So I thought I would take Mondays and make it a Mo 'bout ME day. I tell you something about ME and then you tell me something about YOU! It's like our own little Match.com for Fabric Friends! Would that be SWATCH.COM? Hey- what a Great Name!! SWATCH.COM it is!
I like the sound of birds in the morning,
cold wet puppy noses,
fabric with paisley..
All joking aside- who is Leah Marie?
My children are both four legged furry ones, Cinnamon and Woozle- I'll let you guess who is who!
I have been quilting to some degree or another for about 12 years, but never took a formal class until about 2 years ago. My mother, Janet a.k.a "Momma Albertsen", owned a quilt shop for years in Burlington, North Carolina and helped me get started. (The Threaded Needle for anyone who may have known her).
I opened the virtual doors of BB on November 1rst, 2008- and my dear sweet Mom died unexpectedly 1 month later on December 1 at the age of 61. I didn't quilt for over an entire year! (that was something we had done together). I kept BB going and continued to grow my business but never touched my sewing machine until about this past November...and when I finally did it was a bitter sweet feeling.
On to a lighter note!
I am an Advanced Open Water Diver with certifications in Peak Performance and Nitrox. I would like to also be certified in Cave Diving, Wreck Diving and Underwater Photography. Ambitious Goals!
Next to diving and quilting, I love photography and am especially fond of architectural photography. Give me a building and I will use an entire 4GB card! My camera of choice is my Nikon D90.
I use a mix of Photoshop Lightroom and Photoshop to edit my photography.
This little gal would NOT smile until she had a face full of Cheetoes! So you gotta work with what you have, right?
My name is Leah, it's nice to meet you!
Nice to meet you, Leah! What a great idea to share a little about yourself and learn about your readers! I also have a Nikon D90 - don't you LOVE it? I loved the story about your mom. I also lost my mom suddenly at a young age, and quilting was something we shared, too. I did the quilting on a flimsy that she had left on the first anniversary of her passing - it was the first quilting-related work I had done after a hiatus of about 15 years. It was a very healing thing to do in her memory. http://pickledish.blogspot.com/2009/10/interwebs-quilt-festival-entry.html
ReplyDeleteHow healing to have done that! I have quite a few unfinished projects of my Moms as well. I have not had the strength to take any of those on yet- KUDOS to you!
ReplyDeleteAnd yes D90 ROCKS! I always see a huge difference in my photos taken with the d90 than with others- above- the D90 was used for the Me Scrabbles, the frog, the building and the baby. I used and older D50 for the pups- the rest were taken by other folks The D90 makes a photographer out of anyone!
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Nice to meet you Leah. I'm Monica, been married to Mark for almost 4 years, and we have a 10 month old. We just moved to Italy. I just started quilting less than a month before we moved so I'm brand new to it all. We have 2 Doxie's too! Ollie and Sadie. They're my oldest kids. And I love photography too, except I use a Canon XSi. My other passion is horseback riding, but I haven't done that in years, thanks to my husbands job in the military. I had to sell my horse 3 years ago because we couldn't afford to move him all over the country (and now out of the country). I'd love to get back into riding someday. Oh, and I'm 29. =)
ReplyDeleteI love it!!! Swatch.com!!! You might be onto a whole new business! I'm sorry about your mom. It hits harder than we can ever imagine, doesn't it? I am glad you are quilting again with her ripper. My loves are Jesus, my fam, friends, dog, home, yard, bicycling, golfing (though I totally suck at it... though... I got my first hole-in-one two summers ago), Disneyland, and fun. I am the lucky friend of two BFFS, both for many many years! Oh, and did I mention I loooooove books? I am a sub librarian in the elementary schools here, and my honest enthusiasm jumps onto those kids. New generations of readers abound! :) Anyhoo, I didn't even mention sewing or quilting or annual BFF trips to the coast or swimming... just so many things to be thankful for!!!! :)
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading about you....I was very touched about you and your mother and my heart goes out to you. I am glad you are back to sewing and happy about your business and scuba diving, we all find pleasure in our own ways.
ReplyDeleteMonica you made it to Italy! The sewing machine came through alright? How long to you guys have to wait until you have perm. quarters on base?
ReplyDeleteNice to get to know you, Leah!
ReplyDeleteLeah, it's so great to learn more about you. I think it is wonderful that you are following in your Mom's footsteps. She must be very proud of all your accomplishments!!
ReplyDeleteI'm new to quilting (which you know), but I am a lover of crafts. I have spent most of my craft time the last 10 years or so on paper crafting... cards and scrapbooks. I just love paper and design so much and quilting fits nicely with that.
I also love photography and am looking forward to taking lots of pictures of my 4-year old niece in the coming months. Her mom is headed to the FBI academy for 10 weeks, so I'll be helping out a few weekends a month to give her daddy a much needed break. I am in the Canon camp. I am on my 2nd DSLR. I started with a Rebel and last Summer, I moved up to the 50D. It ROCKS.
Your photo of the little girl is precious... really great composition!
Thank you! (we learned from the same master!) Although- I am loving the composition of the building more. Whitney would not be a proud instructor as the focus of the gal photo is on the cheetos crumbs rather than her eyes- I was lucky to get what I got!
ReplyDeleteGreat post, Leah! I hope you don't mind, but I quoted a bit of it (with a link back here, of course) as an intro to my very own "mo 'bout me" post: thriftyquilter.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteLeah,
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to get to know you a little bit! You're beautiful and talented and I love your photograph of the house and I am scuba certified too! I've only done it a few times though - Grand Cayman is the highlight of my dive locations.
I was just looking at BB. It's a wonderful site. I'm excited to see that Mod Medallions has only two in stock. Let me know if I can do anything else for BB.
Amber
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Your babies are so very cute. So glad Stefanie found you and your great fabrics.
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