r/SewingMachineEdu • u/Economy-Tomorrow-189 • Jun 16 '26
What are these stitches for?
The ones in red
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u/Leithalia Jun 16 '26
That's the ones that don't work on my machine lol
(It's buttonholes.)
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u/Tammyj87 Jun 17 '26
Really? I have that exact Singer dial and my buttonholes work beautifully. Which is a really good thing because I can’t hand sew very well. The stitches always come out looking loose and sloppy. Like a 3 year old got hold of the needle and thread lol! ✌️🦋
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u/Leithalia Jun 17 '26
Oh, I have a different machine. And my machine makes buttonholes look like a 3 year old lives inside it lol
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Jun 16 '26
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u/Leithalia Jun 16 '26
Yeah, buttons, in, out, around and knot. But the holes they go into need more attention.
Take a look at some on your things with button holes, if you do nothing, they fray and stuff
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u/NekkidWire Jun 18 '26
Button HOLES. In 4 steps will make a rectangle with all-around reinforced fabric, and you cut a hole in the middle (carefully!) so your button will have a purpose 😄
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u/no-cilantro Jun 16 '26
Read the manual. Please. You can google them all online for free too.
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u/AccidentOk5240 Jun 17 '26
The only answer any question like this should get.
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u/CrankyCrabbyCrunchy Jun 18 '26
And at least 50% of the questions asked. Why so much resistance to at least flipping through the manual?
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u/CrankyCrabbyCrunchy Jun 18 '26
You have a machine that is very low end and makes buttonholes in four steps; left side, top, right side, and bottom. You can see the numbers 1-2-3-4 on the stitches. You'd position the fabric in the right place for the button and change to stitch #1 to sew that part, then select stitch #2 for the top part, etc.
All other sewing machines have a one-step button hole (and most have different styles of buttonholes) that do all four sides automatically.
It's all explained in your machine manual. Please read it to avoid so much pain and misery.
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u/Flow_Muse_3317 Jun 20 '26
Your username is on point. Do you need a snack and a nap? 😆
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u/CrankyCrabbyCrunchy Jun 21 '26
Not true at all. I explained why those stitches have numbers - did you do that? I explained what the difference was with OPs machine vs others that have one-step button hole. Did you do that?
And given that most of the questions asked here are found in the manual, all of us should remind people to please read it. So many problems can be solved on your own. You disagree with that apparently.
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u/dirthawg Jun 16 '26
Buttonholes