White 1240 manual TURN-AROUND Buttonholes, Your botton, J

TURN-AROUND BUTTONHOLES

I

It

is

possible

to

make

small

and

dainty

buttonholes

if

you

desire

or

repair damaged

buttonholes.

This

entails

a slight

shifting of

the

cloth

but

with

some

practice,

good

buttonholes

can be

achieved.

1.

Mark

the length

of

the

buttonhole

on

the

cloth

as

shown

in figure.

2.

Set

the

needle

position

to

the

left

and

your

stitch

length dial

near

“1/4”

or

the

density

your

desire.

3.

Choose

the desired

width

of

your botton

hole.

Example:

if

you

want

a

buttonhole

with a

width

of

#

3 setting

on the stitch

width

4.

dial,

divide

this

setting

in

half,

or

11/2

Start

at

your marked position,

sew down

on

the

left

side

of buttonhole

to the other

end of

marking.

Leave

the

needle

in

the

cloth

at

the

right

side of

stitches

and

rotate

your cloth.

Lift the presser foot and

slide

the

bottom

of

the foot

back

to

the

front.

5.

Lower

the

foot

and

raise

the

needle.

Reset

your

stitch

width

dial

to bartack,

in

this case the

# 3

setting, set

your

feed

to

6.

Raise

sew several

stitches.

the

needle,

raise

feed

to,

A.*

reset

the

zigzag

width

to

the

initial setting,

in

this

case

#1½

and sew the

other

side

of

buttonhole to your mark,

then

repeat your

7.

bartack (5).

Lock threads

by stitching a

few stitches at

0

witdh.

Cut

buttonhole

as indicated

previously.

Pattern:			/\J”/\
Length:
Width:		24-5-2%-5-O
Feed
	Dog:			-A
Pressure:			Normal
Foot:	8uttonhole
Needle		Position:			1

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When		using this	method over		a	buttonhole
which		has already been slit		or	damaged, be
sure to		hold the	buttonhole	open		and allow
the	needle to go		off the edge		of	the fabric.

Step 4 is damaged

all	that	may
buttonholes.

Step 1

be

needed to

Step

repair	en
2	Step 3

U,

Step 4

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