by Maddie Kertay | Feb 26, 2024 | BadAss Quilters Community, Basically BadAss, Social Activism
Why Can’t We Just Have Pretty Quilts at Quilt Shows? – Here’s why. Honestly big quilt shows are possibly the WORST place ever to really BE with a quilt, to take it in, the fabrics, the stitches, and the possibly moving message and artists statement....
by Maddie Kertay | Nov 14, 2023 | Basically BadAss, Fiber Arts and Crafts, Social Activism
Welcome to a Hot-Take post where I say things that are going to deeply upset some quilters, makes others think and make a few of you unsubscribe! Yes, I said it. Stop giving quilts as gifts*, yes I said it and yes I mean it, but please notice the asterisk since the...
by Maddie Kertay | Sep 22, 2023 | Basically BadAss
Here at BadAss Quilters Society we value free and open access to books for both young and old. A literate, well educated populous is better equipped to tease apart fact from fiction, and real science from Ivermectin swilling snake oil. This is an ever...
by Maddie Kertay | Sep 10, 2023 | BadAss Quilters Community, Basically BadAss
THE HAPPY LITTLE QUILT SHOP Sewing should be for everyone and The Happy Little Quilt shop makes that plain and they stand by their word having created a bright welcoming shop where they are walking their talk and that is why they are a BadAss Quilter...
by Maddie Kertay | Aug 24, 2023 | Basically BadAss, Health
That Time My Vagina Tried to Fall Out- Or why misogyny is not just for men. ( Digital block signing at the bottom of the page) Seven years ago I had an almost* complete hysterectomy after having to fight tooth and nail to PROVE I was indeed having a problem. You see...
by Maddie Kertay | Aug 13, 2023 | Basically BadAss, Fiber Arts and Crafts, Social Activism
What men fear most is being laughed at by a woman. What women fear most is being killed by a man. The above quote came to mind ( seemingly attributed to many different people) when a friend posted a meme saying….. This past week I had to go to a wrecker facility...
by Maddie Kertay | Jul 30, 2023 | Basically BadAss, Social Activism
It has been YEARS since I had a chance to do a quilt shop run.. 3 years, 6 hours and and 4 shops later I have some thoughts to share. To start I will say that I was not hunting for anything in specific, my main objective of the day was to have a wonderful day with an...
by Maddie Kertay | Jul 26, 2023 | BadAss Quilters Community, Basically BadAss, Fiber Arts and Crafts, Social Activism
Earlier this week we had an AMAZING conversation over on Instagram about fabric scraps when it comes to quilting. What are we saving, and what just feels too small and we just can’t get on board with saving them. There were LOTS of fabulous opinions and...
by Maddie Kertay | Jul 22, 2023 | BadAss Quilters Community, Basically BadAss, Fiber Arts and Crafts
I find more and more joy working with vintage linens/found and rescued fabrics and there are so many of them out there gathering dust in the backs of drawers, linen closets and in rarely opened Hope Chests that there is little worry that the supply will dry up any...
by Maddie Kertay | Jun 22, 2023 | Basically BadAss, Social Activism
To be brutally truthful 4th of July has lost its luster for me. All that ironic flag waving, and firework shooting feels pretty wrong as we live in a country that fights tooth and nail to take the rights away from so many, endangers others and leaves yet others to...
