SINGER 1021 - Manual (Page 32)

buttonholes
Horizontal Placement
on Crosswise Grain
Vertical Placement on
Lengthwise Grain
Buttonhole
Length Guide
Markings
Button
Opening
Button
Opening
Length of
Button
Opening
Buttonhole
Stitching
BUTTONHOLE POSITION
Accurate guidelines are essential to keep
buttonholes a uniform distance from the
faced edge of the garment evenly spaced,
and on the grain of the fabric. For center
closures, place guidelines as follows:
1. Mark the center line of the garment as
indicated on your pattern. This guide­
line can be hand basted and should
follow a lengthwise fabric thread.
2. Mark a position guideline for each
buttonhole.
• Horizontal buttonholes are pla­
ced to extend 3 mm beyond the
center-line basting of the gar­
ment. Horizontal guidelines for the
buttonholes should follow a cross­
wise thread of the fabric, and, if
basted, be longer than the finished
length of the buttonhole. Determine
the length of the buttonhole (as
described below) and mark ends of
each buttonhole vertically.
• Vertical buttonholes are placed so
that the center-line basting of the
garment is in the center of the
buttonholes. Determine buttonhole
length and mark ends of each button­
hole horizontally across the center
line and use the center-line basting
as a buttonhole guide when stitch­
ing.
BUTTONHOLE LENGTH
First, decide how long the button ope­
ning must be. Then, add 2 mm to the
measurement for
each bar tack (the
closing stitches at each end of the but­
tonhole). To find the length of the but­
ton opening, cut a slit In a scrap of fa­
bric the diameter of the button you in­
tend to use. Increase length of opening
until button slips through easily.
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