White 1066 - Button Sewing

19. BUTTON
SEWING
Turn
balance
wheel
towards
you
to
get
needle
to its
highest
position.
Raise
presser
bar nd
replace
regular
presser
foot,
with
button
sewing
foot as
shown
in
Fig.
3Q
Drop
the
feed
dog as
required
for darning
and
embroidering.
Upper
and
lower
thread tensions
remain
the
same
as
for ordinary
sewing.
Place
material
or garment
together
with
button
under
the
presser
foot
so
that
holes
in button
line
up
with
oblong
hole
in presser
foot,
Adjust
width of
zigzag
stitch
to permit
needle
to pass
through
center
or
holes
in
button.
Before
sewing
with
power,
turn the
balance
wheel
by
hand
towards
you to
make
sure that
needle
will
stitch in
the
center
of
the holes
in button.lf
the
needle
hit
the
button
it will
break.
Then
sew
five
to
six
stitches
to
attach
button.
When
attaching
four-hole
buttons
first
sew one
set
of
two holes,
then
stitch
into second
set
of
two holes
and
lock thread
with
two or
three
plain
stitches
in
last
hole.
Fig
30
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