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Singer 7462

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!

Reply to
SusanM
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Dear Susan,

I don't have a Singer machine, but I have one that makes good buttonholes. I have to move the knob from buttonhole to something else at the end of each buttonhole. Have you tried that?

Teri

Reply to
gjones2938

Susan M, After long discussions with the local Singer dealer here in Houston, I had him ship a new Singer 7462 to my great niece, who lives in Fayetteville NC. She is in the process of redoing the home she & DH bought. Her DGM, who is one of my DS's is up there visiting now and they will let me know how the machine works, etc. I had read the article online and sent a copy to both niece and her DGM, they were excited about it. I hope you have the problem with the buttonholes straightened out by now. Emily

Reply to
CypSew

*scratching head* I feel overcome by acronymitis. On first reading, I got that your niece's dear grandmother, who is one of your dear sons, is visiting. I am pretty sure that I got the wrong end of that tale.
Reply to
Pogonip

Actually her Grandmother is one of my 4 sisters, Joanne. Sorry for the confusion. a person might have really been confused if I had said anything about the Great- niece's Mom being DN(darling niece). Sometimes acronyms can be confusing, can't they? Emily

Reply to
CypSew

My head was spinning, but there was no pea soup. Between the acronyms and our extended families, we can confuse ourselves, I think. ;-)

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Pogonip

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