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Place | the | fabric, | with | the | buttonhole | length |
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| buttonhole | foot. | Without lowering the foot, let the needle pierce the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
fabric | at the | beginning |
| of | the | buttonhole. |
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of | the | red | zone | _closest | to | the | needle_ | is | at the mark of the opposite | |||||||||||||||||||
end | of | the | buttonhole. |
| Lower | the | foot. |
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Stitch |
| forward | until | the | needle | reaches |
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foot, |
| Then | turn | the | knob | to | R, | and | stitch |
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hole. |
| Turn | knob | back | to | F | to | finish | end |
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| buttonhole. |
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which | the | knob | is | turned |
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of | the | buttonhole. |
| The | slower |
| the | knob | is | turned, | while |
| sewing, |
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more | stitches | are formed. |
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Reproduction |
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| size | buttonholes |
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| on | the | left | side | of | the | buttonhole | foot. | These |
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| 1/8 | inch | apart. | Just | mark | the | starting |
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| of | the | buttonholes, |
| let |
the needle pierce the fabric and set the index mark CA_ on the upper
portion of the foot at the same graduation mark CB_ as it was set for the
first buttonholeo Lower the foot, Follow the procedures outlined above.
Always make a practice buttonhole on a scrap of fabric used in the
garment, using a double thickness of fabric, and an interfacing if used in garment.
The | stitch | length |
| may | be varied | slightly | by | the stitch |
| length | control | |||||
lever | within | the | 0 | to | 1 | range. |
| To | increase | forward | stitch | move | this | |||
lever | from | the | red | mark | toward | 1, | to | decrease | move | it | toward | the | 0. | |||
The | buttonhole | reverse |
| stitch | length | control | _C_) is used | to | match | the | ||||||
length | of the | reverse | stitches | with | the | forward | stitches. |
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| the | dial |
to the minus direction for shorter stitches; to the plus direction for
longer stitches. These settings may vary depending on the type of fabric used,
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