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Place the button into button fitting foot "M".
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a Button
The button is held in place.
• When attaching four-hole buttons, first sew
the two holes closest to you. Then, slide the
button so that the needle goes into the two
holes toward the rear of the sewing machine,
and then sew them in the same way.
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Turn the handwheel toward you
(counterclockwise) to check that the needle
correctly goes into the two holes of the
button.
If it seems as if the needle will hit the button,
remeasure the distance between the holes in
the button. Adjust the stitch width to the
distance between the button holes.
CAUTION
● When sewing, be sure that the needle does not
touch the button, otherwise the needle may
bend or break.
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Start sewing.
Set the sewing speed controller to the left (so
that the speed will be slow).
The sewing machine automatically
stops after sewing reinforcement
stitches.
• If additional strength is needed to secure the
button, perform the button-sewing operation
twice.
Use scissors to cut the upper thread and the
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bobbin thread at the beginning of the
stitching.
Pull the upper thread at the end of the stitching
to the wrong side of the fabric, and then tie it
with the bobbin thread.
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When you are finished attaching the button,
slide the drop feed lever to
as seen from the rear of the machine) to raise
the feed dogs.
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a Drop feed lever (as seen from the rear of
the machine)
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● The feed dog position switch is normally set
to the right side (as seen from the rear of
machine).
● The feed dogs come up when you start
sewing again.
(to the right