Sewing buttonholes (continued) – SINGER W1911 Quilter's Friend User Manual

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SEWING BUTTONHOLES (continued)

Always stitch a practice buttonhole on a scrap piece of your garment fabric then adjust stitch length as needed.

Snap on the buttonhole foot with the red markings to the left.

Pull the sliding portion all the way toward you so the red line on the fixed part of the foot lines up with the
first red line on the sliding part.

Place your fabric under the foot and put the needle down into the fabric.

Place the button on top of the foot against the needle and make a note of the red line on the left that the

button comes to. You will sew until the stitching reaches this line or in the case of thick buttons, to one line

beyond the button to allow room to get the button through the buttonhole.

Remove the button, put the top thread under the foot and to the rear, and lower the presser foot.

Set the pattern selector at ’I], and sew the left side until the red mark on the fixed part of the foot lines

up with the red line the button came to on the sliding part of the foot.

Raise the needle and set the pattern selector to^D'^.Sew 3 or 4 stitches to stitch the bar tack at the buttonhole

end.

Raise the needle and set the pattern selector to EI^ . Sew the right side of the buttonhole until the red line

on the fixed part lines up with the first line on the left. (This is the end of the sliding of the foot.)

Raise the needle. Set the pattern selector to^[J* . Take 3 or 4 stitches to bartack the end of the buttonhole.

Cut the buttonhole carefully with a seam ripper, taking care not to cut the stitching.

Note: For heavier satin stitched buttonholes, stitch the buttonhole twice.

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