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BUTTONHOLES AND SPECIALTY
STITCHES
Variety of Buttonholes
B1 Sensor (Square) buttonhole
This square buttonhole is widely used on medium to
heavy weight fabrics. The buttonhole size is automatically
determined by placing a button in the foot.
B2 Auto (Square) buttonhole
This is also a square buttonhole similar to the sensor
square buttonhole, but you can manually set the
buttonhole size and the machine memorizes it to sew
buttonholes of the same size.
B3 Round end buttonhole
This buttonhole is used on fine to medium weight fabrics
especially for blouses and children's clothes.
B4 Fine fabric buttonhole
This buttonhole is rounded at both ends and is used on
fine, delicate fabrics such as fine silk.
B5 Keyhole buttonhole
The keyhole buttonhole is widely used on medium to
heavy weight fabrics. It is also suitable for larger and
thicker buttons.
B6 Rounded keyhole buttonhole
This buttonhole is used for thicker buttons on medium
weight fabrics.
B7 Tailored buttonhole
This durable buttonhole is used with thick buttons and
heavy fabrics.
B8 Stretch buttonhole
This buttonhole is suitable for stretch fabrics. It can also
be used as a decorative buttonhole.
B9 Knit buttonhole
This buttonhole is suitable for knit fabrics. It can also be
used as a decorative buttonhole.
B10 Antique buttonhole
This buttonhole looks like the heirloom stitch. It has an
attractive handmade appearance and makes a nice
decorative buttonhole.
B11 Welted buttonhole
This is a template pattern for the hand sewn welted
(bound) buttonhole.
NOTE:
B3-B11 are sensor buttonholes and the sewing
procedure is the same as for B1.