To make buttonholes – SINGER 319K User Manual
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TO MAKE BUTTONHOLES
Step 1. Marking the Material
Mark position and length of buttonholes with basting stitches (see Fig. 114) or marking
chalk.
Step 2. Setting the Machine
Use: All-purpose Throat Plate and Buttonhole Foot 86616 (see page 52)
Left Needle Position (see page 32)
Above 25 Stitch (Stitch on a scrap to attain close setting of stitches.)
2 Bight for Side Stitches of Buttonhole (Use intermediate bight regulator screw.)
4 Bight for Barring Stitches (Use maximum bight stop screw X)
0 Bight for Fastening Stitches
Lever A
NOTE: Bight settings of 2/^ for Side Stitches and 5 for Barring Stitches make slightly
heavier buttonholes.
CENTER LINE
OF BUTTONHOLE
r.
t
Fig. 114. Step 1.
Marking Location of
Buttonholes with
Basting Stitches
Step 3. Guiding
With bight lever at 2, position the needle just left of central marking and stitch using
point of buttonhole foot as a guide to keep stitches just left of central marking. (Note
slot in buttonhole foot for drawing needle and bobbin threads through.)
When needle has reached end of marking, leave needle in fabric at the point nearest
center as shown by A in the illustrations.
Lift foot and using needle as a pivot, turn work around clockwise, as indicated by
arrow B.