Button Sewing - Brother Innov-ís 2800D User Manual

SEWING THE STITCHES

Button Sewing

Buttons with 2 or 4 holes can be sewn on.
Note
Make sure that the automatic thread cutting setting is not selected when sewing on buttons.
Stitch
Stitch Name
Key

Button sewing

a
Press .
b
Raise the presser foot lever, and remove the
flat bed attachment.
c
Lower the feed dog position switch to
lower the feed dogs.
a Feed dog position switch
d
Attach button fitting foot "M", slide the
button along the metal plate and into the
presser foot, and then lower the presser foot
lever.
a Button
b Metal plate
e
Turn the handwheel toward you to check that
the needle correctly goes into the holes of the
button without touching it.
• Make sure the needle does not strike the button
during sewing. The needle may break and cause
injury.
86
Presser
Applications
Foot
Attaching buttons
a
a
b
CAUTION
Stitch width
[mm (inch.)]
Auto. Manual
3.5 2.5 - 4.5
(1/8) (3/32 - 3/16)
f
Gently hold the end of the upper thread, and
then start sewing.
* Once sewing is completed, the machine
automatically sews reinforcement stitches, then stops.
* If the automatic thread cutting setting is selected
before sewing, the machine will automatically cut
to
the thread at the end of stitching.
Note
• To attach the button more securely, repeat the
procedure.
• Adjust the stitch width to the distance between the
holes in the button.
g
With scissors, cut the upper and bobbin
threads at the beginning of the stitching, pull
the upper thread at the end of the stitching to
the wrong side of the fabric, and then tie it
with the bobbin thread.
h
When button sewing is finished, raise the feed
dog position switch to
dogs.
a Feed dog position switch
Stitch length
Twin
[mm (inch.)]
needle
Auto. Manual
— — NO
to raise the feed
a