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Buttonhole
Machine setting:
q Stitch selector:
w Presser foot:
e Thread tension dial:
* Before you sew the actual buttonholes on the
actual garment, make several trial buttonholes on
a fabric sample.
* Use interfacing on stretch fabrics.
z Select BH 1(
). Pull the slider so the top mark on
the slider aligns with the start mark. Draw both
threads to the left under the foot.
Insert the garment under the foot.
r Start mark
x Lower the needle at the starting point. Then lower the
buttonhole foot.
Sew the required length of the left side of the button-
hole and stop the machine.
c Raise the needle to its highest position by turning
the handwheel, then select the BH 2,4(
Sew five bartack stitches and stop the machine.
v Raise the needle to its highest position and select
BH 3(
), sew the right side of buttonhole the
same length as the left side and stop the machine.
b Raise the needle and select the BH 2,4(
sew five bartack stitches.
n Raise the needle and presser foot. Remove the fabric
from the machine. Cut both needle and bobbin
threads leaving approximately 10 cm (4˝) of thread
ends loose.
Draw the needle thread to the wrong side of the
fabric by pulling the bobbin thread. Then, knot the
threads.
m Place a pin just before the bartack to prevent cutting
bartack. Cut the opening with the seam ripper.
t Seam ripper
Corded buttonhole
1. With the buttonhole foot raised, hook the filler
cord on the spur y at the back of the buttonhole
foot. Bring the ends toward you under the
buttonhole foot, clearing the front end.
Hook the filler cord into the forks u on the front of
the buttonhole foot to hold them tight. Lower the
needle into the garment where the buttonhole
will start and lower the foot.
y Spur
u Forks
2. Depress the foot control and sew the buttonhole over
the filler cord in the same way as described above.
3. Pull the left end of the filler cord to tighten it.
Thread the end of the cord through a darning
needle, draw it to the wrong side of the fabric and
cut.
Buttonhole foot
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