Brother 885-V95/V96/V97/V98, computerized embroidery and sewing machine Button sewing

UTILITY STITCHES ———————————————————————————————————————————

■Sewing buttonholes on stretch fabrics

When sewing buttonholes on stretch or loosely	Button sewing
woven fabrics, use a gimp thread.	Buttons can be sewn on with the sewing machine.
Hook the gimp thread onto the part of
	Buttons with two or with four holes can be attached.
abuttonhole foot "A" shown in the illustration.
	Measure the distance between the holes in the
	a button to be attached.

	Raise the presser foot lever, and then slide the
bIt fits into the grooves, and then loosely tie it.	b drop feed lever, located at the rear of the
	machine on the base, to	(to the left as seen
	from the rear of the machine).

		a
		a Drop feed lever (as seen from the rear of the
		machine)
cAttach buttonhole foot "A".		￿ The feed dogs are lowered.
	c	Attach button-fitting foot "M".
• For details on replacing the presser foot, refer
to "Replacing the presser foot" (page 43).
dSelect stitch 52 or 53 .
Adjust the stitch width to the thickness of the
egimp thread.		• For details on replacing the presser foot, refer
		to "Replacing the presser foot" (page 43).
Lower the presser foot lever and the	d Select stitch 61 .
fbuttonhole lever, and then start sewing.
		• For details, refer to "Selecting stitching" (page
When sewing is finished, gently pull the gimp		51).
gthread to remove any slack.

	Note
	￿ Since the end of the thread will be tied off
Use a handsewing needle to pull the gimp	later, do not set the sewing machine for
	programmed-thread cutting.
hthread to the wrong side of the fabric, and
then tie it.

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