Pfaff Sewing Machine - Durable Buttonholes with Gimp Thread

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Utility stitches and practical sewing
Carfully cut open your buttonhole with scissors or a
seam ripper.
• Carefullycutopenyourbuttonhole.
Tip: For ne buttonholes, you can reduce the
buttonhole width with the stitch width dial
(27) down to approx. 3 mm. Use the center
needle position
.
Standard buttonhole with gimp
thread
To sew especially durable buttonholes,
onheavyfabrics,knitsorsportswear,we
recommend using a gimp thread.
On knits the gimp thread is particularly
importanttopreventthebuttonholefrom
stretching.
• Laythegimpthreadovertherear
protrusionAandpassthethreadends
underneath the presser foot towards
the front.
• Clampthethreadstotheleftandright
of protrusion B.
• Slidethebuttonholerunnerasfar
forwards as possible and sew the
buttonhole as described for your
select™ model.
• Pulltheloopofthegimpthreadinto
the buttonhole and cut the threads.