by Maddie Kertay | Aug 10, 2020 | Basically BadAss
From the day I first saw a photo of Julia Child’s peg board wall in an issue of a cooking magazine that my mom read I was smitten with the idea of all those little holes, the little clips and holders and ALL the possibility for organization. Like many things peg...
by Maddie Kertay | Aug 3, 2020 | BadAss Quilters Community, Basically BadAss, Uncategorized
Many of us dream of a dedicated space to sew but tend to shortchange ourselves when it comes to the creation of this space. Today, I am exploring why. Forty Years of Sewing Over my years of sewing I have had countless sewing places and spaces. From a space as...
by Maddie Kertay | Jul 31, 2020 | BadAss Quilters Community, Basically BadAss
Happy Fri-ya my people! Like many I spend a lot of moments these days asking “what day is it?” and sometimes for fun I lay in bed in the morning and try to figure out what day it is without help of my iphone. I tell you it is SHOCKING how often I...
by Maddie Kertay | Jul 29, 2020 | BadAss Quilters Community, Basically BadAss
Our Founders Launch for the new Private BadAss Quilters Membership community has been amazing! We are counting down that last 5 days to join this year. We are closing in on 300 members in the private BadAss Quilters Community with over 20+ sponsors...
by Maddie Kertay | Jul 27, 2020 | BadAss Quilters Community, Basically BadAss
Temperature spikes, brown downs, picnic-lightening, storms out of no where and murder hornets… ok, maybe not the hornets but there are a LOT of reasons why power fluctuations, surges and loss are a real thing and a real danger to the machines in your sewing...
by Maddie Kertay | Jul 22, 2020 | BadAss Quilters Community, Basically BadAss
Good lighting is one of the best things you can invest in for a sewing room- before paint, before a pretty rug, think about where you will be sewing, pressing and planning so that you can make sure to have at least one of the three layers of light to make things...
by Maddie Kertay | Jul 16, 2020 | BadAss Quilters Community, Basically BadAss
Today, Quilt’s Incorporated finally announced that they were canceling Fall 2020 Quilt Market and Houston’s Fall Quilt Festival. These are but the tail end of many sad but sensible announcements about quilting events that will not take place this year...
by Maddie Kertay | Jul 14, 2020 | Basically BadAss
Dear small and large local business owners (to be clear not just sewing related businesses), we the smart, science-minded, social media savvy people of the internet are watching and what you say and do about masks, mandates and making us safe as your customers...
by Maddie Kertay | Jul 12, 2020 | Basically BadAss
This article was originally written FIVE years ago and so much of it is still true! Quit shops need our help if they are going to survive. I have changed a bit of the language in this to reflect that I no longer own a store and to update for today’s trends in...
by Maddie Kertay | Jun 29, 2020 | Basically BadAss
Oh my goodness what a couple of months it has been and I am glad you are all still here. It is already the middle of the year so it seemed a good time to get everything caught up, do some virtual housekeeping and let you all in on what is going on for the last half...
