Remember this post here about my disastrous buttonhole? I read and re-read the instructions in my manual, and it just didn’t work. I just thought it was my machine, because heaven forbid I would be doing anything wrong.
Today Kathleen from Grosgrain has solved the mystery of button making failures at my house. Her tutorial is great–well, her whole blog is amazing. I noticed something on her machine that she pulled down. And I thought, “Hmm, darn, I don’t have that on my machine.”
Just by the slight chance I had maybe missed the thing, I walked over to my machine, and what d’ya know? There it was, hanging out all innocent–like it was there the whole time.
Sneaky little thing. Sure, you are there NOW, but where were you when I needed you?
And where were you in the instructions?
Oh right, that makes sense now. Buttonhole lever. Number 5. I must have just skipped that part.
I did the same thing you did, this morning after reading her post. Unfortunately, my machine doesn’t have that, so sad. But then again, my machine is 15 years old, so I don’t know if that was a standard on machines that old.
Now all you need is the button foot!
It looks like my Singer machine. You have to remember to push that lever back before each buttonhole, too. I thought I had mine down pat after practicing, and then managed to “eat” the fabric on a nearly finished dress when I didn’t reset it that way. Once you get the hang of it, it sure is nice, though!
I can’t figure out the buttonholer on my machine either. It’s supposed to be so easy but it’s so not! It makes me feel better that other people’s machines are outsmarting them too!
HAHA, so funny. I had the same problem with threading my serger. I read those darn instructions 10 times. I finally watched a youtube video. OOOOHHHH….. that yellow slot…. oops.
Keep up the good work!
Oh I hate when that happens! Glad that you got it figured out and can’t wait to see what you are putting a button-hole on ;0)
xo
Thanks for sharing this! I avoid button holes like the plague. I think I’m going to figure this one out this week! No more button hole fear!
Hey dont’ worry you are ahead of me, I can’t even thread a sewing machine. The few times I have sewed something I have to go over to my mom’s house and ask her to start it for me!
I did the EXACT smae thing, but unlike your manual, my “pull down buttonhole level” is NOT in the manual. I swear. I was saved by a sweet old lady that works at the shopw I got my machine from…