Singer 6038 or 6038c

[Taffy Saltwater]

Anybody have one of these bad boys?  My manual is in the storage unit & I need to make button holes.  If you do, please let me know - maybe you could scan me a copy or input the instructions.  Thanks!

[Libby Stella]

http://www.singerco.com/resources/buttonhole.html
http://www.singerco.com/resources/4step_buttonholes.html

don't know how much this will help but good luck with those buttonholes! Hope you don't have to make a trip to storage!

[Taffy Saltwater]

After spending a huge hunk of the day yesterday surfing the "Interweb", I woke up this morning & thought - you big dummy, you've got a Brother in the closet.  I'd bought it earlier this year, unboxed it, peeped "Mama" & hid it.  A quick glance at the manual shows it does TEN button holes.  I'm spending this weekend learning how to bobbin & thread it.  and if I can get that done, maybe, just maybe, button holes.

[Kate XXXXXX]

Giggle...

Oh dear, taffy!   

[Taffy Saltwater]

They're not the prettiest button holes - actually there's more than a few that are plain old doggy - but, by damn, they're button holes!

[Lady Kathleen of Olmsted]

Taffy!!! What a grat feeling it is!!!  Keep practicing!!!  They get better the more you do them!

When I bought my Janome  2 years ago, the first thing after I got it all plugged in was look at the Instruction book to read HOW TO DO BUTTONHOLES. Once I set the machine to the correct Mode, found the piece, put the button in the slot, set everything up, I made a buttonhole!!  I made a number of buttonholes to get a feel for the machine.

I played with the machine for several hours that night doing the Decorative stitching dsigns. The rest is history.

[Kate XXXXXX]

Remember that you do have to jiggle with tension and stitch density to get the best results on different fabrics...

Also, I like to use silk embroidery thread like the YLI or Coates Seta Reale, both of which are 100 weight threads.  Rayon embroidery thread is also a good one for buttonholes.