Huge Update

Hey everyone,

This is probably the best update I think I've given thus far! I have updated the website so that it runs much faster and looks better.

Just as a summary of what I mean:
- If you're using Internet Explorer to browse my website, the drop shadows used on the site would actually slow down your browsing speed. All drop shadows that were causing a decrease in browsing speed were removed.
- The pantograph tabs have been reorganized so that Most Popular is on the end. I think this small change is going to help keep the website organized in the future as we keep adding more pantographs.
- Also the tabs look at lot better, as well. They feature rounded tops, which I think make the tabs look better and increase browsing speed (believe it or not!).

And that's about it. While the changes aren't huge per se, I think you're going to really enjoy them as they'll make browsing our website much more enjoyable!

Thanks everyone,

Andrew Davis
Susan K. Quilting

Big News!

Hey everyone,

Big news! Pictures of finished quilts have finally been uploaded to www.susankquilting.com! I can't tell you how excited I am to announce this! Please whenever you'd like, visit the Finished Quilts page at www.susankquilting.com/finished_quilts.html!

Additionally, should there be any errors, please let me know and I'd be more than happy to fix them!

Thanks everyone,

Andrew Davis
Susan K. Quilting

Status Update 9/16/2010

Hey everyone,

Just to let you know how things are coming along, I am still working on the Finished Quilts page on www.susankquilting.com. I have given a lot of thought as to how we'd like to organize the quilts and I believe I've come up with a great solution. Now, the next step is to actually implement my solution. Depending on how complex it is to implement and if I run into any roadblocks, it may be a day or as much as a week before I am able to put a Finished Quilts page onto the website. Once again, I appreciate everyone's patience! We'll have a fully functional website up soon!

Thanks,

Andrew Davis
Susan K. Quilting

Changes to Holidays Pantographs

Hey everyone,

I've made some organizational changes to the Holidays Pantographs page that I think will help our website come up higher in Google search and help viewers find what they're looking for more quickly! Feel free to check the changes out at www.susankquilting.com/holidays.html!

Thanks,

Andrew Davis
Susan K. Quilting

Website is Now Faster! 09/15/2010

Hey everyone,

I have noticed how slowly the website, www.susankquilting.com, runs. I have thought about what to do and for a while, I was unable to come up with any good ideas. Reason being, the website only runs slowly in Internet Explorer. For those of you who use Safari or Mozilla Firefox, which is what I use, the website is very, very fast.

So, I thought and I thought and I thought and I... thought and I finally came up with what I think is the best solution! So, now I have implemented my solution and (thankfully) the website runs a lot faster for Internet Explorer users! Now, it still doesn't run as fast as I would like it to, but I'll constantly be thinking of new ideas to make it run faster! So, go ahead and give it a try! I think you'll be quite pleased!

Additionally, I will be adding pictures of finished quilts onto the website very soon. I have been low on time lately, but hopefully this Thursday or Friday, you'll be able to view pictures of finished quilts on our website at www.susankquilting.com.

Finally, don't be shy! Please use the contact form at www.susankquilting.com/contact_us.php to let us know of any questions or comments you have. You can write to us about anything including the site's performance and speed!

Thanks everyone,

Andrew Davis
Susan K. Quilting

The coordinated fabrics in this quilt are from the Aviary line by Three Sisters for Moda fabrics. The pattern is from Anka's Treasures and is called Double Takes 2.

Take a close look and you will see this quilt is beautifully pieced!

Baltimore Halloween Quilt

This truly exquisite quilt is a Pearl Pereira hand-applique pattern. Be sure to click on the picture to enlarge it in order to see the amazing applique up close!

The outer border is stitched in pumpkins and the inner border is stitched in leaves and acorns. It is stabilized with lots of stitching in the ditch and the background is stippled.

Just So You Know

Hey everyone,

Now a days, we all know that social networking has become all the rage. Reason being, people like to know that they aren't the only ones going online and checking out random websites. It's fun to know others are on the same site we are and it's even more fun to know our friends are. We all like to feel apart of a community and here at Susan K. Quilting, we're definitely a community (online and off!).

Just to show you how we're a community, 50% of the visits we receive on www.susankquilting.com are from people who have visited our website multiple times. On this blog alone, which has been up for a little over a month, we have already had 142 viewers! So, even though you only see that we have 8 registered followers, we actually have a lot more people visiting this blog! And we're only just getting started.

Over the next month, you're going to see a lot of great changes to our website, www.susankquilting.com and this blog, due to the addition of new pictures of quilts, new pantographs, and new stories constantly being added! Additionally, as our listing comes up in more and more Google search results, more and more people will stop by the blog and website, and may even become registered followers!

So, in summation, we have a growing community of followers here on susankquilting.blogspot.com and www.susankquilting.com and we plan on it to only get bigger! So, please, feel free to write posts and get involved, but if you don't feel comfortable enough yet, that's okay too! We're just glad to know we have people reading our posts!

Thanks everyone,

Andrew Davis

Susan K. Quilting

"Molly the Owl" Quilt and Some Background Info

Carlos and Donna Royal put up an owl box in their backyard... A beautiful barn owl and her mate made the box their first "clutch" home. These two owls named Molly and McGee brought 14,000,000 people together from 50 countries via streaming video. They learned, laughed, and cried while watching 24/7. From the first laid egg to fledge the world got to witness this miracle of nature first hand.

Quilters from all over the U.S. and Canada sent quilt blocks to be incorporated into this quilt to make a special "thank you" to the Royals. This is a "A Quilter's Labor of Love" aka "The Molly Quilt."

This is Lin Las Lima's wonderful account of Molly the owl and her clutch. Since then Molly is tending to her second clutch which can be seen at www.ustream.tv/theowlbox2

Pictured below is Lin La Lima who pieced together "The Molly Quilt."

Pictured below is the beautiful owl fabric used in the quilt backing which was purchased at the popular quilt store "Quilter's Paradise in Escondido, CA.

Another Update (and a Request for Your Help)

Hey everyone,

Just to let you know, I've made a business listing for us in Google Maps. So, if you'd like, go ahead and check us out~

One of the easiest ways to find us is to go to www.google.com/maps, search for "quilt escondido" and hit enter, then you'll see a map below. If you look hard enough, you'll find that we have a dot on the map along Felicita Ave.

Here's a picture of what it looks like (you can see my mouse in the picture if you look hard enough):














After that just click on the dot and view our listing on the map! From there you can write a review about us, which we would greatly appreciate!

Thanks everyone and have a happy Labor Day weekend!

Andrew Davis
Susan K. Quilting

Status Update 9/3/2010

Hey everyone,

I have great news to report! I have completed the Contact Me Form on www.susankquilting.com. Feel free to check it out and send us a message, we'd love to hear from all of you!

Here is a direct link to the Contact Me Form: www.susankquilting.com/contact_me.php

Thank you and have a great Labor Day weekend!

Andrew Davis
Susan K. Quilting