Brother CPS5XVY operation manual Memo, Buttonhole Stitching/Button Sewing

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gTurn the handwheel toward you (counterclockwise) to check that the needle correctly goes into the two holes of the button. If it seems as if the needle will hit the button, remeasure the distance between the holes in the button. Adjust the stitch width to the distance between the button holes.

CAUTION

●When sewing, be sure that the needle does not touch the button, otherwise the needle may bend or break.

hStartSet thesewing.sewing speed controller to the left (so that the speed will be slow).

XThe sewing machine automatically stops after sewing reinforcement stitches.

•Do not press (“Thread Cutter” button).

•If additional strength is needed to secure the button, perform the button-sewing operation twice.

iUse scissors to cut the upper thread and the bobbin thread at the beginning of the stitching. Pull the upper thread at the end of the stitching to the wrong side of the fabric, and then tie it with the bobbin thread.

jWhen you are finished attaching the button,

slide the drop feed lever to (to the right as seen from the rear of the machine) to raise the feed dogs.

Memo

z The feed dog position switch is normally set to the right side (as seen from the rear of machine).

z The feed dogs come up when you start

sewing again.
■ Attaching a shank to a button
To sew the button with a shank, attach the button
with space between it and the fabric, and then	3
wind the thread by hand. This attaches the button

securely.

aPlace the button into button-sewing foot “M”, and then pull the shank lever toward you.

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aShank lever

bAfter sewing is finished, cut the upper thread with plenty of excess, wind it around the thread between the button and the fabric, and then tie it to the upper thread at the beginning of the stitching.

Tie together the ends of the bobbin thread at the end and at the beginning of the stitching on the wrong side of the fabric.

cCut off any excess thread.

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