by Maddie Kertay | Jan 11, 2017 | Uncategorized
Hello everyone, this page serves as a testing ground for the BAQS Speakeasy to get setting corrected since while in testing they worked without a hitch real life seems to be a much different course of events. If you are ARE a paid Speakeasy member please leave a...
by Maddie Kertay | Jan 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
January is a VERY good month! The start of the New Year, the opening of the Speakeasy and of course most important of all – my birthday! It seems like a great time to celebrate all of these things and more! While the Speakeasy has been a long time in...
by Maddie Kertay | Jan 4, 2017 | Basically BadAss, Uncategorized
January 2017 begins the slide into my 50th birthday. The start of the 12 month countdown to an age that I am rather excited about if you want to know the truth. I have felt 50 for a while now and for a short time last year I even thought I was almost there ( really...
by Maddie Kertay | Dec 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
Do you know Soak? If not you totally should! Soak is the fine washing product that makes life a little more happy, keeps fabric (from knit goods to quilts to baby things) as lovely as the day you bought them and it smells divine. Happy smells = Happy Maddie For those...
by Maddie Kertay | Dec 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
So, did you see the video and now you need some thread? Like you really, really need some thread? Well my darlings you have come to the right place! The holiday merrymakers at Fil-Tec -The home home of Bobbin Central are big-time supporters of BadAss Quilters Society...
by Maddie Kertay | Dec 13, 2016 | Uncategorized
Some things should be easy. It should be easy to find a nice, old-school hoodie in a nice shade of red in a size range that embraces all the sizes of humanity. Some things are NOT easy but I got it done and they are up for pre-order. Each of these is being custom...
by Maddie Kertay | Nov 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
Abby Glassenberg wrote today on one of dated constructs within the quilting world. She wrote on the topic of the “Husband’s Lounge” at International Quilt Festival ( Houston) and how perhaps in 2016 we could use a label that was a bit more open and...
by Maddie Kertay | Nov 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
Dear BadAssers, by now many of you know that one of my darling quilt world friends Jamie Wallen of Quilter’s Apothecary has suffered a gut kick in the form of his trailer filled with all his Quilt Market stock, supplies and quilts being stolen just a bit after...
by Maddie Kertay | Oct 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
I am a business owner, a mother, a lover, a “Nasty Woman” and for heaven’s sake I am even a grandmother. I am complex, and fearsome, sexual and sassy. I am hot headed, opinionated, loving, and brash. I am smart and wicked funny and can cook like no...
by Maddie Kertay | Oct 13, 2016 | Uncategorized
Saturday we say goodbye to SPOOL – the physical store (do look for another week online very soon, at KICK ASS PRICES!) and we thought it would be fun to giveaway some fabric as a way of saying thank you for all of your support over the last three years. We are...
