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Creative Buttonholes Block WHAT’S NEXT www.janome.com Page 1 The ninth in a series of twelve blocks, this project will have you experiencing ¼” seam sewing, using the professional HP needle plate and HP foot. Add some creatively used buttonholes and your journey continues in creating an amazing sampler quilt. Janome Supplies Required: • Horizon Memory Craft 9400 QCP • Professional HP Needle Plate and foot • Buttonhole foot R • Blue Tip Needle Fabric and Notions: • Michael Miller Cotton Couture solids: > 14” X 4 ½” Gold > 14”X 4 ½” Lagoon > 14” X 5 ½” Cobalt • 14” x 14” fusible tear away stabilizer • Neutral color cotton thread • Royal Blue Embroidery thread • Hot Pink Embroidery thread • Gold Embroidery thread • ½ yard 1/8” wide ribbon - royal blue • 1 yard ¾” wide ribbon - pink • 1 yard 1 ¼” wide ribbon - sheer blue • ½ yard rat tail cord - hot pink • Three ¾” buttons Machine Set Up: Using the professional HP plate and foot will assure you of precise stitches and traditional ¼” seams. 1. Lock machine. 2. Attach HP needle plate and foot. 3. Select Decorative tab , Quilt mode , stitch 1. 4. Thread needle and bobbin with cotton thread. 5. Unlock machine. Creating Base Block: 1. Sew all strips together along the long edge using right hand edge of foot as ¼” seam guide. 2. Press seams open. 3. Apply fusible tearaway stabilizer to wrong side of fabric. 4. Lock machine and attach Zigzag needle plate. Skill Level: Confident beginner Time: 1 - 2 hours Finished Block: 12 ½” x 12 ½” Created by: Mary Carollo, Educational Coordinator
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Creative Buttonholes Block
WHAT’S NEXTwww.janome.comPage 1
The ninth in a series of twelve blocks, this project will have you experiencing ¼” seam sewing, using the professional HP needle plate and HP foot. Add some creatively used buttonholes and your journey continues in creating an amazing sampler quilt.
Janome Supplies Required:
• Horizon Memory Craft 9400 QCP
• Professional HP Needle Plate and foot
• Buttonhole foot R
• Blue Tip Needle
Fabric and Notions:
• Michael Miller Cotton Couture solids:
> 14” X 4 ½” Gold
> 14”X 4 ½” Lagoon
> 14” X 5 ½” Cobalt
• 14” x 14” fusible tear away stabilizer
• Neutral color cotton thread
• Royal Blue Embroidery thread
• Hot Pink Embroidery thread
• Gold Embroidery thread
• ½ yard 1/8” wide ribbon - royal blue
• 1 yard ¾” wide ribbon - pink
• 1 yard 1 ¼” wide ribbon - sheer blue
• ½ yard rat tail cord - hot pink
• Three ¾” buttons
Machine Set Up:
Using the professional HP plate and foot will assure you of precise stitches and traditional ¼” seams.
1. Lock machine.
2. Attach HP needle plate and foot.
3. Select Decorative tab , Quilt mode , stitch 1.
4. Thread needle and bobbin with cotton thread.
5. Unlock machine.
Creating Base Block:
1. Sew all strips together along the long edge using right hand edge of foot as ¼” seam guide.
2. Press seams open.
3. Apply fusible tearaway stabilizer to wrong side of fabric.
4. Lock machine and attach Zigzag needle plate.
Skill Level: Confi dent beginnerTime: 1 - 2 hoursFinished Block: 12 ½” x 12 ½”
Created by: Mary Carollo, Educational Coordinator
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Gold Strip:
1. Mark center of gold strip to place four (4) buttonholes as shown here.
2. Thread machine with blue embroidery thread.
3. Touch Utility tab > turn page > select buttonhole #4.
4. Open Adjust window.
5. Adjust Opening width 0.8mm and stitch length 0.4mm.
6. Open the back of Buttonhole foot R to 1/8”.
7. Attach Buttonhole foot R and pull down buttonhole lever.
8. Make a test buttonhole on a scrap. Insert 1/8” ribbon, check that it lays fl at.
9. Sew center 4 buttonholes.
10. Mark 1 ½” from both each end. Repeat 4 buttonholes at each end.
11. Weave the royal blue ribbon in the small holes.
12. Select Buttonhole #9.
13. Adjust back of buttonhole foot to ¾”.
14. Mark gold strip as indicated here.
15. Adjust opening width1.0mm, buttonhole width 5.4mm, and stitch length 0.7mm.
16. Thread needle with pink embroidery thread.
17. Sew buttonholes on marked lines.
18. Weave the pink ribbon to create an “X”.
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Lagoon Strip
1. Mark the center lagoon strip to evenly space 8 buttonholes.
2. Select Buttonhole #10.
3. Adjust opening width 1.8mm, buttonhole width 6.2.
4. Thread needle with gold thread.
5. Sew 8 buttonholes through the center.
6. Attach Satin Stitch foot F.
7. Sew several rows of any decorative stitch on either side of the button holes.
8. Weave wide sheer ribbon through the buttonholes, creating a bow in the center.
Royal Blue Strip:
1. Mark the Royal strip in 6 evenly spaced marks approximately ½” from seam. Refer to sample photo.
2. Select Eyelet #16.
3. Change size to 2.
4. Sew 6 eyelets over the 6 marks.
5. Select Key Hole buttonhole #6.
6. Adjust back of buttonhole foot to 1”.
7. Attach Buttonhole foot R again and pull down buttonhole lever.
8. In the center of strip, mark fabric to form 3 lines in an arc. Refer to sample photo.
9. Sew the center buttonhole with the default settings.
10. Vary the look of the second and third buttonholes by adjusting the size of the opening, width, and length.
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11. Select buttonhole #1.
12. Sew a buttonhole centered between the two outermost eyelets at both ends of strip. Refer to sample photo.
13. Touch Decorative tab > Decorative.
14. Touch Combination button.
15. Select stitch #51 and then select locking stitch.
16. Attach Satin Stitch foot F.
17. Sew one stitch pattern on both sides of buttonholes.
18. Remove stabilizer, press, and then square block to 12 ½” x 12 ½”.
19. Finish the block by threading rat tail cord in eyelets, adding buttons to the center of the keyhole button arc and the center of the pink ribbons.
20. Hand tack the rat tail cord in place underneath.
