Plain bound buttonhole, View 1, View2 – SINGER W1166 User Manual

Page 48: View 3, View5, View6

Attention! The text in this document has been recognized automatically. To view the original document, you can use the "Original mode".

» »V

PLAIN BOUND BUTTONHOLE

Cut straight or bias strips of fabric 2"

wide and

longer than the desired but

tonholes. Place right sides together over
positions for buttonholes. Mark exact length

of each buttonhole in center of each strip; place

a pin through center of the marking. Begin

to stitch at the pin; marking an oblong box

Ys"

above and below the line;

Vi"

across

each end. Run a few stitches beyond start
ing point to reinforce. View 1.

Slash through the center line of the box

to within

YY’

of each end, then diagonally

into each corner, View 2. Turn the strip
through the opening, press seams flat across

the ends so the facing will not be visible

from the right side. Told the strip to meet
in the center of the opening. Baste the folds
together across the opening, View 3.

Turn garment back at each end and stitch

across the strip, securing the triangular slash

ed section to the pleated strip and press. View
4. Bring facing of garment to position and

baste around each buttonhole. Insert the

point of a pin through each corner and slash

through the center and into each corner prn
Turn under the raw edges and slipstilch
the facing to the underside of the buttonhole.

View 5. Press the finished buttonhole. View

V I E W 1

V I E W 2

V I E W 3

V I E W 5

V I E W 6