Sears 385. 17526 - Manual (Page 62)

SECTION 3. LEARN THE STITCHES
Buttonhole Making (continued)
b. Placing your garment behind the machine, insert it the between the guide
plate and the buttonhole foot as shown.
c. Align marked buttonhole with center marking on buttonhole toot.
d. Line up your fabric edge with the measurement markings on the guide plate
lust in front of the buttonhole toot as shown,
e. Pierce the fabric with the needle at the beginning of the buttonhole.
NOTE; If you want your buttonhole to be 1/2 inch from the garment edge, line up
the fabric with the 1/2 inch marking each time you start to sew a
buttonhole.
We recommended the use of inlertacing when marking buttonholes.
If the fabric does not feed smoothly from the start. Increase the stitch
length.
5. a. Lower the buttonhole foot.
b. Start sewing slowly.
c. Allow the machine to do the work by itself.
(Do not try to guide the tabric.)
d. Slop sewing when the needle returns to the position where it begins.
To release the buttonhole base plate, pull the lever toward you and lift the base
plate off the machine.
Adiusting the stitch density
You may alter the closeness of the stitches by turning the stitch length control
between 3 to 4.
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