Bar Tacks; Four Step Buttonhole - Singer 5040 Instruction Manual

Bar tacks

• Bar tacks reinforce areas of strain and can
be applied to ready made garments, as well
as to those hose sewn at home. Use the
free-arm surface to avoid fabric bulk around
the needle when you apply bar tacks to
pockets pleats and waistlines
Four-step buttonhole
Your machine makes buttonholes to any size
you choose in only four, easy steps.
• You never need to move the fabric or repo-
sition the needle.
• Always make a practice buttonhole on a
sample of your fabric.
• Be sure bobbin contains enough thread.
• When making buttonholes on hard-to-reach
areas, convert machine bed to free-arm
sewing.
• Mark buttonhole position on fabric as indi-
cated In pattern.
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