Square Buttonhole. JANOME 2160DC

q w e z q w r

Square Buttonhole

q Stitch pattern: w Thread tension dial: e Presser foot: r Buttonhole lever sign

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Automatic buttonhole foot R

• To sew z Press the needle up/down button to raise the needle.

Attach the automatic buttonhole foot R snapping the pin w into the groove q of the foot holder.

q Groove w Pin x c e r x Pull the button holder e to the back, and place the button in it. Push it together tightly to the button.

NOTE:

If the button is extremely thick, make a test buttonhole on an extra piece of the fabric.

If it is difficult to fit the button through the test buttonhole, you can lengthen the buttonhole by pulling the button holder back a little. The length of the buttonhole will be increased.

e Button holder r Extra gap c Pull the buttonhole lever t down as far as it will go.

t Buttonhole Lever t v y u

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!0

o u v Insert the corner of the fabric under the foot.

Press the needle up/down button twice.

Remove the fabric to the left to draw the needle thread through the hole of the foot.

Place the fabric under the foot, and lower the needle at the starting point of the buttonhole mark y.

Then lower the automatic buttonhole foot R.

y Buttonhole mark u Starting point

NOTE:

Make sure there is no gap !0 between the slider and stopper, otherwise the buttonhole will not be sewn in the required position.

i Slider o Stopper

!0 No gap

!1 Sewing gap

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!2

!3

!4

b Start the machine to sew the buttonhole.

The buttonhole will be automatically sewn.

The machine will sew the left row first.

n The machine will sew the back bartack and the right row.

m The machine will sew the front bartack, then it stops automatically.

NOTE:

If you start sewing the buttonhole without lowering the buttonhole lever, the LCD display will show “bL” message and the buttonhole lever sign !2 will blink.

Lower the buttonhole lever, then restart the machine.

, Remove the fabric and place a pin !3 just below the bartack at each end to prevent accidentally cutting stitches. Cut the opening with the seam ripper !4.

!3 Pin

!4 Seam ripper

. When buttonhole sewing is finished, push the buttonhole lever !5 upward as far as it will go.

!5 Buttonhole lever

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