Buttonhole - Husqvarna Quilt Designer II User Manual

Buttonhole

The Sewing Advisor will select the best but ton hole
and stitch settings for your fabric. Fabric should be
interfaced and/or stabilized where but ton holes are
to be sewn. Mark the buttonhole placement on your
fabric with your Pictogram pen™.
You can also select your buttonhole from Stitch d-
Card A (see page 44). A buttonhole Stitch
1
d-Card (B ) with additional buttonhole styles is an
1
optional ac ces so ry.
Fabric: Woven medium and stabilizer
Touch: Woven medium fabric and Buttonhole
technique.
Use: Size 80 needle as recomended. Snap on the
Sensor Buttonhole Foot as in di cat ed on the Touch
Screen by the wheel symbol next to the foot. Plug
the cord into the sock et in the left front un der si de
corner of the machine (a). Line up the white range
on the side of the wheel with the white marking line
on the foot.
In you can enter the buttonhole size
with the or button. Average buttonhole sizes are:
16 mm (5/8''), 20 mm (3/4''), 24 mm (1''). Maximum
buttonhole size when using the Buttonhole Sensor
Foot is 50 mm (2'').
Many button packages list the size or use
the But ton hole Rule (see illustration). The
but ton hole size need ed will vary with the thick ness
and style of your but ton. Always stitch a sam ple
but ton hole on scraps fi rst.
Sew:
• Fold fabric in two and place stabilizer un der neath.
• Place fabric under Sensor Buttonhole Foot. The
meas ure ment wheel can be raised to a stop by
lifting the toe of the foot, which makes it easier to
place the fabric un der the presser foot.
Use the markings on the left toe of the Sensor
Buttonhole Foot to position the garment edge.
Place the edge of the garment at the middle
mark to have 5/8'' (15 mm) from the edge to the
buttonhole.
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Utility Garment Sewing
Sensor Buttonhole Foot
socket
Icon for Sensor
Buttonhole Foot
0 6 10 14 18
8 12 16
a.
Arrows indicating
sewing direction for a
satin stitch buttonhole
22 26 30 34 38 42 46 50
Buttonhole Rule
20 24 28 32 36 40 44 48
5/8'' (15 mm) Buttoning Edge
Enter button-
hole size