by Maddie Kertay | Dec 7, 2020 | Health, Uncategorized
As we work our way through the last month of the year I have been doing a lot of thinking about what 2021 will look like for me and for BAQS. Nobody can say this was not a serious dumpster fire of a year and while in January2020 I could have never guessed all the...
by Maddie Kertay | Nov 23, 2020 | BadAss Quilters Community, Basically BadAss, Uncategorized
Let’s face it, this holiday season is going to look really different so I am all for treating yourself with the things that make you happy this holiday season! This time I am shopping at Vector Quilts and Sewing Center which is a TOTALLY BAQS Approved...
by Maddie Kertay | Nov 16, 2020 | Basically BadAss, Uncategorized
The more you know about thread the better choices you make when it comes to your projects. There was a time when there was just one thread.. it was cotton and everyone used it. But times have changed and we now have more thread choices that...
by Maddie Kertay | Nov 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
Since I think we all know I take my job as a quilting heretic seriously I am going to go ahead and just lay it out there… if you find this too offensive you won’t have to waste your time with the rest of the post. Here goes…… For the...
by Maddie Kertay | Oct 21, 2020 | BadAss Quilters Community, Uncategorized
So what do vampires and thread have in common?… They both enjoy the dark! Yeah, bad joke for sure but it is the whole truth. While I don’t think there is anyone who does not like laying their eyes on a full wall of rainbow colored eye candy the truth is...
by Maddie Kertay | Oct 7, 2020 | Basically BadAss, Uncategorized
Welcome to thread school my friends! Don’t worry there will not be any tests but there will be prizes! I am very excited to be partnering with the people from Hab + Dash for this whole series! Like that first day of school where you prayed you would not be given...
by Maddie Kertay | Sep 24, 2020 | Basically BadAss, Uncategorized
Sometimes the problems of the world can feel so damn big and this can leave us feeling so damn small and helpless. We cast our eyes around looking for a hero only to catch our own reflection in the mirror and know that our salvation is going to have to start with each...
by Maddie Kertay | Sep 7, 2020 | Basically BadAss, Uncategorized
Labor Day weekend is always the unofficial start of fall in my life. Time to get out the fall decorations and die of heat stroke as I festoon the front of the house with scarecrows, sunflowers and hay bales. Sure it might still be one jillion degrees here in the south...
by Maddie Kertay | Aug 31, 2020 | Basically BadAss, Uncategorized
Welcome back to yet another week in COVID time.. we are on to project three in the Cutter Quilt Countdown series where we are working our way to the holidays with gifts for all of our BadAss Quilting peeps. I will take moment here to remind you that your time and...
by Maddie Kertay | Aug 22, 2020 | BadAss Quilters Community, Basically BadAss, Uncategorized
Last month I introduced The BadAss Quilters Private Community with a founding members launch to 500 BAQSers who requested a “Golden Ticket” for the chance to be a founding member of a new PAID community at $14.99 a month*. 240 or so people took me up on...
