Sears 385.1883 - Manual (Page 120)

4. a» Mark your buttonhole position careluily on the garment.
b. Placing your garment behind the machine, insert it between the guide pSate
and the buttonhofe toot as shown.
c. Align marked buttonhote'with center marking on buttonhole toot
d. Line up your tabric edge with the measurement markings on the guide plate
Just in front of the buttonhole toot as shown.
Pierce the fabric with the needle at the beginning of the buttonhole. e.
NOTE; If you want your buttonhole to be 1/2 inch trom the garment edge, line up
the tabric with the 1/2 inch markings each time you start to sew a
buttonhole.
We recommended the use of interlacing when making buttonholes.
If the fabrtc does not teed smoothly from the start, increase the stitch
length.
5. a. Lower the buttonhole toot,
b. Start sewing slowly.
c. Allow the machine to do the work by itself.
(Do not try to guide the fabrtc.)
d. Stop sewing when the needle returns to the position where it begtns.
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
between 3 and 4.
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