by Maddie Kertay | Apr 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
You can’t read an article about the modern quilt movement without the journalist in question at one point or another trotting out the line about the quilts being made today not being like those made by your grandmother. Heck I have even been a victim of that...
by Maddie Kertay | Mar 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
It is time to vote!!.. each photo has a heart in the upper right hand corner… you will click on that HEART to vote. Most of the photos also expand so you can see more of the project and a few details ( this was controlled by those who added their...
by Maddie Kertay | Feb 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
I am a gardener, not of vegetables but of flowers. At one time I had a stunning front yard that would make people stop to take photographs ( please note that all that went to hell when I opened up a quilt shop, when one has a quilt shop one has no time for anything...
by Maddie Kertay | Feb 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
So a few weeks ago I showed off what a total disaster my studio area is… and I can’t say that it has gotten any better given the birth of my itty-bitty new grandbaby as well as work time and other general life shenanigans. But that doesn’t mean I...
by Maddie Kertay | Feb 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
Woot! I am one lucky duck and so amazed every day at my good fortune to have friends like Jamie Wallen of Quilter’s Apothecary. So please give me a moment to brag on him and his business. I can’t say I was not thrilled to pieces to have a chance to...
by Maddie Kertay | Jan 31, 2016 | Uncategorized
One of the best part of being part of the quilting industry is watching as people hone their skills to the point where teaching and sharing with others is just a natural evolution of the process. This is totally true of Sondra Millard. Watching her evolution as a dye...
by Maddie Kertay | Jan 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
So did you know that there are people who collect poison bottles, and that they are beautiful?… I mean the bottles, although I am sure that the collectors are totally lovely people as well. My friend Misty Cole of Pick Your Brain Designs has even dedicated a...
by Maddie Kertay | Dec 13, 2015 | Uncategorized
The end of the years is advancing at a rapid pace. As a young person I never understood how adults could talk about how fast time was speeding by, to me it dragged endlessly even though I was a very busy and engaged child. And yet it now flies for me, and I suspect...
by Maddie Kertay | Dec 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
Soon enough new sewing machines will be showing up under the tree of many good girl and boy and with it a variety of feet that most of them will never even use and that is a real shame. Past the basic presser foot and the 1/4 quilt piecing foot there are a ton of...
