Brother PC 6500 operation manual Buttonhole Stitching

BUTTONHOLE STITCHING		A
Buttonhole	6 for stretch fabrics
1 for thin and medium weight 7 for making		a bound
fabrics (horizontal holes)	buttonhole
2 for jeans and trousers	8 for suits and overcoats
1 2 3 4 5 3 for thick coats	9 for jeans and	trousers

4for thin or medium weight 0 for thick coats fabrics

5for stretch fabric with coarse weaves

6 7 8 9 0

1. Mark the position and length of the buttonhole on the fabric.

Note

– The maximum buttonhole length is 1-3/16" (3 cm) (diameter + thickness of the button).

– Thick thread (#30) cannot be used when sewing with

and .

CONTENTS
SETTING UP
SEWING
STITCHES	UTILITY

	5	2. Attach buttonhole foot A and lower the presser foot lever,
		making sure that the upper thread passes underneath the
		buttonhole foot.
		3. Pull out the button guide plate and insert the button that will
		be put through the buttonhole.
		1 Button guide plate
		4. Slide the outside frame of the buttonhole foot
1		backward as far as possible as shown in the	A
	5	illustration at the left, making sure that there is
		no gap behind the part of the foot marked “A”.
		Note
		If the buttonhole foot is not slid back as far as possible, the
		buttonhole will not be sewn with the correct size.
A		5. Position the fabric under the buttonhole foot so that the red
		marks on the sides of the buttonhole foot align with the front
		end of the buttonhole marking and the red mark on the front
		of the foot is centered in the marking.
		1 Mark on fabric indicating position of buttonhole
	3	2 Red marks on buttonhole foot
	5

6. Lower the buttonhole lever so that it is positioned behind the metal bracket on the buttonhole foot.

1 Buttonhole lever

2 Metal bracket on the buttonhole foot

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STITCH DESIGNS)	(CREATE YOUR OWN	STITCHTM	MY CUSTOM
EMBROIDERING
MAINTENANCE
MESSAGES	ERROR
SEWING CHART
IN MACHINE)	(PROGRAMMED	PATTERNS

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