Embroidered Buttonholes in the Hoop By Laura Haynie
Presented by RNK Distributing
Click on images for larger detailed view.
1.
Design the style and number of buttonholes and or eyelets in your software or on you embroidery machine screen.
Select your buttonhole design and center it on your screen.
Place Jenny Haskins Dissolve Magic Sticky in your hoop with the protective coating up. Score the protective coating and pull it away to expose the tacky surface.
Select the Baste or Fix function.
2.
Baste or fix directly onto the Jenny Haskins Dissolve Magic Sticky. (No fabric yet!)
This gives you the outline of exactly where the buttonholes will embroider.
3.
Measure beyond the basted line the distance needed for the button clearance (Usually ½ the width of the button plus ¼” - for example, for a 1” button you would measure beyond ¾”). Use a ruler and water soluble marker to mark a line parallel to the edge of the basted line.
Mark two more lines – one at the top of the basting and one at the bottom of the basting so that you can see exactly how high and how low the buttonholes are going to go.
4.
Place the finished edge of your garment even with the lengthwise line that you have drawn on the stabilizer – adjusting so the buttonholes begin and end where you want them positioned on your garment.
5.
Baste garment to Jenny Haskins Dissolve Magic Sticky. If the baste is not exactly straight, remove it and reposition your garment and re-baste.
Embroider the buttonholes.
6.
Turn to the back of the hoop and remove all basting.
7.
Using plain cold water and a Q tip.
8.
Place water on the back of the buttonhole.
9.
From the front, Pull the garment away from the Jenny Haskins Dissolve Magic Sticky.
