Buttonhole position, Buttonhole length, Buttonholes – SINGER 518 Stylist User Manual
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Horizontal Placement
on Crosswise Grain
buttonholes
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
faced edge of garment, evenly spaced,
and
on
grain
of
fabric.
For
center
closures, place guidelines as follows:
1.
Mark center line of 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 placed to
extend
^
inch
beyond
center-line
basting of garment. Horizontal guide
lines for buttonholes should follow a
crosswise thread of fabric and, if
basted, be longer than finished length
of
buttonhole.
Determine
length
of
buttonhole (as described below) and
mark ends of each buttonhole vertically.
• Vertical buttonholes are placed so that
center-line basting of garment Is in
center
of
buttonholes.
Determine
buttonhole length and mark ends of
each
buttonhole
horizontally
across
center line and use center-line basting
as a buttonhole guide when stitching.
BUTTONHOLE LENGTH
First, decide how long button opening
must be. Then, add VW i^ich to measure
ment for each bar tack (closing stitches
at each end of buttonhole). To find
length of button opening, cut a slit in a
scrap of fabric the diameter of button you
intend to use. Increase length of opening
until button slips through easily.
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