Buttonhole Making

SETTINGS

Stitch Width Control - 4

Stitch Length Control - Red Zone

Zigzag Presser Foot

Use zigzag stitching plate.

1. Carefully	mark the	position		and	\

length of each buttonhole			on your
garment.	Select	the proper		size
buttonhole	guide	foot	to	corre-

spond with the length of button- hole.

2, Mount the guide foot onto the

presser foot. Holding on to the top thread, rotate the handwheel

toward you one complete turn. Pull the upper thread under and to the back of the buttonhole guide foot. See Figs. 1 & 2.

3.Note in Fig. 3 that each guide foot has a dot on the right ed;_ toward the back of the foot, and on the left edge near the front of the foot. These dots are used as a

point of reference for your bartack-

ing steps in buttonholing. (See next page).

4.Slide the guide foot forward until the rear edge of the presser foot is at the rear edge of the guide.

5.Place the fabric with the marked

buttonhole under the guide foot. Lower the presser foot lever and follow steps on next page.

(Check Hints for Perfect Button- holes on Page 32.)

Fig. 1

g. 2

Hinge

Fig. 3

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