SEWING THE STITCHES

One-step Buttonholes

With one-step buttonholes, you can make buttonholes appropriate to the size of your button.

 

 

Presser

 

Stitch width

Stitch length

Twin

Stitch

Stitch name

Applications

[mm (inch)]

[mm (inch)]

foot

needle

 

 

 

Auto

Manual

Auto

Manual

 

 

 

 

 

 

Narrow rounded

 

Buttonhole on light to medium

5.0

3.0 - 5.0

0.4

0.2

- 1.0

 

 

buttonhole

 

weight fabrics

NO

 

 

(3/16)

(1/8 - 3/16)

(1/64)

(1/64 - 1/16)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wide round ended

 

Buttonholes with extra space for

5.5

3.5 - 5.5

0.4

0.2

- 1.0

 

 

buttonhole

 

larger buttons

NO

 

 

(7/32)

(1/8 - 7/32)

(1/64)

(1/64 - 1/16)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tapered round

 

Reinforced waist tapered

5.0

3.0 - 5.0

0.4

0.2

- 1.0

 

 

ended buttonhole

 

buttonholes

NO

 

 

(3/16)

(1/8 - 3/16)

(1/64)

(1/64 - 1/16)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Round ended

 

Buttonholes with vertical bar

5.0

3.0 - 5.0

0.4

0.2

- 1.0

 

 

buttonhole

 

tack in heavyweight fabrics

NO

 

 

(3/16)

(1/8 - 3/16)

(1/64)

(1/64 - 1/16)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Round ended

 

Buttonholes with bar tack

5.0

3.0 - 5.0

0.4

0.2 - 1.0

 

 

buttonhole

 

 

NO

 

 

 

(3/16)

(1/8 - 3/16)

(1/64)

(1/64 - 1/16)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Round double ended

 

Buttonholes for fine, medium to

5.0

3.0 - 5.0

0.4

0.2 - 1.0

 

 

buttonhole

 

heavyweight fabrics

NO

 

 

(3/16)

(1/8 - 3/16)

(1/64)

(1/64 - 1/16)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Narrow squared

 

Buttonholes for light to medium

5.0

3.0 - 5.0

0.4

0.2 - 1.0

 

 

buttonhole

 

weight fabrics

NO

 

 

(3/16)

(1/8 - 3/16)

(1/64)

(1/64 - 1/16)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wide squared

 

Buttonholes with extra space for

5.5

3.5 - 5.5

0.4

0.2 - 1.0

 

 

buttonhole

 

larger decorative buttons

NO

 

 

(7/32)

(1/8 - 7/32)

(1/64)

(1/64 - 1/16)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Squared buttonhole

 

Heavy-duty buttonholes with

5.0

3.0 - 5.0

0.4

0.2 - 1.0

 

 

 

 

vertical bar tacks

NO

 

 

 

(3/16)

(1/8 - 3/16)

(1/64)

(1/64 - 1/16)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stretch buttonhole

 

Buttonholes for stretch or woven

6.0

3.0 - 6.0

1.0

0.5 - 2.0

 

 

 

 

fabrics

(15/

NO

 

 

 

(1/8 - 15/64)

(1/16)

(1/32 - 1/16)

 

 

 

 

64)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Heirloom buttonhole

 

Buttonholes for heirloom and

6.0

3.0 - 6.0

1.5

1.0 - 3.0

 

 

 

 

stretch fabrics

 

 

 

 

(15/

NO

 

 

 

(1/8 - 15/64)

(1/16)

(1/1 - 1/8)

 

 

 

 

64)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bound buttonhole

 

The first step in making bound

5.0

0.0 - 6.0

2.0

0.2 - 4.0

 

 

 

 

buttonholes

NO

 

 

 

(3/16)

(0 - 15/64)

(1/16)

(1/64 - 3/16)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keyhole buttonhole

 

Buttonholes in heavyweight or

7.0

3.0 - 7.0

0.5

0.3 - 1.0

 

 

 

 

thick fabrics for larger flat

NO

 

 

 

(1/4)

(1/8 - 1/4)

(1/32)

(1/64 - 1/16)

 

 

 

buttons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tapered keyhole

 

Buttonholes in medium to heavy

7.0

3.0 - 7.0

0.5

0.3 - 1.0

 

 

buttonhole

 

weight fabrics for larger flat

NO

 

 

(1/4)

(1/8 - 1/4)

(1/32)

(1/64 - 1/16)

 

 

 

buttons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keyhole buttonhole

 

Buttonholes with vertical bar

7.0

3.0 - 7.0

0.5

0.3 - 1.0

 

 

 

 

tack for reinforcement in

NO

 

 

 

(1/4)

(1/8 - 1/4)

(1/32)

(1/64 - 1/16)

 

 

 

heavyweight or thick fabrics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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