SINGER W12 - Manual (Page 26)

Practical Buttonholes made with the Binder and Hemmer
It is the desire of every women to understand the art of making fine button­
holes, but many women do not have the time to spend working them, even though
"they are skilled in the art.
Good practical buttonholes can be made on the sewing machine with the help
of the Binder and Hemmer. ' These buttonholes are strong and durable and will
wear as long as the garment. They are neat and good looking and a dozen can be
made in a fraction of the time it takes to make one by hand. These buttonholes
arc especially practical for children’s underclothes, rompers, dresses and for the
backs of Princess slips.
Directions for Making
If the buttonholes are to be two inches apart, take a strip of material two inches
wide and bind it as shown in B. The marks show this _strip divided into sections.
Each section is one-half inch wider than the button. If your button is one-half inch
across add one-half inch, thus cutting your strip into pieces 1 inch wide. If the
button is three-quarters of an inch wide, add one-half inch and cut strip into sec­
tions one and one-quarter inches wide.
B
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pieces together as shwwn in C, using Aftftr ’V'rtiii* -Qtr-irt ie ------ J ----- ------J- W«»,
the presser-foot. Bind the edges with bias binding as shown in D, This makes a
finished strip of buttonholes which are strong and practical for children's clothes.
E shows the same idea worked out with finer materials; the Foot Hemmer in
stead of the Binder is used to finish the first strip, in order to get an effect dainty
enough to use with dimity, batiste, etc,
E also shows the edges sewn to another piece of cloth, which in the case of
practical sewing would be the garment. This is done when they are in the stage as
shown in C, binding the edge of the garment in with the row of buttonholes, then
stitching the free edge of the binding flat on. the garment, using the presser-foot.
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