by Maddie Kertay | Jun 22, 2017 | Basically BadAss
Sometimes a collection comes along that is SO lush, so happy and so dang usable that you just know that it has to be yours! Zola is the newest collection out from the fine folks at Ink and Arrow fabrics. In fact this is from their brand spakin’ new...
by Maddie Kertay | Jun 21, 2017 | Basically BadAss, Uncategorized
One of the first things I ever sewed with were vintage sheets and I have never lost my love for the colors, the soft but crisp hand and the memories that are stirred up. What makes me extra excited is that my friend Kelly Cole at Vintage Fabric Studio also has a...
by Maddie Kertay | Jun 17, 2017 | Basically BadAss
Some of you might have seen it back when it happened and others will just be reading about it now. But when the BBC picks up on a story about quilters in American acting badly you know that things have gotten very out of hand. For those totally out of the loop I am...
by Maddie Kertay | Jun 14, 2017 | Basically BadAss
While I will always have Flatter by Soak in my sewing room I am finding that I use it more and more up in my closet! At this point I have given up and have double bottles! Summer is here and with that summer clothing that looks it’s best when it get special...
by Maddie Kertay | Jun 12, 2017 | Basically BadAss
* Please note that this post is a redrafted version of a post released earlier this week, with changes made to reflect how awesome people can be when they work for a common good. Sometimes the stars align and two amazing and sex-postive quilt designers are working on...
by Maddie Kertay | Jun 10, 2017 | Basically BadAss
On some subjects we have different opinions here at BAQS and we can argue all day about the hot button topics of our time. Pressing to the side ~vs~ pressing open. Poly or cotton thread or of course the holy grail topic of pre-washing or not. There are not always...
by Maddie Kertay | Jun 6, 2017 | Basically BadAss
Now don’t shoot the messenger but, are you ready for the holidays yet? And no, I am not talking about the 4th of July, I am talking about the winter holidays, you know Festivus, Hanukkah, Christmas, Yule, Festival of lights, Kwanzaa and on. Yeah I know, you...
by Maddie Kertay | Jun 5, 2017 | Basically BadAss
We still have wonderful things to share from Spring Quilt Market and one of those is a fast rising star in the paper-pieceing world David Gilleland of Vectorquilts.com. The first thing you will notice about David is his deep Southern drawl and then you will be...
by Maddie Kertay | May 30, 2017 | Basically BadAss
Hello???? Where did the first part of the year go? Blink Blink Blink and here we are getting ready to launch into the the second half of 2017 – amazing and a little bit scary since it feels like just yesterday I was making the New Year “goals...
by Maddie Kertay | May 25, 2017 | Basically BadAss
I have been warned that a quilting blog is a terrible place to talk about depression but since I have also wandered into other hot button topics such as of sex on quilts and the flagrant use of the Instant Pot I think it is pretty safe to say that I don’t take...
