SINGER 514 - Manual (Page 43)

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Buttonhole Position
Accufato guidelines are essential to keep
buttonholes a uniform distance from the
faced edge of the garment, evenly spaced,
and on the grain of the fabric. For centre
closures, place guidelines as follows:
L Mark the centre line of the garment as
indicated on your pattern. This guide­
line can be hand basted and should
follow a lengthwise fabric thread,
2, Mark a position guideline for each
buttonhole,
# Horizonial buttonholes are placed
to extend 3mrn (J'') beyond the
centre-lino basting of the garment.
Horizontal guidelines for the button­
holes should follow a crosswise
thread of the fabric and. if basted,
be longer than the finished length
of the buttonhole* Determine the
length of the buttonhole (as de­
scribed below) and mark ends of
each buttonhole vertically,
% Venicaf buttonholes are placed so
that the centre-line basting of the
garment is in the centre of the
buttonholes. Determine buttonhole
length and mark ends of each
buttonhole horizontally across the
centre line and use the centre-line
basting as a buttonhole guide when
stitching.
Buttonhole length
First, decide how long the button open­
ing must be. then, add 2mm (1/1 O'") to
the measurement for each bar tack (the
closing stitches at each end of the
buttonhole).
To find the length of the button opening,
cut a slit in a scrap of fabric the diameter
of the button you intend to use. Increase
length of opening until button slips
through easily.
BUTTONHOLE LENGTH
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Length of
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Opening
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