How to use the Janome one-step buttonhole foot
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- Опубліковано 6 лип 2024
- A quick video telling you all about the Janome buttonhole foot... how it works, how to attach it and how to make your first buttonhole - the machine does it all in one step! Enjoy:)
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Absolutely terrific! You saved me from sheepishly returning to the shop for instructions. Bravo!
Also, if you have the ability to make more videos, please do so because you are very good at making them without unnecessary blathering like many people do. You should also turn on the feature where people can pay you, because I would have been happy to send you a dollar for your information here. When people do good things and help other people they deserve to be payed. You saved me so much time and frustration here, so when people do that I like to send them a dollar or two and everyone else should do that too. Even if only quarter or half of us do that it is worth it for both you and the people you are helping. I’m subscribed now ❤😊
Thank you for your lovely message, and advice - I've not really been aware of that function :)
That was so incredibly helpful, thank you!! Also great tip about using the pin to stop you ruining your buttonhole when cutting it open.
Thank you:) I do like to pass on little tips, especially when I've made mistakes :)
Such a good video with clear instructions..thank you !
Thabk you soo much, i was going to take my sewing to my mums to use her old bernina to do the buttonholes. But now i know my janome can do a better job!!!
So helpful, thank you. Drawing up the bobbin thread was what I was missing! 😅
I've discovered over the years, that pulling up that wretched bobbin thread solves all sorts of problems lol:)
Brilliant! Well explained! I made my first button hole today :) thanks
Aw 😊well done x
Wow thank you...
I realised by watching how stiff the footer can be. I kept thinking my was broke. Great presentation
Thank you - yes it does take some shifting :)
Thank you so much for making this clear video. When I got my Janome sewing machine about 4 years ago, I made few shirts and the button hole was a pice of cake to make. Since then I’ve put the manual that came with it in a very good place where I can’t find it, so thank God for people like you that can make clear and very instructive videos about what ever needs to be done. I want you to know how much I appreciate you. And BTW I had made shirts for my husband and 4 years later he wants more of them, and yes therefore the button holes. I’m in the USA 🇺🇸 so wherever you are (I think in Britain 🇬🇧) lots of love and appreciation ❤
Glad I could help:) I think sometimes it easier to be shown how to do something, and go you making all those shirts :) and yes I'm in Birmingham UK :) How lucky are we to have a hobby we enjoy, and that's practical x
I hate that it looks so simple. Because I've been failing to sow button holes for 2 days. I'm ready to throw my machine from the 3rd floor window!
Hi Jos - are you getting along any better now? let me know what's happening and I can try and help you out :) THe biggest problem is that you may not be using a double layer of fabric, just a single layer will get chewed up...
Thanks for replying I feel special! I think maybe my buttonhole foot isn't a genuine jenome product or maybe the button is too big. When sowing the machine doesn't know when to stop or turn. So it ends up bunching up and getting stuck under the foot plate. 🙄 I'm going to try a smaller button to see if it helps.
@@JOS-xz9gt ok:) so you need to make sure the button fits in the foot (0.50 in the video) and that you've pulled down the little black lever before you stitch (2.20 in the video)... otherwise it may be that you have a four-step foot - check out this video and see what you think ua-cam.com/video/tAfiKmC-vA8/v-deo.html
I brought a cheap automatic presser foot supposedly janome compatible. In the end I spent 40 quid and purchased a proper Janome product and it worked perfectly 1st time.
@@JOS-xz9gtI have a habit of not buying anything cheap, because it usually either doesn’t work or has an inbuilt deletion in it. Few years ago I bought a food mixer, it was on the cheaper end but not the cheapest, in the $60.00 range. I used it 4 times over two years and after that time it was dead. How could it be dead as a door nail after 4 uses??? Yeah that’s why I never pay for the (usually) 2 year insurance on anything, because as soon as it runs out, the item becomes obsolete. Strange thing is, the gadgets work just fine up until then with or without the extra 2 year cover. What a waste we live in now.
I've been using my Janome for several years and learned some new tricks today especially using a seam ripper to cut the button hole. Very clever! Your instruction was very east to follow as well. Thank you so much!
Thank you Ted :)
Brilliant, thank you, always thought my button hole foot broken until I watched this video. And it does it all by itself 😊
Instructions were clearly explained, great camera work too. After watching this video I finally worked out how to use the buttonhole foot. Thank you.
You're welcome!
thanks so much for this tutorial. You did a great job of explaining the buttonhole foot AND that lever that comes down in the back! you have saved the day! cheers!
