Alfa Network 233 - Attaching Buttons to Fabric

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SEWING ON
BUTTONS
(FOR MODEL 833 SET NEEDLE POSITION LEFT 1)
1. Remove hinged presser foot and attach button sewing foot (See
Fig.
31 -A
& B).
2. Turn drop feed knob to "EMBR"-
3. Move zig-zag width lever to "0" position or to the extreme left.
Place the button so that its left hole comes directly under the needle,
then gently lower the presser foot.
Move the zig-zag width lever to
the right until the needle comes exactly over the right hole of the
button. Turn
the balance wheel
slowly by
hand to be sure
the needle
-
clears
both
holes
of
the
button.
Correct
width
if
necessary
and
lock
j O
;2
7
stop scres. (See page 1 OFig. 12-A)
4.
When
needle
goes
into
the centre
of
each
hole, run
the
machine
at
i:•'a
medium speed, making five or six stitches, stopping with the needle Fig. 31-A
in the left hole. (Fig. 31-B).
5. To lock the
zig-zag stitch and prevent unravelling, set the stitch width '
at 0, and make a few stitches in the same hole. If you wish to form a
shank behind the button you may place a rounded toothpick
over the
button, between the two holes, and sew button to fabric in usual way.
Remove the toothpick and wind thread behind button, forming a shank. --
Apply the same method to sew on buttons with four holes, hooks and 7
snaps etc.
If a four hole button is to be sewn, follow the same procedure as for the
two hole button; then lift presser foot slightly and
turn the
fabric to permit stitching at the remaining
two holes. Hooks,
snaps etc., can be sewn on to
the fabric in the same procedure
as for sewing two y -
hole buttons.
"
Fig. 31-B