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Carefully mark buttonhole length on fabric.
Place the fabric under the foot with the buttonhole
marking running toward you.
Move the slider (A) toward you so that the top mark (C)
on the slider meets the start mark (B). Line up the
markings on the foot with the top mark on the fabric.
Note:
The scale on the slider is engraved in centimeters.
Set the pattern selector dial at " ".
Sew forward until you reach the front marking of your
buttonhole.
Stop sewing at a left stitch.
Set the pattern selector dial at " ".
Sew 5 stitches. Stop sewing at a right stitch.
Set the pattern selector dial at " ".
Sew until you reach the back marking of the buttonhole.
Stop sewing at a right stitch.
Set the pattern selector dial at " ".
Sew a few bartacks and raise the needle from the fabric.
Set the pattern selector dial at a straight stitch.
Sew a few locking stitches.
Remove the fabric from the machine and cut the sewing
thread. Insert a pin inside the bartack.
Then cut the opening with a seam ripper.
Take care not to cut the stitches.
Buttonhole
Pattern selector:
(BH)
Presser foot:
Sliding buttonhole foot
Thread tension:
1–5
Stitch length:
(0.5–1)
4
1
2
3
* Make a test buttonhole on a sample duplicating the
fabric, interfacing and seams of the actual garment.
* Place the button on the fabric sample and mark the
top and bottom to determine the position of buttonhole.
* Use interfacing on stretch fabrics.
To adjust buttonhole stitch density.
Stitch density of buttonhole sewing should be adjusted within
the mark " " on the stitch length dial.
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4
1
2
3
BH
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2
3
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2
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4
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A
B
C
D
E
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G
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4
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3
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(C)
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2212 Owners Manual/ User Guide