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  Oct 14, 2009, 04.10 AMby sarsaparilla

  It’s a bit tricky to sew buttonholes with an old machine, but with a little bit of practice the difficulty lessens :) I still can’t sew particularly nice buttonholes!

  I have a really handy diagram explaining how to sew buttonholes in the original manual for my machine. I couldn’t find anything quite as good on the net, but this explanation is reasonable: http://www.wikihow.com/Sew-Buttonholes

  Just ignore the bit about the buttonfoot. I also don’t use the seam ripper like they suggest: I have a little, very sharp chisel-like thing that slices the fabric. It’s much more accurate and I don’t need to worry so much about ripping the threads!

  Hope this helps :)

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    Oct 14, 2009, 05.46 PMby anneliesgils

    thank you, i will try this weekend!