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, Start sewing – straight stitch front edge, lockstitch.
Machine will automatically stop when buttonhole is
completed.
. Cut down center of sewn rectangle, snipping into
each corner.
⁄0 Pass the bias square through slit and pull to wrong
side of garment to form the lips of buttonhole.
⁄1 From wrong side, press lips into center and fold
bias fabric over lips forming a tuck at each end.
⁄2 From right side, align lips. Baste and press.
⁄3 Reinforce both ends by folding right sides together
at buttonhole end and straight stitch in along the
stitch line.
⁄4 Trim away excess bias fabric. Fasten bias fabric by
hand.
⁄5 Repeat steps 1 to 11 to form underside of
buttonhole on facing of garment.
⁄6 Pass bias fabric through slit and pull to wrong
side of fabric. Press flat.
⁄7 “Stitch in the ditch” around outer edges of bound
buttonhole opening with a straight stitch.
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