Button Sewing

Buttons with 2 or 4 holes can be attached, using the machine.

1. Select .

   • The feed dogs are lowered automatically.

2. Raise the presser foot.

3. Attach button fitting foot “M”, slide the button along the metal plate and into the presser foot, and lower the presser foot.

   
   1. Button
   2. Metal plate

4. Rotate the handwheel toward you (counterclockwise) to check that the needle goes into each hole correctly.

   
   1. Align the holes of the button with the marks on button fitting foot “M”.

      If the needle does not reach the holes on the left side, adjust the stitch width.

5. Gently hold the end of the upper thread and start sewing.

   • The machine stops automatically when sewing is finished.

     To attach the button more securely, repeat the process.

     IMPORTANT

     • Make sure the needle does not strike the button during sewing.

6. From the wrong side of the fabric, pull the end of the bobbin thread to pull the upper thread through to the wrong side of the fabric. Tie the two thread ends together then cut the threads.

   

Attaching 4-Hole Buttons

Sew the two holes closest to you. Then raise the presser foot and move the fabric so that the needle goes into the next two holes, and sew them in the same way.

Attaching a Shank to the Button

1. Pull the shank lever toward you before sewing.

   
   1. Shank lever

2. After sewing is finished, cut the upper thread with plenty of excess, wind it around the thread between the button and the fabric, and then tie it to the upper thread from the beginning of the stitching.

   

3. Tie the ends of the bobbin thread from the beginning and end of sewing together on the wrong side of the fabric.

4. Cut off any excess thread.