Pfaff 1211 Owner's Manual - Page 21

Sewing buttonholes Attach buttonhole foot No. 93-040 924-91. Use No.50 machine embroidery thread as needle and bobbin thread. Check to make sure that all functional-stitch buttons are out (see page 13). Mark the buttonhole on the fabric. 40 To set the machine for programmed button- 1. Begin by sewing the right seam according hole sewing, make sure you turn knob D to the buttonhole length marked. clockwise only. Even when buttonhole sewing 2. Push buttonhole contrni T down (see ill. I is interrupted, knob O must be turned clock- above, left) until the machine has made a few wise only. zigzag stitches for the first bar. Then release control T again. Turn knob O clockwise until its buttonhole symbol is positioned below the setting mark. 3. The machine is thus set for sewing the left seam. Now sew this seam, making it as long as the first seam. Now turn the outer ring of the stitch selector so that its buttonhole symbol is above the setting mark. 4. Then press buttonhole control T down again to sew the second bartack. 5. Release control T. Knob D now turns until it is positioned vertically. During this phase, The machine is thus set for a medium stitch density (see ill. above, center). the machine makes a few tying stitches. Pull the filler cord into the buttonhole seam completely and trim both ends. We recommend to sew a buttonhole to try out the stitch density which should be selected in 6. Cut the buttonhole open with your seam ripper. accordance with the fabric and the thread being used. When you turn the stitch selector toward the stitches are spaced further apart; when you turn it toward -, they are packed together more closely (see ill. above, center). For sewing the next buttonhole, turn knob U clockwise until it snaps into place again with its buttonhole symbol positioned under the setting mark. Repeat this for each subsequent buttonhole. Place the fabric under the buttonhole foot. pull the filler cord over the lug at the back of the foot. and place both strands under the two grooves in its sole (see ill. above. right). After you have sewn all buttonholes, turn knob O clockwise until the symbol for the central needle position is positioned under the white mark (normal position). Lower the foot. Now you can sew the buttonhole in one continuous operation, as follows: 3uttonhoie sector spaced dense stitches stitches o • If ■ • • f?t • ultimate position 41