Pfaff creative 1472 Owner's Manual - Page 181

E E F Dutting open buttonholes Nhen you cut open a buttonhole it is important iot to damage the bartacks. To avoid this, insert :he seam ripper about 1 mm away from the bar :ack. Now carefully cut the buttonhole open to the niddle, then repeat this from the bartack at the ther end (Fig. 1). If you have no punch pliers to Dut the eyelet, simply cut around the curve with a air of pointed scissors. Sewing on buttons prog 19,11 -- -2 2A Feed dog: dropped (prog 11) Place the button on the mark made on the fabric beforehand and push the fabric with the button under the sewing foot holder or sewing foot (Fig. 2). Turn the hand wheel towards you and adjust the position of the button so that the needle stitches into its left hole. Lower the pres ser bar lifter. Turn the hand wheel and check to make sure the needle enters the right hole of the button. Now sew the button on. After tieing off the needle stops in its top position. F Sewing on buttons with stems Place a match stick or a toothpick on the button F between the two holes and sew the button on as described (Fig. 3). Afterwards remove the matchstick, pull the button and fabric apart, then wrap F the stems with the threaded needle- and bobbin thread and knot the thread ends (Figs. 4, 5). F To ensure that flat or small buttons do not slip away during sewing we recommend using the normal sewing foot and switching off the topfeed. F For some buttons it is necessary to change the zigzag width. Finer settings for sewing on these buttons can be made using program 11. F In this case place the button in the way that the needle in right stitch position sticks into the right F hole of the button exactly. Afterwards adjust zigzag width so that the needle sticks into the left hole of the button exactly. F F F F F F F F 94