Basically Badass

It can be a little hard to find much to be merry about these days but we sure are going to try! What could be more merry than a week-long giveaway sponsored by the amazing people at Vector Quilts and Sewing Center!   Vector Quilts and Sewing Center is a BAQS certified...

Ok kids, here it is... I have made minor adjustments over time but this is the mask you see in my photo here and the ones you see me wearing online. Will it fit everybody... no.  But it will fit a lot of women and teen girls and younger boys.  As a rule most guys need...

I admit that I did not watch the Super Bowl, in fact I napped which I considered a much better use of my time but after I got up my feed was FLOODED with both women and men shaming the hell out of the two women who put on the half-time show. Phrases like "hooch-show"...

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 getting real...

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...

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 am incredibly...

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...

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 well. I...

I am asked what it means to be a BadAss Quilter. Often the person asking poses this question as almost a challenge since in their minds there is no way to join up the word “BadAss” with that of “Quilter” but honestly it as natural as anything when your decision is to...

Today I hand over the pulpit to my good friend Megan Dougherty. As BadAss Quilters we are a force for positive change and if there is ever something BAQS has championed it is standing up for those who need us and our steady support. As mothers, fathers, aunts, uncles...

You know that amazing feeling of getting a new cut and hair color? You strut out of the salon like the goddess ( or god) that you are and you walk with your head a bit higher and a lift in your step ready to take on the world. Or maybe this analogy hits closer to...

The giveaway is now closed to entry... winners will be announce on the BAQS FB page at 9pm eastern on January 23rd. PLEASE READ FIRST - you DO NOT HAVE TO JOIN or be a member TO LEAVE A COMMENT. The membership feature is not currently open to new members but that does...