Sears 385. 17526 Sewing Machine User Manual


 
SECTION 3. LEARN THE STITCHES
Buttonhole Making (continued)
Marked _
Fabric
Measurement
marking
e.
NOTE;
Mark your buttonhole position caretully on the garment,
Placing your garment behind the machine, insert it the between the guide
plate and the buttonhole foot as shown.
c. Align marked buttonhole with center marking on buttonhole toot.
d, Line up your labric edge with the measurement markings on the guide plate
just in tront of the buttonhole loot as shown.
Pierce the labric with the needle at the beginning of the buttonhole.
if you want your buttonhole to be 1/2 inch from the garment edge, line up
the labnc with the t/2 inch marking each time you start to sew a
buttonhole,
We recommended the use of interlacing when marking buttonholes.
If the labdc does not feed smoothly from the start, increase the stitch
length.
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 tabric.)
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.
Adiusting the stitch density
You may alter the closeness of the stitches by turning the stitch length control
between 3 to 4.
Stretch SLi|ch
Fine slitches tot tighl
labncs
Coarse s_itches
tor heavy tabncs
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