New National Hand Crank
I am new to this forum, and have been really enjoying the vintage machine posts. This machine was my grandmothers. It is a New National, made by New Home, so I read. It usually lives on top of my New Home treadle when I am not using it. It is a wonderful machine, runs very smoothly, and has a very heavy base, making it quite stable in use.
I Just wanted to post this picture to show one of the wonderful uses of a hand crank machine. I decided to make a patchwork blanket, or do I dare say quilt, out of left over fabric from our local Days for Girls group. Flannel scraps. When I had put a bunch of pieces together and wanted to sew on some long strips, I figured out that if I put the hand crank on a stool, I could roll the material up on the table, and move the sewing machine!