Buttonholes; Square Buttonhole - Alfa Compakt 500E Manuel D'instructions

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Buttonholes

The following 3 styles of buttonholes are available.

#10 Square buttonhole:

Widely used on medium weight fabrics.
#11 Round end buuttonhole:
Used on fine fabrics for blouses, children's wears etc.
#12 Keyhole buttonhole:
Used on heavy weight fabrics. Suitable for larger and
thicker buttons.
Square buttonhole
Machine Settings
q Stitch pattern:
#10
w Foot:
Automatic buttonhole foot R
e Thread tension: 1 – 5
NOTES:
• The size of a buttonhole is automatically set by
placing a button in the rear of automatic buttonhole
foot R.
• The button holder of the foot takes a button size of
3/8˝ (1 cm) to 1˝ (2.5 cm) in diameter.
• It is sometimes necessary to change the buttonhole
size to match certain heavy or specific fabrics and
threads.
• Make a test buttonhole on an extra piece of the
fabric to check your settings.
• The preset width of the buttonhole is suitable for
ordinary buttons.
• Apply an interfacing to stretch or fine fabrics.
To sew
z Press the needle up/down needle position button to
raise the needle.
Attach the automatic buttonhole foot R snapping
the pin into the groove of the foot holder.
q Groove
w Pin
x Pull the button holder to the back, and place
the button in it. Push it together tightly to the
button.
e Button Holder
NOTE:
If the button is extremely thick, make a test buttonhole
on an extra piece of the fabric.
If it is difficult to fit the button through the test buttonhole,
you can lengthen the buttonhole by pulling the button
holder back a little. The length of the buttonhole will be
increased.
r Extra gap
To be continued to page 42.