Brother PC-420PRW 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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