Singer 6233 - Adjusting Buttonhole Balance

SECTION
5
Four-Step
Buttonholing
Your machine
makes buttonholes
in four easy
steps.
* You
never need to move
the fabric or
* When making buttonholes
on hard-to-
reposiion
the needle. reach areas
convert machine bed to free
* Always make
a practice
buftonhole on
a arm
sewing.
sample
of your fabric.
* Mark
buttonhole
position on fabric
as indi-
* Be sure
bobbin contains
enough thread.
cated
in pattern.
.When sewing delicate fabrics, place a
piece of paper over the fabric when
= _ l positioning the garment Lower the
presser foot and slip the paper out
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£ i ,,from
under the
foot. This
will prevent
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the teeth
on the underside
of the
foot
1r3 2
4 -
from
picking and
pulling the
fabric.
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_ __Recommended
Se~finp
1
-
Stitch
Selection:
Buttonhole
Stitch
Stitch Width: , }
Stitch Length:
? 2
Foot: Buttonhole (L)
2
Needle
Plate: General
Purpose (A)
_
Step
f
*
Raise
presser
foot.
* Placefabric
underfoot.
l t
l
* Center
a red guideline
(1)
of foot
around
beginning
line
of buttonhole.
*
Select
Buttonhole
Stitch
#1/3.
_...- _*- .-- * Position needle in fabric at point (2).
* Lower the foot and make sure the slid-
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ing portion of the foot is all the way for-
ward. Make 4 or 5 stitches ending at
point (3).
* Raise
needle.
Step 2
,g_____*Select Buttonhole Stitch #2.
* Stitch down to point (4).
* Raise needle.
Step 3
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* Select
Buttonhole Stitch
#113.
. Make
four
or five
stitches,
ending
at
5
_
point
(5).
*
Raise
needle.
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