Chapter 6. buttonholes and buttons, Buttonholes, Four-step buttonholing – SINGER 6106 User Manual

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Chapter 6. Buttonholes and Buttons

buttonholes

• Pattern Group Selector: /

• Stitch Balance Dial: Neutral position

• Buttonhole Foot

Always make a test buttonhole on a sample in
your fabric. Be sure to duplicate thickness of
garment and include interfacing.

If the two lines of stitching in your sample are

of unequal density refer to the next page.

Place work under buttonhole foot, align centre
marking of buttonhole

A

with red line on foot,

and align end marking of buttonhole

B

with

horizontal line on foot. Do not lower the needle.

B

FOUR-STEP BUTTONHOLING

Step 1; Bar Tack

Turn buttonhole dial clockwise to step

1.

Position needle in fabric at point

A.

Lower the foot and stitch the first bar

tack taking at least four stitches end­

ing at point

B.

Step 2; Side Stitching

Raise needle above fabric by turning
hand wheel toward you.

Turn buttonhole dial clockwise to step
2. Stitch to the end of buttonhole at

point

C.

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