Buttonhole Stitches - Brother PE-300S Operation Manual

BUTTONHOLE STITCHES

Always make your stitch samples out of scraps from the fabric you will be using. For standard button holes,
select . Select sewing button holes into stretch fabrics and
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1 Buttonhole
2 Buttonhole
3 Buttonhole
1. Mark the positions of the buttonholes on the fabric.
* The maximum buttonhole length is 3 cm (1-3/16") (total of
diameter + thickness of button).
2. Draw out the button holder plate and insert the button.
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1 Button holder plate
* Place a button on the buttonholer as illustrated to auto-
matically gauge buttonhole size.
CAUTION
Pass the thread underneath the presser foot.
3. Raise the presser foot and adjust the fabric so that the red
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mark on the foot is over the starting mark of your buttonhole.
Lower the presser foot into position.
1 Mark on fabric for buttonhole position
2 Red mark on presser foot
CAUTION
After the presser foot lever has been lowered,
set the presser foot so that there is no gap be-
hind the section marked with an "A", otherwise
the size of the stitch will not be correct. To do
this, push the presser foot towards the back of
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the machine as shown in the left figure.
4. Lower the buttonhole lever and position it behind the metal
bracket on the buttonhole foot.
1 Metal bracket on the buttonhole foot
for sideways buttonholes.
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