You are not alone
Being liberal in the quilting world can feel isolating and that is why BadAss Quilters Society exists. We are here to offer social support and community to liberal quilters and crafters who care about living in a world that values diversity and equality.
We believe that Love is Love, Science is Real, Reproductive Rights are Human Rights, Black Lives Matter and being neutral puts you on the side of the oppressor.
We do our best to be the strongest, loudest and best examples of what it means to be good humans living their lives on the left and loving side of history.
If this is you, welcome, you have found your people.
Hi, I am Maddie Kertay, founder of BadAss Quilters Society. I am a liberal AF, human who craves like minded community and does my best to be a supportive bright-light, truth-teller in an industry that favors shutting up, not rocking the boat and for women to stay in their place. I say “fuck that” and if you want to know more click on my About Maddie page for more about what you can expect here.
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The Blog
How Sewing Machine Feet Can Make You a Better Sewist.
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...
Stuffing My Own Stocking
Ok, here is a secret.... every year I buy myself what I really want for Christmas. This totally takes the pressure off of anyone else making my dreams come true and saves a whole lot of hurt feelings and lets me enjoy the gifts I do get without worrying that I won't...
Shine On You Crazy Quilter
Walking Down Memory Lane I have been walking down memory lane lately - you can totally blame Facebook for that. Each day they show me what I have been doing on this day in the past 5 years since I joined the devil which shall not be named but sucks up my time - ahem....
You Can {Still} Have Sex on My Quilt
Many months ago I wrote a post that had some people up in arms and others nodding their heads in agreement. I wrote that I hoped that people would have sex on the quilts I give them and not fold them up like precious objects never to be touched or used. Many quilts...
Leather and Wood for the Holidays
Making gifts or giving gifts to make is a perfect way to celebrate a Handmade BadAss Holiday. Today I am showing off one of my favorite pieces of jewelry that I stitched with my own little hands! Of course I had to make it my own by switching up the colors and pattern...
Darn it All to Hello, I just Learned Something New
There is a popular little phrase that skips around the quilting world that ~ Quilters Don't Mend~ Well I do. In fact I even darn and find giving things another life perhaps one even more artful than the one it lead before to be very satisfying indeed. I currently...
Zip It – Zip It Good – Fix a broken Zipper
Zippers, can't live with them, can't painfully zip up delicate body parts without them! Possibly not the slogan first used by zipper makers around the world but possibly the best truth ever uttered about them as well. Zippers strike fear into the hearts of many and...
Handmade BadAss Holiday – Shoe Bags
As promised I am taking some days to give you some freakishly easy projects that make great gifts that can come directly from your stash! ( in my award for iffy accounting I call these FREE projects) Today we are talking some sexy stuff - shoe bags! Just hold on and...
Fast Free-Motion Applique
Purebred by Moda came in a few short weeks ago and with it the cutest laser cut, fusible horse appliques that I have been dying to play with! But what to make? There were so many ideas floating in my head! Jean jacket back? Pillow front? Quilt ( duh!)? Lampshade?...
Steampunk Challenge- Time for the Entries
I LOVE STEAMPUNK and am so excited to see the entries come rolling in! Are you grooving on Steampunk yet? I happen to love this funky smash-up of Western/Victorian and all things steam powered. Not everyone's cup of tea but boy is it fun with SO...