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Using the Stabilizer Plate
The stabilizer plate holds and supports the fabric so it is
helpful when sewing buttonholes over the hem of thick
fabrics.
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Insert the tab of the stabilizer plate
q
into the slot
w
of the buttonhole foot.
q
Stabilizer plate
w
Slot
q
w
x
Place the button on the button holder of the foot.
Attach the buttonhole foot to the machine.
Insert the fabric between buttonhole foot and stabilizer
plate. Press the needle up/down button twice and
remove the fabric to the left to draw both needle and
bobbin threads between the foot and stabilizer plate.
c
Lower the needle into the starting point by turning the
hand wheel.
Lower the foot and buttonhole lever.
Start the machine.
NOTE:
The sewing procedure is exactly the same as that for
square buttonholes.
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x
c
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