by Maddie Kertay | Mar 17, 2013 | Basically BadAss
You know how you just know you are going to like someone from the moment they open their mouth? Well that is how I felt about this week’s cover quilter. She is a dynamic ball of fire blessed with such talent and so much joy that it makes me happy just...
by Maddie Kertay | Mar 14, 2013 | Basically BadAss
At heart I am a practical girl who likes order wrapped up in a bit of pretty and these Scrap Happy Bookends do just that. I have more sewing books than is seemly for a girl my age (ahem!) and given that many of them are of the paper bound variety they tend to...
by Maddie Kertay | Mar 12, 2013 | Basically BadAss
Spring might be just around the corner but it does not mean that it is too late for a fast and easy SnowBall Quilt. I was reminded of this pattern as I was reshuffling my quilts, packing away the Fall and Winter colored quilts in exchange for the lighter and...
by Maddie Kertay | Mar 8, 2013 | Basically BadAss
Trapunto is the amazing process of adding extra physical texture and visual relief to a fabric surface by either stuffing or pre-quilting selected areas of a quilt top in order to gain this lift. There are multiple ways to do it and even a couple of ways to fake...
by Maddie Kertay | Mar 6, 2013 | Basically BadAss
When it comes to quilting most of us are sewing with cotton fabric but at times we might be sewing with something odd and it is good to know how to treat that fabric for best results. Today the industry uses their own form of communication on the matter and I like to...
