To do a button hole, go from stitch number 1 to the first option, button hole step number
1.
You'll notice up here on the black part of your stitch area it says foot B. Foot B is
our button hole foot.
The little red marks are in the front and on the left hand side, so don't put it on
backwards.
It can happen.
We're just going to go ahead and put this foot on.
When we put it on you're going to notice that the threads will be on the top side and that's
okay.
Before you put the foot on you can take your button and even lay this out and get an idea.
This button hole is going to be almost to the larger hash mark here.
I'm going to go ahead.
I'll use that as my mark today, or you can take your button on your fabric and mark the
beginning and end so you know where to start and stop to turn around for the perfect length.
Whatever works for you with your button.
Set the foot down, click it in place.
The key is that as you set this down, make sure the button is pushed all the way towards
you.
With one of your fingers hold that and then lower the button foot down on the fabric.
Now, for the very first one I'm going to hold this thread off to the side.
Once I take a few stitches I'll cut it and get started.
You do need to make sure, you're going to do a test one anyway, and set your stitch
length between 0 and 1.
That little picture is the picture of a button hole indicating that's the button hole range.
As I start I'm going to hold this thread and take a few stitches.
This section is going to come down the right side of the button hole.
There's a few stitches, that's enough.
I'm going to just clip that so it's out of my way, and now I'm going to stitch until
my marks line up with what I've marked on the fabric.
Or the red mark is going to come down really close to that larger one.
Actually that's about right for both of them.
Make sure your needle is out of the fabric before you turn to the button hole step number
2.
You turn the dial, and it's going to be indicated by step 2 and step 4.
Step 2 is the bar tack at the bottom.
About four or five stitches back and forth, needle is out of my fabric so now I'm going
to go ahead and go to step 3.
Step 3 is the satin stitching that goes on the left side and it's stitching back to the
beginning.
What I want to do is watch where the red lines are meeting up towards the top here.
Slowing down a little bit when I get to the top.
I see my stitches are about even.
Sometimes I stop just a little bit before I get to the to,p but this one looks really
good.
Then back to step number 4, it's a bar tack, same as step number 2.
Couple stitches on each side, bring that needle all the way to the top, and let's check it
out.
When this comes out we'll cut the threads nice and close to that last stitch here.
Notice now my threads are underneath the foot and those will be easier for next time I start.
That's a beautiful button hole.
We can go ahead and open it up, test our button through it, and if it's the right size, we
know how to continue on and make multiples all the way through.
Now, this foot also has the ability to take and hold some cording so I'm going to get
this set up for a corded button hole and do one more.
Another thing your book is going to say, and I didn't tell you before, is to reduce the
top tension.
If I take that down to 3, what it will do is pull the satin stitching a little bit more
to the back side and make it look a little prettier.
Now a corded button hole would be made on fabric that's got some stretch or some really
thick areas.
You're going to take a piece of cord, divide it in half, and on the back side here, hook
half of it back there.
I was noticing this is almost a little bit slippery for this foot so I'm going to hold
it, and with my third hand, lower the presser foot down, and lower.
I think once it's lowered it will hold itself once I take a few stitches.
There's little grooves here but they're not really holding this thinner thread.
What it will do is it will stitch, and once it starts stitching I won't have to hold this
as much.
I'll go ahead and stitch one more button hole, we'll come all the way down, that looks good.
You're going to notice how full this looks.
It's going to be stable.
That should actually hold even better but I'll continue to hold it just in case.
Now it's going to stitch up the other side.
It actually looks so much prettier.
Both probably because I've reduced the tension as well as added the cord.
Here we go, step 4, needle up to the highest position but take a look.
If you do a corded button hole, the steps go like this.
Let me trim this out, come close in here.
Then you take one of the cord ends and give it a little pull; which ever one wants to
pull through.
Pull it so it just appears at the top and then we're going to take and cut these cords
really close so they'll disappear inside.
Talk about stable and beautiful all at the same time.