... a new week has dawned. I laid in bed this morning in that sleepy drifty way that is the delicious bit of having a day off ( yes Monday is my "day-off" -let's laugh at that concept later).. my mind trolling through my day in the...

Yes, it is true I have been totally holding out on you... and I have to do it for a little longer (weeping)  but if I were to say that BadAss Quilter's Society has teamed up with an AMAZING and versatile product  and the BAQS version of said product is  was being...