GARMENT MENUFACTURING

TECHNOLOGY

BUTTON SEWING MACHINE

PRESENTED TO
MS. V. PRIYADARSHANI

PRESENTED BY:
SHIPRA SINGH
KUMUNI MONIKA
ARPIT GANDHI
SACHIN KUMAR
NIDHI CHAUHAN
 BUTTONHOLES

• Buttonholes are holes in fabric that are paired

with functional buttons (as opposed to
decorative buttons) that serve as fasteners.
Buttonholes may be either made by hand sewing
or automated by a sewing machine. A
buttonhole may be replaced by a loop of cloth or
rope, such as in a Mandarin button.
 HISTORY
• Buttonholes for fastening or closing clothing
with buttons appeared first in Germany in
the 13th century. They soon became
widespread with the rise of snug-fitting
garments in 13th- and 14th-century Europe.
ASPECT
• Buttonholes often have a bar at either end.
This is a row of perpendicular hand or
machine stitching to reinforce the ends of a
buttonhole.
• Traditionally, men's clothing buttonholes are
on the left side, and women's clothing
buttonholes are on the right.
HOW TO MAKE BUTTONHOLES

Things You’ll Need:

• Sewing Machine Buttonhole Attachments
• Sewing Patterns
• Garments
• Dressmaker Shears
• Sewing Machine
• Sewing Machine Needles
• Threads
• small, sharp scissors
Step 1
• Mark the placement of your buttonholes on the
garment fabric. See "How to Cut Out and Mark
Pattern Pieces on Fabric" for details. Your sewing
pattern should indicate buttonhole length and
position.

Step 2
• Make sure that the buttonhole is the correct length for
your button. The length of your buttonhole should
equal the diameter of the button plus the button
height.
Step 3
• Use the automatic buttonhole feature on your
machine, if available. Adjusting a dial or level
makes the two sides of the buttonhole and the two
ends, or bar tacks. See your owner's manual to find
out if your machine has a buttonhole feature and
how to use it.

Step 4
• Use the zigzag setting on your machine to make a
buttonhole manually. Set the stitch width and
length settings at their next-to-lowest settings. Play
with the settings until you get the proper stitch
length and widths.
Step 5
• Sew down the left side of the buttonhole marking.
Lift the presser foot and pivot the fabric 180
degrees.
Step 6
• Lower the presser foot and double the stitch
width. Hold the fabric firmly so it will not move and
let the machine take a few side-to-side stitches.
Return the stitch width to its prior setting.
Step 7
• Repeat Step 5 and 6
Step 8
• Cut the buttonhole open with a small pair of very
sharp scissors. Take care not to cut into any of
your stitching.
 Types of buttonholes
Hand stitching
• A plain buttonhole, by far the most common type. In
plain buttonholes, the raw (cut) edges of the textile are
finished with thread in very closely spaced stitches (if
made by hand, often the buttonhole stitch). When
stitched by hand, a slit is made in the fabric first and
the result is called a worked buttonhole.

Machined stitching
• Sewing machines offer various levels of automation to
creating plain buttonholes. When made by machine,
the slit between the sides of the buttonhole is opened
after the stiching is completed.
• A machine-made buttonhole is usually sewn with
two parallel rows of machine sewing in a narrow zig-
zag stitch, with the ends finished in a broader zig-zag
stitch. (One of the first automatic buttonhole machines
was invented by Henry Alonzo House in 1862.)
• A bound buttonhole, which has its raw edges
encased by pieces of fabric or trim instead of stitches.
• A keyhole buttonhole is a special case of a thread-
finished buttonhole that is normally machine-made
due to the difficulty of achieving it by hand working. It
is characterized by a round hole at the end of the slit
to accommodate the button's shank without distorting
the fabric.
• Keyhole buttonholes are most often found on tailored
coats and jackets.
 STITCH USAGE ON THE
GARMENT

• PLACKETS
• COLLARS
• CUFFS
• SLEEVES
• WAIST
 BUTTONHOLE SEWING
MACHINE
• In a buttonhole sewing machine, a sewing mechanism
and a feed bracket are controlled to form a buttonhole
defined by settings, such as zigzag stitch length, zigzag
pitch, bar-tack length, bar-tack pitch, and cutter space.
The buttonhole can be set on the operation panel and
changed to various shapes by changing the above
settings. In particular, the left and right zigzag stitch
widths can be set differently, and the front and rear bar-
tack lengths can be also set differently. Thus, the
balance of the buttonhole can be finely adjusted.
 Buttonhole sewing machines: types
and brands
• Yamata FY781 Series High-speed Lockstitch
Straight Button Holing Industrial Sewing Machines
Electronically Controlled-Button Hole Sewing
Machines
High-speed eyelet button hole sewing machine
HJ814 lockstitch button holing machine
Button sewing machine JM-373
Button attaching sewing machine
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