Brother SB170 - Manual (Page 28)

SEWING BUTTONHOLES AND BUTTONS — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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4 SEWING BUTTONHOLES AND BUTTONS
CAUTION
Making a buttonhole
Memo
● We recommend that you practice making a
buttonhole on a scrap piece of fabric before
you try it on an actual garment.
● When making buttonholes on soft fabrics,
place a stabilizer material on the underside
of the fabric.
1
Using tailor’s chalk, mark the position and
length of the buttonhole on the fabric.
1 Marks on fabric
2 Buttonhole sewing
2
Attach the buttonhole foot and push the
frame back until it stops with the plastic
insert at the front of the frame.
CAUTION
3
You need to sew the front bar tack first.
Line the bar tack mark under the center of
the presser foot and match it up to the
two lines on the presser foot.
1 Front of chalk mark
2 Red lines
■ Making a Buttonhole
● Always turn off the machine before
replacing the presser foot. Otherwise,
injuries may occur if the foot controller
is accidentally pressed and the machine
starts sewing.
Pattern
Stitch
Length
[mm
(inch)]
Stitch
Width
[mm
(inch)]
Foot
0.5 (1/32) 5 (3/16)
Button-
hole
Foot “A”
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2
● If the presser foot is not installed with
the correct orientation, the needle may
strike the presser foot, which may bend
or break the needle and cause injury.
(See page 8 for the correct presser foot
orientation.)
Step Sewn section Pattern
Step 1
(Front bar tack)
1. Set the pattern selection dial to “a”.
2. Lower the presser foot and sew 5 to 6 stitches.
3. Stop the machine when the needle is at the left
side of the stitches and then raise the needle from
the material.
Step 2
(Left side)
1. Turn the pattern selection dial to “b”.
2. Sew the length of the tailor’s chalk line.
3. Stop the machine when the needle is at the left
side of the stitch and then raise the needle.
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