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BuI"rONHOLE MAKING - BUILT-IN SYSTEM
PREPARATION
Carefully mark the buttonhole length on your garment. Place the fabric With the buttonhole marked under the buttonhole foot. Pull the guide foot (A) all the way forward so that the index mark (B) is aligned With the graduation
(C), with thread to rear. (Reproduction of the identical size buttonholesi is facilitated with
the aid of the graduations on the both sides of the buttonhole guide fOot. These gardua- tions are 1/8" (left side) ori2.5mm (right side) apart. Graduations act as reference mark.)
PROCEDURE
. Switch the control to left. (If it has been already at left, set it a! right, sew several stitches and switch to lieft again.) Step on foot control to form first bartack and left side of buttonhole.
,When you reach end of left side, switch the control to the right and complete the buttonhole.
ADJUSTING STITCH BALANCE
Stitch length difference s in forward and
reverse stitches of the buttonhole are equalized with the stitch modifier.
If the reverse stitches areitoo far apart, turn the, modifier slightly clockwise; if they are too close together, turn
CORDED BUTTONHOLES
Hook filler cord (crotchet thread or button- hole twist) to the spur (A), pull both ends of cord forward under foot and tie to the spur
(B). Sew buttonhole in such a way that zigzag stitches cover the icord.
When stitching is completed, release cord from foot, pull ends of co_d and snip off extra length.
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