Greetings, all!
Do you have techniques that you use to get great buttonholes when you’re sewing close to a seam?
I use a Pfaff 7530. When I have to make buttonholes that are close to a seam, I end up with these kinds of problems:
- missed stitches
- uneven start and end points
I’ve tried various techniques and combinations of features. The buttonholes look best when I use:
- the 5A foot without the accompanying buttonhole guide (that plugs into the back of the arm).
- semi-automatic buttonhole feature
- decreasing the balance for the return side of the buttonhole (the left) to -2.
This combination offers great results when I’m sewing on flat fabric. But, if there is a seam close by, the stitches are still not perfectly spaced.
I would be very grateful for any suggestions or techniques that you’ve used and that have worked for you!
Many thanks!
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Dear tjem,
I have bad news for you. I owned the top-of-the-range Pfaff Performance 2054. I had it for 7 moth and last week I went and bought the Bernina Vituosa 155. I just could not sew with the Pfaff anymore, it gave me constant tension problmes, and yes the buttonhole are just disgusting. I also kept on cutting the bars of the buttonhole, as they are sewn too close by the Pfaff. The only thingsI did find helped it bit was the following:
Use the sensormatic foot as far as possinle, it produces the best buttonhole. The manual buttonholes, are an even bigger disaster.
Secondly, cut it open with a chisel, and finally use embroidery thread in your needle.
My advise to you, is buy a Bernina.
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