SEWING BUTTONHOLES AND BUTTONS ————

4SEWING BUTTONHOLES AND BUTTONS

CAUTION

●Always turn off the machine before replacing the presser foot. Otherwise, injuries may occur if the foot controller is accidentally pressed and the machine starts sewing.

Making a buttonhole

 

 

 

Stitch

Stitch

 

Pattern

Length

Width

Foot

[mm

[mm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(inch)]

(inch)]

 

1

 

F-1.5

 

Button-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5 (3/16)

hole

 

 

 

(1/64-1/16)

 

 

 

 

Foot “A”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memo

●We recommend that you practice making a buttonhole on a scrap piece of fabric before you try it on an actual garment.

●When making buttonholes on soft fabrics, place a stabilizer material on the underside of the fabric.

1Using tailor’s chalk, mark the position and length of the buttonhole on the fabric.

2

1

1Marks on fabric

2 Buttonhole sewing

2Attach the buttonhole foot and push the frame back until it stops with the plastic insert at the front of the frame.

CAUTION

●If the presser foot is not installed with the correct orientation, the needle may strike the presser foot, which may bend or break the needle and cause injury. (See page 8 for the correct presser foot orientation.)

3You need to sew the front bar tack first. Line the bar tack mark under the center of the presser foot and match it up to the two lines on the presser foot.

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1Front of chalk mark

2 Red lines

■Making a Buttonhole

Step

Sewn section

Pattern

Step 1

(Front bar tack)

1.Set the pattern selection dial to “a”.

2.Lower the presser foot and sew 5 to 6 stitches.

3.Stop the machine when the needle is at the left side of the stitches and then raise the needle from the material.

Step 2 (Left side)

1.Turn the pattern selection dial to “b”.

2.Sew the length of the tailor’s chalk line.

3.Stop the machine when the needle is at the left side of the stitch and then raise the needle.

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