Brother XL-3500 - Manual (Page 36)

SEWING BUTTONHOLES AND BUTTONS ————————————————————————————————————————————
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SEWING BUTTONHOLES AND BUTTONS
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.
2
Attach the buttonhole foot and push the frame
back until it stops with the plastic insert at the
front of the frame.
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
■ Securing the Stitching and Cutting the
Buttonhole
1
To secure the stitching, turn the material 90
degrees counterclockwise and sew straight
stitches to the end of the front bar tack of the
buttonhole.
2
Remove the material from the machine. We
recommend that you put pins across both
ends of the buttonhole to prevent the stitches
from being cut.
Pattern
Stitch
Length
[mm (inch)]
Stitch
Width
[mm (inch)]
Foot
F-1.5
(1/64-1/16)
3-5
(1/8 – 3/16)
Buttonhole
Foot
● 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 9 for the correct presser foot
orientation.)
CAUTION
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.
Step 3
(Back bar tack)
1. Turn the pattern selection dial to ‘c’ (same
position as in step 1).
2. Sew 5 to 6 stitches.
3. Stop the machine when the needle is at the right
side of the stitch and then raise the needle from
the material.
Step 4
(Right side)
1. Set the pattern selection dial to ‘d’.
2. Sew the right side until the needle reaches the
stitches sewn in step 1.
a
b
c
d
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