by Maddie Kertay | Jun 23, 2014 | Basically BadAss
Nearly two years ago I would have looked at you sideways if you have told me that today I would have an organization with 6000+ members who support the right to express themselves in an authentic way in both their life and their art and they were not...
by Maddie Kertay | Jun 18, 2014 | Basically BadAss
Ever have those times when so much happens that the crazy in your life shoots off the charts… in fact it makes its own chart and you vacillate between sitting and watching the crazy like a fireworks display and chasing it in the crazy way little kids chase...
by Maddie Kertay | May 13, 2014 | Basically BadAss
I am SO FREAKIN EXCITED ABOUT THIS!. Yes it is true, BAQS has teamed up with the amazing people from Swatch Buddies to bring you their product with a dash of BadAss appeal! I have been a fan of Swatch Buddies since I met them last year and when the...
by Maddie Kertay | May 12, 2014 | Basically BadAss
Rise and Shine cats and kittens… a new week has dawned. I laid in bed this morning in that sleepy drifty way that is the delicious bit of having a day off ( yes Monday is my “day-off” -let’s laugh at that concept later).. my mind trolling...
by Maddie Kertay | May 5, 2014 | Basically BadAss
Yes, it is true I have been totally holding out on you… and I have to do it for a little longer (weeping) but if I were to say that BadAss Quilter’s Society has teamed up with an AMAZING and versatile product and the BAQS version of said product is was...
by Maddie Kertay | Apr 27, 2014 | Basically BadAss
To be a BadAss Quilter is to be confident enough to embrace your own style without the need to mock the style of others. To at least aspire to fearlessness in your craft as well as authentic, compassionate and ethical treatment of each other. To be generally opposed...
by Maddie Kertay | Mar 16, 2014 | Basically BadAss
I just got back from our monthly trip to the wonderful land known as Ikea.. sadly our trip was to get 80 small metal pegs which someone (ahem) lost so the new shop shelves could not be put together until these little gems were back into the mix. Be that...
by Maddie Kertay | Mar 13, 2014 | Basically BadAss
I am searching my memory banks about how I met today’s BadAss Quilter and I come up blank.. oddly is seems that I have known her warm smile and big heart forever and yet I think it was just last year that we actually met. Crazy how some people feel just...
by Maddie Kertay | Feb 22, 2014 | Basically BadAss
Quilt : A bed coverlet of two layers of cloth filled with padding (as down or batting) held in place by ties or stitched designs. – Merriam Webster Quilt: An anxiety or exhilaration inducing project that either soothes the soul or shreads confidence depending...
by Maddie Kertay | Feb 3, 2014 | Basically BadAss
Quilting is so many things to so very many people. Each person brings their own form of amazing to this art and today’s Cover Quilter is no exception! Laurie Tigner’s art is nothing short of jaw dropping and proof that quilting does not have to be your...