It has been interesting trying to start making quilts for veterans in memory of my father. I started to use the Singer 15-91 that my Dad had given me.  A little too soon I think.

I found a Singer model 99k of my Dad's that needed some parts - I can't get that to sew correctly.

I was going to use my father's 1862 Wheeler and Wilson sewing machine and make Civil War - The War Between The States styled quilts.  The machine is period-correct, and my father had a great interest in The War Between The States.  The timing may be off on that machine, and I'm not ready to fiddle with it, even though I am told it is a simple thing to correct.

Then I was going to use my Singer 237 in a treadle top that my father had - and I was going to paint the treadle top Red, White and Blue, to keep the theme of quilts for veterans correct.  Well, that's on hold too now.

A page at Quilting101 regarding Civil War quilts explains that women used whatever fabrics they could find to make each soldier a quilt.  Well, I can do that.

I am using my Singer model VS2 from 1891, and making simple red, white, and blue patch-style quilts.  My father's aunt made patch style quilts.  I should always be able to find red prints, blue prints and muslin.  The spirit of the quilts for the War Between The States was making a quilt for a soldier - and that spirit will be present in my quilts too.