Brother NV6000D One-step Buttonholes

SEWING THE STITCHES
Utility Stitches
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One-step Buttonholes
With one-step buttonholes, you can make buttonholes appropriate to the size of your button.
Stitch Stitch name Presser
foot Applications
Stitch width
[mm (inch)]
Stitch length
[mm (inch)] Twi n
needle
Auto Manual Auto Manual
Narrow rounded
buttonhole
Buttonhole on light to medium
weight fabrics 5.0
(3/16)
3.0 - 5.0
(1/8 - 3/16)
0.4
(1/64)
0.2 - 1.0
(1/64 - 1/16) NO
Wide round ended
buttonhole
Buttonholes with extra space for
larger buttons 5.5
(7/32)
3.5 - 5.5
(1/8 - 7/32)
0.4
(1/64)
0.2 - 1.0
(1/64 - 1/16) NO
Tapered round
ended buttonhole
Reinforced waist tapered
buttonholes 5.0
(3/16)
3.0 - 5.0
(1/8 - 3/16)
0.4
(1/64)
0.2 - 1.0
(1/64 - 1/16) NO
Round ended
buttonhole
Buttonholes with vertical bar
tack in heavyweight fabrics 5.0
(3/16)
3.0 - 5.0
(1/8 - 3/16)
0.4
(1/64)
0.2 - 1.0
(1/64 - 1/16) NO
Round ended
buttonhole
Buttonholes with bar tack 5.0
(3/16)
3.0 - 5.0
(1/8 - 3/16)
0.4
(1/64)
0.2 - 1.0
(1/64 - 1/16) NO
Round double ended
buttonhole
Buttonholes for fine, medium to
heavyweight fabrics 5.0
(3/16)
3.0 - 5.0
(1/8 - 3/16)
0.4
(1/64)
0.2 - 1.0
(1/64 - 1/16) NO
Narrow squared
buttonhole
Buttonholes for light to medium
weight fabrics 5.0
(3/16)
3.0 - 5.0
(1/8 - 3/16)
0.4
(1/64)
0.2 - 1.0
(1/64 - 1/16) NO
Wide squared
buttonhole
Buttonholes with extra space for
larger decorative buttons 5.5
(7/32)
3.5 - 5.5
(1/8 - 7/32)
0.4
(1/64)
0.2 - 1.0
(1/64 - 1/16) NO
Squared buttonhole Heavy-duty buttonholes with
vertical bar tacks 5.0
(7/32)
3.0 - 5.0
(1/8 - 3/16)
0.4
(1/64)
0.2 - 1.0
(1/64 - 1/16) NO
Stretch buttonhole Buttonholes for stretch or woven
fabrics 6.0
(15/
64)
3.0 - 6.0
(1/8 - 15/64)
1.0
(1/16)
0.5 - 2.0
(1/32 - 1/16) NO
Heirloom buttonhole Buttonholes for heirloom and
stretch fabrics 6.0
(15/
64)
3.0 - 6.0
(1/8 - 15/64)
1.5
(1/16)
1.0 - 3.0
(1/1 - 1/8) NO
Bound buttonhole The first step in making bound
buttonholes 5.0
(3/16)
0.0 - 6.0
(0 - 15/64)
2.0
(1/16)
0.2 - 4.0
(1/64 - 3/16) NO
Keyhole buttonhole Buttonholes in heavyweight or
thick fabrics for larger flat
buttons
7.0
(1/4)
3.0 - 7.0
(1/8 - 1/4)
0.5
(1/32)
0.3 - 1.0
(1/64 - 1/16) NO
Tapered keyhole
buttonhole
Buttonholes in medium to heavy
weight fabrics for larger flat
buttons
7.0
(1/4)
3.0 - 7.0
(1/8 - 1/4)
0.5
(1/32)
0.3 - 1.0
(1/64 - 1/16) NO
Keyhole buttonhole Buttonholes with vertical bar
tack for reinforcement in
heavyweight or thick fabrics
7.0
(1/4)
3.0 - 7.0
(1/8 - 1/4)
0.5
(1/32)
0.3 - 1.0
(1/64 - 1/16) NO