Brother PC 3000 - Manual (Page 47)

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4. Lower the buttonhole lever and position it behind the metal
bracket on the buttonhole foot.
1 Metal bracket on the buttonhole foot
Keyhole buttonhole
Make a hole using the small eyelet punch in the key end, then
insert a pin in front of the inside edge of the bar tack. Insert a
seam ripper into the hole made with the eyelet punch and cut
towards the pin.
1 Small eyelet punch (accessory #9 on page 6)
2 Pin
5. While lightly holding the end of the upper thread, press the
“START/STOP” button to start sewing.
* Gently feed the fabric by hand.
* Before stopping, the machine will automatically sew a rein-
forcement stitch after the buttonhole is sewn.
* If the fabric does not feed (for example, because the fabric is
too thick), touch the “
” stitch length key to increase the
stitch length.
6. Open the buttonhole.
Normal buttonhole and rounded buttonhole
Insert a pin in front of the inside edge of both bar tacks. Insert the
seam ripper into the center of the buttonhole and cut toward the
first pin, then cut toward the other pin.
1 Pin
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