Buttonhole Sewing - Brother HS-3000 Operation Manual

VARIOUS STITCHES —————————————————————————————————————————————————

BUTTONHOLE SEWING

Buttonholes can be sewn and buttons can be sewn on.
Stitch Name
A 34
A 35
A 36
A 37
Buttonhole
stitch
A 38
A 39
A 40
A 41
Zigzag stitch
J 46
(for quilting)
*Auto Rfc.: Automatic Reinforcement
The maximum buttonhole length is about 28 mm (1-1/8 inch) (diameter + thickness of the button).
Buttonholes are sewn from the front of the presser foot to the back, as shown below.
a Reinforcement stitching
46
Pattern No.
34 34 29 29 29 25
35 35 30 30 30 26
36 36 31 31 31 27
37 37 32 32 32 28
38 38 – – – –
39 39 33 33 33 29
40 40 34 34 – –
41 41 35 35 – –
46 46 40 40 – –
Stitch Width
[mm (inch.)]
Application
Auto
Manual
5.0 (3/16)
Horizontal buttonholes
on thin and medium
3.0-5.0
weight fabrics
(1/8-3/16)
5.0 (3/16)
Secured buttoholes for
fabrics that have back-
3.0–5.0
ings
(1/8-3/16)
6.0 (15/64)
Buttonholes for stretch or
3.0–6.0
knit fabrics
(1/8-15/64)
6.0 (15/64)
Buttonholes for stretch
3.0–6.0
fabrics
(1/8-15/64)
5.0 (3/16)
Bound buttonholes 0.0–6.0
(0–15/64)
7.0 (1/4)
Keyhole buttonholes for
3.0–7.0
thick or furry fabrics
(1/8-1/4)
7.0 (1/4)
Keyhole buttonholes for
medium weight and thick
3.0–7.0
fabrics
(1/8-1/4)
7.0 (1/4)
Keyhole buttonholes for
3.0–7.0
thick or furry fabrics
(1/8-1/4)
3.5 (1/8)
Appliqué quilting, free-
motion quilting, satin
0.0–7.0
stitching, button sewing
(0–1/4)
Stitch Length
[mm (inch.)]
Auto
Manual
0.5 (1/32)
Auto
No No
0.2-1.0
Rfc.
(1/64-1/16)
0.5 (1/32)
Auto
No No
0.2–1.0
Rfc.
(1/64-1/16)
1.0 (1/16)
Auto
No No
0.5–2.0
Rfc.
(1/32-1/16)
1.5 (1/16)
Auto
No No
1.0–3.0
Rfc.
(1/16-1/8)
2.0 (1/16)
Auto
No No
0.2–4.0
Rfc.
(1/64-3/16)
0.5 (1/32)
Auto
No No
0.3–1.0
Rfc.
(1/64-1/16)
0.5 (1/32)
Auto
No No
0.3–1.0
Rfc.
(1/64-1/16)
0.5 (1/32)
Auto
No No
0.3–1.0
Rfc.
(1/64-1/16)
1.4 (1/16)
No Yes Rfc.
0.0-4.0
(0-3/16)
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