Pfaff creative 1472 Owner's Manual - Page 42

c 0 2(, Stretch buttonhole (fully automatic) prog (1 91 -3+ 5A Sewing thread: embroidety and darning thread IS buttonhole lencjths are stored in the compu ter, from 10 to 44 mm. On program selection, a programmed buttonhole length of 22 mm and a buttonhole width of 5mm appear in the display Select the required length of buttonhole with stitch length keys 7 (rig. i> The machine automatically sews the selected buttonhole Before beginning the buttonhole pull the runner of the buttonhole foot fully to the front. For the following buttonholes it is best to lift the fabric a little in order not to affect feeding. The sewing speed should always be the same Correcting a buttonhole It a buttonhole does not turn out well, cancel it by pressing "pattern start" key 26 and sew it again. Changing the buttonhole width For every type of fabric, the corresponding but tonhole width can be determined up to 5.5 mm ror heavy materials select a wide buttonhole and for light materials a narrow one With stitch width keys 8, you determine the required buttonhole width The length of the cut changes automati cally (Fig 4). A buttonhole width of 5mm is stored 2 Adapting the buttonhole seam lengths with the balance keys With "balance" keys 5 the left buttonhole seam length can be adapted to the right one Sew a sample buttonhole first. Example: If the left seam is too short (Fig. 3a) Select balance +1 to +3 with key, or more if required. If the left seam is too long (Fig 3b) Select balance -1 to 2 with key, or more it required • Sew the first buttonhole seam at the length required and • the first hartack • With balance keys 5, "+" or '-", adjust the second buttonhole seam length to the first one (Figs 3a, 3b) • Sew last bartack. The change made in this way will he main tained for the following buttonholes j 1 4 Determining the second bartack (semi automatic) If you wish to determine the second bartack in a fully automatic buttonhole, press "tie off/button hole" key 19 (Fig 6). A dash tlashes in display 21 (Fig 5) at the right of program 9f The machine now sews slowly just before the and of the second seam When both seams are the same length, press key 19 again The bartack is now sewn and tied off (Fig. 6). This sewing sequence can also be applied to fully automatic buttonholes when the two buttonhole seams are not the same length anymore If you wish to sew the next buttonhole fully auto matically, press key 19 again. (Same sewing se quence as described on page 84). The flashing dash will then have disappeared. Note: tf you interrupt sewing at the reduced sewing speerl by releasing the fnnt cnntrnl, the machine will return to the normal speed when you start sewing again For programmable stretch buttonholes see next page After sewing, cut the buttonholes open (see page 94). - [ (111 IT Ii' I 1?1zT I ii]) p,og 10 n 0&0 II 84 85