Singer The SINGER 160 Instruction Manual - Page 48

SEWING A BUTTONHOLE USING BUTTONHOLE FOOT Your machine offers you two different widths of bartack buttonholes sewn by a system that measures the size of the button and calculates the size buttonhole required. All of this is done in one easy step. tab A Languette A Lengüeta A tab B Languette B Lengüeta B PROCEDURE * Use an interfacing in the area of the garment where buttonholes are placed. Stabilizer or regular interfacing can be used. * Make a practice buttonhole on a scrap of the actual fabric from your project. Then try the buttonhole with your button. 1. Select one of buttonhole patterns. 2. Replace the presser foot with the buttonhole foot. (Refer to "Changing presser foot" on page 24 - 25.) 3. Insert the button into the buttonhole foot. (Refer to "Using buttonhole foot" above.) 4. Lower the buttonhole lever (C) so that it drops down vertically between the stoppers (A) and (B). (C) 5. Carefully mark the position of buttonhole on your garment. 6. Place the fabric under the foot. Pull out the bobbin thread underneath the fabric to a length of about 4 inches to the rear. 7. Align the buttonhole mark on the fabric with the mark on the buttonhole foot, and then lower the buttonhole foot. (C) (A) (B) Buttonhole foot Pied boutonnière Prensatelas de ojales (C) (C) 8. While holding the top thread, start the machine. Fabric marking Marque du tissu Marca de material mark Marque Marca 46