Quilt 2 Progress

The second quilt has been started, April 19, 2016.  With this quilt I am making a few minor changes - I am not going to combine hand quilting and machine quilting, but will be machine-quilting only.  Another minor change is in my own assembly procedure.  I am not sure yet which machines I will use for this entire quilt, but I have re-started the piecing with my 1891 White Vs2b sewing machine.  I plan on using this machine for all the rest of the piecing, and perhaps the quilting as well.  I say re-started because the first three rows were pieced with my father's 1883 White Model Vs2 a (BS) sewing machine before it left for my brother's house.

Below: my 1891 White Vs2b sewing machine

Below: the first rows of quilt 2 are pinned to a planning fabric on the wall.  The top three rows that have red, white, and blue in them were pieced with my father's White VS2a (BS) sewing machine.  The machine on the lower right is my 1937 Singer model 15-88, and on the left is my 1952 Singer model 15-91, just as my father gave it to me, with the green cloth he used to cover it still in use.

The prints in this quilt are slightly different from those in quilt 1.

Update:  I have decided to quilt this quilt with my 2016 Brother LX3014 if I machine quilt it.  Not only is this the newest machine, and will represent all Veterans in previous wars and time periods, but having a grease or oil stain get on Quilt 1 from an antique machine, which ruined it, has changed my thinking.  I am also considering hand-quilting this quilt. I had originally started quilting many years ago by piecing quilts on machines and hand-quilting.  There are many reasons I preferred hand-quilting at the time, and I am re-exploring those aspects before I decide which way to complete this quilt.

Machines used in making this quilt:
Dad's 1883 White Model Vs2a (BS)
My 1891 White Model VS2b

Below: The 1891 White Vs2b treadle sewing machine that pieced this quilt

The accuracy of the piecing with this machine is shown below, and further below, the pieced quilt top

Below are some photos of the quilt layering- first, my quilt-board painted with the American Flag, then the muslin on the board, then the batting, finally topped with the quilt top and pinned for quilting.

This quilt has now been machine-quilted and is ready for the hand-quilted motifs.

I have completed the binding on the quilt, prior to hand-quilting any flowers.  It is in essence, finished this way, and I could present it to someone now.  I am considering, with this quilt and Quilt 3, whether to present them this way, this week of Memorial Day, or to add the hand-quilted motifs, which will take time.  There will be 198 motifs per quilt if I decide to add them.

This quilt was given to a Veteran through Deputy Chief Stephen G. Xiarhos.