White 1268 - Making Buttonholes

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MAKING
BUTTONHOLES
First,
mark the
beginning
and end
of the
buttonhole on
fabric
with
a basting line or
tailor’s chalk. Make
one on
scrap fabric
(following
directions below) to
be
sure
machine
adjustments
are
‘orrect.
1. Replace presser
foot with buttonhole
foot
which
is grooved
deeply underneath to
prevent
piling
up of thread.
(See
Fig.
25).
2. Lock the
stitch width
at 2
and
set the stitch
length
near
0.
3.
Lower needle
carefully into
the mark on
fabric indicating
the
beginning of buttonhole.
Stitch to the
mark for
the
end
of
the
buttonhole,
step
1,
Fig.
26,
stopping
machine with
needle
in
fabric at right
side
of stitching.
4. Lift the presser
foot and using the
needle
as
a
pivot,
turn the fabric end
for end.
5.
Lower
presser
foot and
turn
hand
wheel
just enough
to raise
needle
out
of
fabric.
6. Drop feed all the
way down and move
zigzag lever
to 4.
While holding
the
lever at
4
width, take
five
or
six
stitches
to from
bar
tack,
step 2, Fig.
26.
7. Raise needle
out of fabric and return
feed
to
“HIGH”
position and return
stitch width lever to
2.
8. Stitch second
side of buttonhole,
step
3.
9.
Make
bar
tack by repeating
5 and 6 above
(step 4).
10.
Return stitch width
to
0
and take two
or three stitches
Fig. 25
riI
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ravelling.
Cut the buttonhole
opening
with a seam
ripper, being careful
not
to
cut the
stitchig.
Fig.
26
to fasten
bar
threads and
prevent