by Maddie Kertay | Aug 8, 2017 | Basically BadAss
Do you love great food? I mean really wonderful, worth making, everyone loves it great food? I do … Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not one of those who loves to spend my life in a kitchen – HA – no far from it. I want simple, quick, and...
by Maddie Kertay | Aug 7, 2017 | Basically BadAss
All quilts need labels! Some need serious labels and some need labels that let the quilt recipient not take things quite so seriously! If you need some of these not so serious labels just pop over to the BAQS shop and drop them in your cart. If you need to know how...
by Maddie Kertay | Aug 4, 2017 | Basically BadAss
Quilts are good for a whole lot of things, wrapping up babies, and throwing over sofas not to mention a multitude of hot and steamy things under the quilt with your favorite person, even if that favorite person is yourself! Here at BAQS we maintain that open...
by Maddie Kertay | Aug 3, 2017 | Basically BadAss
Since posting my article about how not to get caught up in the dirty little world of copyright stealing in the quilt world I have been contacted by a lot of people who are worried that what they have done might be stealing. So to add a small bit of clarity –...
by Maddie Kertay | Aug 3, 2017 | Basically BadAss
My BadAss In The Kitchen posts will be all about serving your family a healthy, relatively low cost meal in as little time as possible. Who needs to be slaving in the kitchen all day? Those quilts aren’t gonna make themselves! First we have to cover some basics...
by Maddie Kertay | Jul 31, 2017 | Basically BadAss
Pattern and tutorial writing is tedious and hard work. By the time I am done with all the steps it takes it is freaking likely that I will not want to see that project again for a good long time, but it does not mean I am not totally vested in my ownership of the...
by Maddie Kertay | Jul 27, 2017 | Basically BadAss
Panels can get a serious bum-wrap in the quilting world.. but they can be a busy quilters best friend!! Nothing makes a quicker quilt than a panel and it does not have to be boring! While you can always just add a few borders and call it good, think bigger and more...
by Maddie Kertay | Jul 26, 2017 | Basically BadAss
Yep, sex and quilts are pretty much like peanut butter and jelly, if sandwiches could make you gasp, writhe around, shout in ecstasy and then sleep like a baby. This topic never fails to get certain peoples panties in an excessive twist but let’s be real here,...
by Maddie Kertay | Jul 21, 2017 | Basically BadAss
Casting Off By P.I. Paris, 2016 Fiction. 320 pp. Black & White Publishing. … a page-turner filled with love and humour. Based off P. I Paris’s play by the same name, Casting Off is about the shenanigans in a Highlands retirement home on the verge of a large rent...
by Maddie Kertay | Jul 19, 2017 | Basically BadAss
Have you had a chance to catch the new craze in quilt shops across the U.S. yet?…. if not pull your chair close and come check out Pop-Ups from the Fat Quarter Gypsy! These springy containers are fun to make and fun to use around the house! Perfect from...