b Depress the foot control to sew a buttonhole.
The machine will sew a buttonhole in the following
order:
a a a a a Step 1 and 2: Front bartack and left row
!2 Starting point
s s s s s Step 3: Right row
d d d d d Step 4: Back bartack and locking stitches at the
end
!3 End point
f f f f f LED shows each sewing step and a dot will blink
when the buttonhole is finished.
!4 Dot
If you start sewing the buttonhole without lowering the
buttonhole lever, the indicator will show a warning
sign.
Lower the buttonhole lever, then restart the machine.
If you select the other pattern without raising the foot,
the LED display shows "UP" to warn you.
You can sew another layer of the buttonhole over the
previous stitching (see page 46).
n Remove the fabric and place a pin just before the
bartack at each end to prevent cutting bartacks.
Cut the opening with the seam ripper. Use an awl
to open the keyhole buttonhole.
!5 Pin
!6 Seam ripper
!7 Awl
m After the buttonhole sewing is finished, push the
buttonhole lever upward as far as it will go.
!8 Buttonhole lever
b
a a a a a
↓
s s s s s
↓
d d d d d
↓
f f f f f
n
!5
!6
m
!8
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!2
!3
!4
!7