Sewing a Buttonhole Automatically

  1. Fit the buttonhole foot with slide.
  2. Pull out the button holder plate and insert the button.
  3. Push the button holder plate backwards until it meets the button.
  4. The length of the buttonhole is determined.
  5. Guide the thread through the hole in the presser foot and then position it under the presser foot.
  6. Turn the stitch pattern selector knob to the single-step buttonhole setting.
  7. Set the stitch width to 4 – 6.
  8. Set the required stitch length in the buttonhole symbol range on the dial.
  9. Position the fabric under the presser foot so that marking of the centerline is aligned with the starting point (1).
  11. Press the buttonhole lever all the way down and press it backwards slightly until it clicks in position.
  13. Hold the upper thread perpendicular to the buttonhole foot with slide.
  15. Use the foot control to start sewing.
  16. The buttonhole is sewn from the front of the presser foot to the back.
  18. At the end of the buttonhole, where the bead meets the bar, stop the machine.
  19. Raise the presser foot, remove the fabric and cut the thread.
  20. Pull the upper thread downwards and tie it in a knot.
  21. If you must interrupt sewing a buttonhole, pull the buttonhole lever forwards and sew 2–3 stitches until the mechanism has switched over.
  22. To sew another buttonhole, push the buttonhole lever backwards.
  23. After sewing the last buttonhole, lift the buttonhole lever as far as it will go.