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

■ Sewing buttonholes on stretch fabrics

Button sewing

When sewing buttonholes on stretch or loosely

woven fabrics, use a gimp thread.

Buttons can be sewn on with the sewing machine.

Hook the gimp thread onto the part of

Buttons with two or with four holes can be attached.

abuttonhole foot "A" shown in the illustration.

 

 

Measure the distance between the holes in the

 

a button to be attached.

b Raise the presser foot lever, and then slide the

bIt fits into the grooves, and then loosely tie it.drop feed lever, located at the rear of the

machine on the base, to (to the left as seen from the rear of the machine).

 

 

 

a

 

 

 

a Drop feed lever (as seen from the rear of the

 

 

 

machine)

cAttach buttonhole foot "A".

 

￿ The feed dogs are lowered.

c

Attach button-fitting foot "M".

• For details on replacing the presser foot, refer

 

to "Replacing the presser foot" (page 43).

 

 

dSelect stitch 52

or 53 .

 

 

eAdjust the stitch width to the thickness of the

gimp thread.• For details on replacing the presser foot, refer to "Replacing the presser foot" (page 43).

Lower the presser foot lever and the

d Select stitch 61 .

fbuttonhole lever, and then start sewing.

• For details, refer to "Selecting stitching" (page

gWhen sewing is finished, gently pull the gimp51). thread to remove any slack.

Note

￿ Since the end of the thread will be tied off

hUse a handsewing needle to pull the gimp

later, do not set the sewing machine for programmed-thread cutting.

thread to the wrong side of the fabric, and then tie it.

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