Simply Stefanie Stuff

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  What are you currently working on?  Here is a  list  of my current projects, incomplete projects and projects on hold: 1.  Michelle’s  Bear Claw Quilt 2.  Star Scrappy Quilt 3.  Diamonds are forever Scrappy Quilt 4.  Kirstin’s T-shirt Quilt 5.  Gray Fall Quilt 6.  Skull Quilt 7.  365 Quilt Challenge 8.  i-Spy Quilt 9. Chair / Box Make-over 10. Mom’s Painting 11. Epoxy Experiment making coasters 12.  9-Patch 13.  Ladder Quilt 14.  Nicole's Quilt 15. Color‘s of the Rainbow Quilt 16. Hunter’s Star Quilt 17. Star Blocks Quilt 18. Hexies & Hexie Pin cushion  19. Skirt pattern with Brittnee  20. Dream Big Panel 21. Coaster or paper weight for Ed   In the quilting world unfinished projects are called UFO’s (Unfinished Objects). I obviously have a bunch of those – and really need to get a few off my list. 

  Wonderful things do happen when you least expect it. I thought that I was the only quilter in my family. Then I learn that my great-grandma Margerite Corintha (Zuke) Johnson also enjoyed the craft of quilting. It made my heart so happy which brought tears to my eyes that my sweet cousin Mary contacted me and sent me this treasured quilt. My family is very large on that side of the family and for them to think of me just means so very much. I will love and treasure this quilt forever.  A picture of my cousin Mary & I at the July 2023 Johnson/ Zuke Family Reunion. 

Please from BEGIN to END. BEGIN For this swap, please make a Mug Rug for your partner for October - that will hold a cup and a snack or chocolates.  Your mug rug must be made from fabrics and must be machine washable. This is a great opportunity to be creative and try something new. Partners will be posted on September 1, 2023. Mail by date is September 21st at the latest. Your partner needs to receive it by October 9th.. Please post your state, country and any postal restrictions (if any). Thanks for reading to the END. If you are interested in participating, please submit your contact information " here ". Links: Heart Swap How to close a mug rug Fidget Blanket My YouTube channel

  I manage a few DNA Accounts and realized that a few are not close relatives - but do match on Chromosome 15. according to this link „ here “ they may be distantly related. They may also match due to a shared ethnic or geographical region. 

Joined a DNA group through Facebook on „Prussian Genealogy & Heritage/ German, Polish & Lithuanian Roots& DNA“ I thought since Oma Hilde had pictures of some ancestors who were from there - that I might have some DNA connection to a few people.  Listed are my top 10 using the Ged match program. I used my kit number M705590- names that I am researching are: Schramke, Schmid, Ponce, Graffunder, Schmidt, Merkle, Kümmerer and Lang Looks like the closest DNA match is 4.57 generations removed. When I run Oma Hildegard’s DNA results- she doesn’t have any close relatives here in the USA. She did mention that when she was a young child an uncle or two did migrate to the United States. She was born in 1927- so it was probably in the 1930‘s or 1940‘s time?  Links: Ancestry Research

Pictures from the past. My high school graduation pictures from 1997 with my two babies Michelle & Sebastian. 

Add to a vegetable garden Links: Food