Buttonholes And Specialty Stitches; Variety Of Buttonholes - ELNA eXpressive 900 Instruction Manual

Buttonholes and Specialty Stitches

Variety of buttonholes

B1 Sensor (Square) buttonhole
This square buttonhole is widely used on medium to heavy weight fabrics.
The buttonhole size is automatically determined by placing a button in the foot.
B2 Auto (Square) buttonhole
This is also a square buttonhole similar to the sensor square buttonhole, but you can
manually set the buttonhole size and the machine memorizes it to sew buttonholes of
the same size.
B3 Round end buttonhole
This buttonhole is used on fine to medium weight fabrics especially for blouses and
children's clothes.
B4 Fine fabric buttonhole
This buttonhole is rounded at both ends and is used on fine, delicate fabrics such as
fine silk.
B5 Keyhole buttonhole
The keyhole buttonhole is widely used on medium to heavy weight fabrics. It is also
suitable for larger and thicker buttons.
B6 Rounded keyhole buttonhole
This buttonhole is used for thicker buttons on medium weight fabrics.
B7 Tailored buttonhole
This durable buttonhole is used with thick buttons and heavy fabrics.
B8 Keyhole buttonhole (tapered reinforced end)
This buttonhole is used for tailored clothing, woven cloth etc.
B9 Keyhole buttonhole (heavy reinforced end)
This buttonhole is used for tailored clothing, jackets, particularly men's wear, woven
cloth etc.
B10 Stretch buttonhole
This buttonhole is suitable for stretch fabrics. It can also be used as a decorative but-
tonhole.
B11 Knit buttonhole
This buttonhole is suitable for knit fabrics. It can also be used as a decorative button-
hole.
B12 Antique buttonhole
This buttonhole looks like the heirloom stitch. It has an attractive handmade appear-
ance and makes a nice decorative buttonhole.
B13 Welted buttonhole
This is a template pattern for the hand sewn welted (bound) buttonhole.
NOTE:
B3-B13 are sensor buttonholes and the sewing procedure is the same as for B1.
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