Actually, she met two deadlines: baby Charli was born this summer, just in time to hit the show circuit.
"I was hoping she'd get here in time, so we could go to a show," Susan said. "By the time she was three weeks old, she'd been to two shows, a junkyard and gas pump show."
It should come as no surprise that she's already hauled her baby to engine shows. An engine show, in fact, is where Susan met her husband.
Engines even played a part in their wedding celebration.
"We had a little model New Holland engine on our wedding cake," she said.
Her background and interest in engines and equipment have made a definite impact on her work, she said.
"It seems like exposure to engines and tractors has influenced my work in a different way," she said. "It's not the kind of stuff you see every day."
It doesn't hurt that she knows her way around machinery.
"When you're drawing parts, it helps to know what it is," she said. Her personal favorites?