Sears 385.17724 Sewing Machine User Manual


 
d.
e.
NOTE:
Marked
buttonhole
Center
marking-
Fabric
Measurement
mai_kings
Mark your buttonhole position carefully on the garment.
Placing your garment behind the machine, insert it between the guide
ptate and the buttonhole foot as shown.
Align marked buttonhole with center marking on buttonhole foot.
Line up your fabric edge with the measurement markings on the guide
plate just in front of the buttonhole foot as shown,
Pierce the fabric with the needle at the beginning of the bu_onhole,
If you want your buttonhole to be 1/2 inch from the garment edge,
line up the fabric w_th the 1/2 inch markings each time you start to sew
a buttonhole.
5. a. Lower the buttonhole foot.
b. Start sewing slowly.
c. Allow the machine to do the work by itself.
(Do not try to guide the fabric.)
d, Stop sewing when the needle returns to the position where it begins.
To release the buttonhole base plate, pull the lever toward you and lift the
base plate off the machine.
Adjusting the stitch density
You may alter the closeness of the stitches by turning the stitch length
control from 4 to 3.
f
(_ Fine stitches for light
tabrtcs
Stitch length
control 4
Stretch Stitch
(_ Coarse stttches
for heavy fabrics
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