Cresta sewing machine slideshow and sewing test

The Cresta was manufactured in East Germany sometime in the 1960s by Veritas of Wittenberge, it was then badged & imported into Britain by Cresta of Wolverhampton, fitted with an Acadex electric motor + foot pedal and housed in a plastic base and carry case. The Cresta originally came in three possible variants: straight stitch, zigzag or automatic, the machine shown is the simple straight stitch only variant and as such two of the control buttons on the face are not connected to anything! The Cresta can do adjustable straight stitch and reverse, additionally the feed dogs can be lowered to facilitate embroidery and darning.