by Maddie Kertay | Jan 28, 2020 | Basically BadAss
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...
by Maddie Kertay | Jun 28, 2019 | Basically BadAss
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...
by Maddie Kertay | Jan 30, 2019 | Basically BadAss
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...
by Maddie Kertay | Dec 12, 2018 | Basically BadAss
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...
by Maddie Kertay | Nov 5, 2018 | Basically BadAss
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...
by Maddie Kertay | Oct 23, 2018 | Basically BadAss
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...
by Maddie Kertay | Oct 15, 2018 | Basically BadAss
When times are hard one of the best things we can do is draw closer together as people and become a human bridge of compassion for each other to lean on. One of the best ways to hang out is by getting away together to sew and quilt and perhaps drink a wee bit of wine...
by Maddie Kertay | Oct 11, 2018 | Basically BadAss
<walks up to the mic… tap tap tap, “is this thing on”? Is anybody out there?> I can’t tell you how how long I have stared at this page and tried to decide where to start… A humorous story about getting lost on the way to a quilt...
by Maddie Kertay | Jan 24, 2018 | Basically BadAss
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...
by Maddie Kertay | Jan 13, 2018 | Basically BadAss
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...
