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Machine setting
Stitch
Thread tension dial
2 - 5
Machine setting
Stitch
Thread tension dial
1 - 5
Buttonhole foot
Changing the
presser foot
Loosen the screw and
replace the presser
foot.
Tighten the screw.
Corded Buttonhole
Fillar code
Spur
Forks
19. Tricot Stitch
20. Buttonhole
Starting point A
Needle
thread
Bobbin thread
1
Make a test buttonhole using the same fabric and interfacing as the actual garment.
Procedure
1 Raise the needle and turn the pattern
selector dial to select
Draw the both threads to the left.
Lower the needle down into the fabric
at the starting point A, and lower the
buttonhole foot.
2 Sew down the left side stopping at the
bottommark B.
3 Raise the needle and select
Sew 5 stitches of bartack and stop the
machine.
4 Raise the needle and select
Sew up the right side of the
buttonhole, stop the machine when
you are directly opposite the first stitch
on the left hand side.
Place the fabric under the presser foot so that the edge is
just inside the right side of the presser foot.
Guide the fabric so the right hand stitches fall at the edge
of the fabric.
A
B
2
3
5 Raise the needle and select
Sew 5 stitches of bartack and raise the
.
needle out from the fabric.
6 Raise the presser foot, remove the fabric
from the machine and cut the threads
leaving 4" (10 cm) tails.
7 Insert a pin at the end of the buttonhole
as shown, then cut the opening with a
seam ripper.
.
Note: Make sure not to cut the stitches.
.
With the buttonhole foot raised, hook a fillar cord on
the spur on the back of the foot.
Bring the ends toward you under the foot until they
clear the front end.
Hook both ends into the forks on the front of the foot
to hold them tight.
Lower the needle down into the fabric at the starting
point, and lower the presser foot.
Sew a buttonhole over the fillar cord.
Pull the left end of the cord to tighten it and cut.
Pin
4
5
6
.
Seam ripper
7
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