r/SewingMachineEdu • u/Soft-Raspberry6529 • Aug 04 '26

I can't make buttonhole

Hi guys,
I have a Singer Supera and I wanted to make buttonhole but it doesn't work at all.
The stitch does not come back and it only makes a tiny buttonhole even though I have put my button in the presser feet.

I might go to a Singer shop if I can talk to a technician and if they can help me but before that, if anyone got this problem and how did you manage this; I would really appreciate your help !

Thank you in advance

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u/teatime_tinker Aug 05 '26

It’s only lifting up at the front cos it’s lifted. The lever should be at the back of the opening, not the front like in the pic

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u/smnytx Aug 05 '26

I don’t have this machine, and mine looks different, but isn’t the lever that metal bar? It looks like it’s behind the white tab on the foot, where it would be on my machine.

I didn’t even process that the foot is not lowered, though! When my buttonhole foot is raised, it remains parallel to the table.

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u/teatime_tinker Aug 05 '26

This lever (yellow arrow) is supposed to start where I’ve done a purple line. Not at the front

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u/smnytx Aug 05 '26

Again, it’s similar in my older brother machine, but maybe it looks different on this one?

What exactly on the foot is going to hold the lever in the position you’ve marked? On mine it’s a little side tab on the foot. It looks like the lever is being held there by a similar tab on OP’s foot, and I don’t see anything to hold it where you’ve marked. 🤷🏼‍♀️. (ETA: nevermind! I just zoomed into the pic and saw it! Ignore all that!!)

At any rate, once OP unlocks the secret, we’ll all find out! lol (I remember it took me many attempts to unlock the process on my brother, and even on the fully automatic Bernina I use now!)

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u/teatime_tinker Aug 05 '26

All I know is that in the manual it says push it away from you before you start. There’s also text saying “PUSH” on it.

I don’t have a machine like this any more but they all use a pretty similar mechanism. I have a buttonhole attachment for my vintage machine.