UTILITY STITCHES
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Button sewing
Buttons can be sewn on with the sewing machine.
Buttons with 2 or with 4 holes can be attached.
1
Measure the distance between the holes.
2
Raise the presser foot lever, and then slide
the feed dog position lever to the
side.
1
Feed dog position lever
X
The feed dogs are lowered.
3
Attach presser foot “M”.
4
Place a button between the presser foot and
the fabric.
• When attaching four-hole buttons, first sew the
two holes closest to you. Then, slide the button
so that the needle goes into the other two
holes, and then sew them in the same way.
5
Select a stitch . (With models not provided
with stitch , select stitch .)
6
Adjust the stitch width so that it is the same
as the distance between the holes in the
button.
7
Set the stitch length to the shortest setting by
pressing the stitch length adjustment key.
8
Turn the handwheel toward you
(counterclockwise) to check that the needle
correctly goes into the two holes of the
button.
Adjust the stitch width to the distance between
the button holes.
CAUTION
• When sewing, be sure that the needle does not
touch the button, otherwise the needle may
bend or break.
9
Start sewing.
• After sewing for about 10 seconds at low
speed, press (reverse/reinforcement stitch
button) to sew reinforcement stitches.
10
Pull the upper thread at the end of the
stitching to the wrong side of the fabric, and
then tie it with the bobbin thread.
Use scissors to cut the upper thread and the
bobbin thread at the beginning of the stitching.
11
When you are finished attaching the button,
slide the feed dog position lever to
and
turn the handwheel to raise the dogs.
• Normally, the feed dog position lever is
positioned at
.
