Brother NX 400 manual Buttonhole Stitching

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

Buttonhole Stitching

Buttonholes can be sewn and buttons can be sewn on. Eleven stitches are available for sewing on buttons and one-step buttonholes.

		Stitch			Stitch Width		Stitch Length		Presser
Stitch Name	Pattern			Application	[mm (inch.)]		[mm (inch.)]
		Key							Foot
					Auto	Manual	Auto	Manual
	42			Horizontal buttonholes on	5.0	3.0–5.0	0.4	0.2–1.0
			–	thin and mediumweight
					(3/16)	(1/8–3/16)	(1/64)	(1/64–1/16)
				fabrics
	43		–	Horizontal buttonholes on	5.0	3.0–5.0	0.4	0.2–1.0
				areas that are subject to strain	(3/16)	(1/8–3/16)	(1/64)	(1/64–1/16)
	44		–	Horizontal buttonholes on	5.0	3.0–5.0	0.4	0.2–1.0
				thick fabrics	(3/16)	(1/8–3/16)	(1/64)	(1/64–1/16)
	45			Buttonholes with bar tacks on	5.0	3.0–5.0	0.4	0.2–1.0
				both ends for stabilized fabrics	(3/16)	(1/8–3/16)	(1/64)	(1/64–1/16)
	46		–	Buttonholes for stretch or knit	6.0	3.0–6.0	1.0	0.5–2.0
Buttonhole				fabrics	(15/64)	(1/8–15/64)	(1/16)	(1/32–1/16)
									A
stitch	47		–	Buttonholes for stretch fabrics	6.0	3.0–6.0	1.5	1.0–3.0
					(15/64)	(1/8–15/64)	(1/16)	(1/16–1/8)
	48		–	Bound buttonholes	5.0	0.0–6.0	2.0	0.2–4.0
					(3/16)	(0–15/64)	(1/16)	(1/64–3/16)
	49		–	Keyhole buttonholes for thick	7.0	3.0–7.0	0.5	0.3–1.0
				or plush fabrics	(1/4)	(1/8–1/4)	(1/32)	(1/64–1/16)
	50			Keyhole buttonholes for	7.0	3.0–7.0	0.5	0.3–1.0
			–	mediumweight and thick
					(1/4)	(1/8–1/4)	(1/32)	(1/64–1/16)
				fabrics
	51		–	Horizontal buttonhole for	7.0	3.0–7.0	0.5	0.3–1.0
				thick or plush fabrics	(1/4)	(1/8–1/4)	(1/32)	(1/64–1/16)
Button-	55				3.5	2.5–4.5
sewing			–	Button sewing			–	–	M
					(1/8)	(3/32–3/16)
stitch

CONTENTS GETTING READY SEWING BASICS UTILITY STITCHES APPENDIX

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