SINGER 771 Touch & Sew II - Manual (Page 42)

buttonholes
Hound-End Buttonhole
Bar-Tack Buttonhole
Center Line
Finished Edge of Garment
Diameter of Button
Horizontal Placement
on Crosswise Grain
Vertical Placement on
Lengthwise Grain
You have a choice between two buttonhole
styles and two buttonhole-making methods:
round-end buttonholes made with the built-in
buttonhole system of your machine and bar-
tack buttonholes with square ends made man­
ually in four steps. Round-end buttonhoies can
be made in light- and medium-weight fabric;
bar-tack buttonholes are best in lightweight
fabric.
BUTTOMHOLE POSITION
Accurate guidelines are essential to keep but­
tonholes at a uniform distance from the edge
of the garment, evenly spaced, and on the
grain of the material.
1. Mark the center line of the garment. This
guideline can be made by hand basting or
machine speed basting. The space from the
center line to the finished edge of the gar­
ment must be at least equal to three-quar­
ters the diameter of the button. With this
spacing, the button will not extend beyond
the edge when the garment is buttoned.
Make sure that the center line marking fol­
lows a lengthwise fabric thread.
2. Mark a position guideline for each button­
hole.
• Horizontal buttonholes are placed to ex­
tend 1/8 inch {3mm) beyond the center
line of the garment, as illustrated, so that
the buttons will be in the center of the
figure when the garment is fastened,
Horizontai buttonhole guidelines should
follow a crosswise fabric thread and be
longer than the finished length of the but­
tonhole. Mark ends of each buttonhole
vertically.
• Vertical buttonholes are placed so that
the center line of the garment is in the
center of the buttonhole, as illustrated.
Mark the ends of each buttonhole hori­
zontally across the center line basting
and use the center line marking as the
buttonhole guide when stitching.
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