Sewing Buttonholes; Making A Buttonhole - Brother 888-X64 Operation Manual

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BUTfONHOLES
4 SEWING BUTTONHOLES
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• Always tum off the machine before
replacing the presser foot. Otherwise,
injuries may occur if the foot controller
is accidentally pressed and the machine
starts sewing.
Making a buttonhole
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Foot "A"
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• We recommend that you practice making a
buttonhole o n a scrap piece of fabric before
you try it on an actual garment.
• When making buttonholes on soft fabrics,
place a stabilizer materi al on the underside
o f the fabric.
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Using tailor's chalk, mark the position and
length of the buttonhole on the fabric.
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Marks on fabric
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Buttonhole sewing
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Attach the buttonhole foot and push the
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frame back until it stops with the plastic
insert at the front of the frame.
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.4\.CAUTION
• If the presser foot is not installed with
the correct orientation, the needle may
strike the presser foot, which may bend
or break the needle and cause injury.
(See page 10 for the correct presser foot
orientation.)
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You need to sew the front bar tack first.
line the bar tack mark under the center of
the presser foot and match it up to the
two lines on the presser foot.
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Front of chalk mark
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Red lines
• Making a Buttonhole
Step Sewn section Pat1ern
Step 1
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(Front bar tack)
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1. Set the
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selection d ial to •a•.
2. Lower t e presser foot and sew 5 to 6 stitches.
3. Stop the machine when the needle is at the left
side of the stitches and then raise the needle from
the material.
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(Le side)
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1. Turn the pattern selection dial to "b".
2. Sew the length of the tailor's chalk line.
3.
Stop the machine when the needle is at the left
side of the stitch and then raise the needle.