Pfaff creative 1475CD Manual part 2 - Page 50

Cutting buttonholes open When you cut open a buttonhole it is important not to damage the bartacks. To avoid this, insert the seam ripper about 1 mm away from the bartack. Now carefully cut the buttonhole open to the middle, then repeat this from the bartack at the other end (Fig. 1). If you have no punch pliers to cut the eyelet, simply cut around the curve with a pair of pointed scissors. Sewing on buttons Feed dog: lowered (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 tying off the needle stops in its top position. Sewing on buttons with stems Place a match or toothpick on the button be tween the two holes and sew the button on a described (Fig. 3) Then remove the match, pull th button up and wrap the stems with the needle and bobbin threads drawn between fabric ani button, and tie off the thread ends (Figs. 4, 5). To prevent small or flat buttons from slipping, us the normal sewing foot and switch off the to! feed. For some buttons the zigzag stitch widt must be changed. Fine adjustment to these but tons can be made with program 11. To this end, position the button so that the need I in its right position stitches exactly in the righ hole of the button. Then adjust the zigzag stitch width so that th needle exactly enters the left hole of the buttor