Brother International XL-2121 Users Manual - English - Page 42

Adjusting Buttonholes

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■ Securing the Stitching and Cutting the Buttonhole To secure the stitching, turn the material 90 1 degrees counterclockwise and sew Straight Stitches to the end of the front bar tack of the buttonhole. Remove the material from the machine. We 2 recommend that you put pins across both ends of the buttonhole as protection against cutting the stitches. Cut an opening in the middle of the 3 buttonhole with a seam ripper tool. Be careful not to cut through any stitches. Adjusting Buttonholes If the stitching on the two sides of the buttonhole is not the same, you can make the following adjustments. After sewing the left side of the buttonhole, 1 stitch the right side and observe the feeding. 1 CAUTION ● When using the seam ripper to open the buttonhole, do not put your hand or finger in the path of the ripper. The ripper may slip and injure you. 1 Right row If one side is too coarse or fine compared with 2 the other side, adjust the buttonhole fine adjusting screw as shown below. 1 4 1 Buttonhole fine-adjusting screw 1 2 1 If the right side is too coarse, turn the buttonhole fine adjusting screw with a large screwdriver in the - direction. 2 If the right side is too fine, turn the buttonhole fine adjusting screw with a large screwdriver in the + direction. • This adjustment allows both sides of the buttonhole to be the same. 41

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Securing the Stitching and Cutting the
Buttonhole
1
To secure the stitching, turn the material 90
degrees counterclockwise and sew Straight
Stitches to the end of the front bar tack of the
buttonhole.
2
Remove the material from the machine. We
recommend that you put pins across both
ends of the buttonhole as protection against
cutting the stitches.
3
Cut an opening in the middle of the
buttonhole with a seam ripper tool. Be careful
not to cut through any stitches.
Adjusting Buttonholes
If the stitching on the two sides of the buttonhole is
not the same, you can make the following
adjustments.
1
After sewing the left side of the buttonhole,
stitch the right side and observe the feeding.
1
Right row
2
If one side is too coarse or fine compared with
the other side, adjust the buttonhole fine
adjusting screw as shown below.
1
Buttonhole fine-adjusting screw
1
If the right side is too coarse, turn the
buttonhole fine adjusting screw with a large
screwdriver in the - direction.
2
If the right side is too fine, turn the
buttonhole fine adjusting screw with a large
screwdriver in the + direction.
• This adjustment allows both sides of the
buttonhole to be the same.
●
When using the seam ripper to open the
buttonhole, do not put your hand or
finger in the path of the ripper. The
ripper may slip and injure you.
CAUTION
1
1
1
2