I recently purchased a new Singer (been using an old singer for years, just had straight & zigzag and reverse) that has a lot of bells and whistles that I am thoroughly enjoying, but I am having a bit of a problem with the button hole feature.
Now, I have never had a machine that did button holes before, let alone sew on a button, so I am not sure what the specifications are for this. But I gotta believe that you should be able to sew a button hole on more than one piece of material.
My problem is that when I have a front and back piece of material with fusing in-between the material and try to sew a button hole at the perscribed spot in the sewing instructions, the material slugs and instead of completing the stitch, it sews in one place. I read the manual forwards and backwards and the only thing I found in there referencing the button hole function (other than it having one and how to use it) was to place the darning plate over the feed dogs to enable the user to have more control over the material. Yeah, right! That doesn't help either...I almost need pliers to grab the material and pull it through as it stitches...not quite, but you get the idea.
I don't know what to do other than tear out the seams and sew the button hole first then go back and sew the seams...does anyone have any idea on how I can get around this, or can anyone point me to a trouble shooting guide that actually tells me something?
Thanks in advance for your help!