Stringlagdesign

08/14/2024

My problem with points is provoking plenty of panic—a quilting alliteration

08/13/2024

Slow progress

09/28/2023

My entire studio is still in storage, but the Sewing Center in Rapid City, South Dakota has been so gracious in letting me use their shop this summer to sew in! My website is finally updated and the shop is live—all of the machine appliqué dinosaurs in this “Urban Jurassic” collection are available! I’ll be teaching a class at the Sewing Center on October 6th, if you’re interested and in the area give them a call to see if there are any spots available. And if you’re ever passing through, check them out—their knowledge and helpfulness is unsurpassed!

01/07/2023

I consider “flexibility” one of my strengths (emotional, not physical haha). Nobody likes uncertainty, but I think I handle it reasonably well.

That said, packing up my studio and not knowing when I’ll have access to anything in it again was not easy 😭

12/23/2022

It’s been a very eventful and busy year for me! Pictured here is one of the reasons that Banshee has been put on hold for a bit (another reason is her twin sister, who is in an incubator to my our right at the time of this picture) hopefully I’ll be back up and running full speed with new products and new ideas come early spring (in a new home, in a new state!) so far grandmotherhood is everything ❤️

10/28/2022

Hi! I'm Suzy and I'm an art school dropout. I didn't finish because we relocated for my husband's work 😢

(I'm not salty about it, I was totally on board with the move, I just sometimes mourn that university degree)

But look what I got out of our last move! It's not a great picture, but trust me when I tell you is the best 😁

So much storage! So much work top real estate! Really great light! It's been almost five years and I spend most of my time here, but I still pinch myself every time I enter my studio ❤️

We'll be moving again in a few months, and I'm crossing my fingers and praying that I'll have something I love just as much as I love this in my new home 🙏🏻

I just decluttered, reorganized, and cleaned out my studio and I love the space even more. Such a fresh feeling!

Swipe to see a picture of my homegrown solution to an organization problem: I wanted to move my fat quarters and fabric scraps off of the counters where they were in storage bins, into a drawer (It's just poster board)

I hadn't gotten to a point yet in school when I left where I had decided what to focus on, and I've always been somebody who wants to do ALL of the things (any of my fellow peeps feel the same way?), but FINALLY having settled on a specialty made it easier to get rid of a lot of art supplies. I'll get to do it all...someday, but in the mean time, it's just taking up space that I need. Or filling space that I want empty 😋

What does your work space look like? I'd like to see. Do you thrive in chaos or do you need order to create? I'm a person who prefers to start with a pristine space, I spread out and make a big mess while I'm working, and then I clean up when I finish a project and do it all again (that's my preference, anyway. Doesn't happen like that as often as I want it too 😋)

Show me your work space! I like to know how other people tick/make creative things happen 😁

05/15/2022

04/26/2022

My website is up, y'all!

This pretty cherry branch is available right now

I've taken my company in a different direction than my original intention, after finally realizing that design is really my jam. I'm not offering longarm services anymore, but I *am* selling computerized quilting pantographs for longarm quilters, as well as machine embroidery designs, and more. I've only got one panto in the shop so far, but there are more coming! (And it's a really cute one) Please check it and everything else out at https://www.banshee.design (link is also in my bio)

There's also a free design download if you would like to take a test ride!

11/11/2021

Attention! Looking for design testers for machine embroidery and appliqué. If you own a machine and have some experience, I would love to get your feedback! HMU if you want to try a free new design and help a small business owner at the same time 😁

I can do all file formats

07/02/2021

Hello! It's been a minute! I've been working on some designs for dinosaur quilt blocks. Here are a couple designs that are *actually* finished, and a quick glimpse of process 😋

I'm also trying to come up with a name for this series. My first idea was "urban jurassic;" thoughts?

All designs will be available in most machine file formats sometime in the near future 😊

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