Glad it was helpful :)
Thank you. I’ve been struggling to do the button hole, and didn’t know about the pull down lever.
Don't go thinking you're the only one - most people don't know its there :)
Me neither thought mine was broken 😂
absolutely brilliant. The pin placing before using the seam ripper, this tip alone would have saved my mistake that meant a repair of a new button hole because I went straight through the end stitches,
Thanks! Very clear instructions.
Thank God this video was here. I was nervous about using the foot. Good directions.
Glad I could help :)
Genius! My machine instructions didn't even mention the black lever! My first ever button hole!! 🥰😍 Thank you!
Marvellous:)
Excellent visual and verbal instruction!
Appreciate this! I haven’t done a buttonhole in ages.
Thanks so much to explain this very simple. It took me forever to read and can not understand from the manual. This made my day.stay safe
Thank you:) Glad to help x
Thank you so much! I rarely use the button hole attachment and in just a few seconds…it was working!!
Thank you so so much!! This is the only tutoria I could follow!!!!
I can relate! Mine sews 1/4 inch of the button hole then stops and I get a "6L" message which is "lower the buttonhole lever", but it is lowered....anyway, might learn to do one by hand. Thanks for the video, though...it's a good vid!
Thank you! The manual describes this so poorly. I didn't know about the black tab you have to pull down! Also the trick with the pin to stop the seam ripper. You have saved my dress.
Phew:) I think its always better to actually see something, especially when its something new - enjoy x
My first buttonhole, so glad I found you, I have been putting it off for ages ❤
This helped me alot. I've been practicing for making a new blazer for myself and this video helps alot for using the button holes. Thankyou.
Glad I could help!
Great tutorial! This is my first time doing buttonholes.
Thank you for the refresher on how to use my button hole attachment. It worked perfectly!
Great news 😀
Thank you so much - your tutorial was the only one I could make sense of. I've been avoiding using this foot for the past 20 years but now been forced to learn by my 11 year old who is very keen to learn 😅
How lovely your 11 year old wants to learn - Something to be nurtured :)
Thank you for the tutorial, found it very useful. I bought a Janome 525S some years ago and have only really just got going. In the manual on the buttonhole page it did not mention the 'Reset' bit so it took me a while to figure out why, when everything seemed set in place, it wouldn't do the same again for the next one. Once I Reset after each buttonhole, everything went well on the One-Step buttonhole.
Thank you 😊
That’s was a brilliant demo, thank you so much
Thank you so much, this was so very helpful!!! THe manual didn't tell me nearly as much as you've done!
Fab! Your demo and explanation is super-clear!
Thank you 😃
Thanks. Happy New Year !
Thanks for the video. Started my lessons just as the pandemic hit and had to stop. Have bought some ‘simple’ patterns and one includes a buttonhole or four. This video was so helpful. Wish me luck!
Good Luck - although I'm sure you won't need it 😊
A well presented and informative video. Thank you - especially for the pin to stop the seam ripper.
Thank you :)
Incredibly useful! Thanks so much!
Thank you 🙏 Couldn’t figure out how to get the button on the bottonhole foot . Grew up watching my mother do 4 step button holes This seems like a breeze! Great trick putting the straight pin before you cut button hole. Greetings from New York City! 😅👍🏼🇵🇷🗽😀❤😊
Great video Rach, really concise and informative . Looking forward to more tutorials 👍x
This helped me so much! I tried going through the steps in the manual without much success. I didn't even know my machine had a little black lever! I was completely missing that step.
Glad to have helped xxx
❤thanks for the training. Helped greatly!!
Thank you very much. Helped me through my first buttonholes.
Well done 😄
This was easy to understand. Thank you!
Very helpful video, thank you!
Best tutorial for this topic. Thank you!
Thank you ☺️
Brilliant!, thank you. I really enjoyed watching this and am now keen to practice.
Thank you- let us know how you get on 😊
Practise on samples first and remember to stitch through at least 2 layers else it will all pucker 😊
Thank you so much , I actually had a pb with the stability of the black " thing " that is meant to keep the foot steady but you helped me realize that this defect could actually be overcome , I just have to control it with my finger to make sure it goes forward and backward . Just a little defect due to the age of my 8077 :-)
Well done :)
Very helpful tutorial! Thank you so much
Outstanding ! Thank you for the clarification.
Glad to be of help:)
Thank you. This is a great tutorial. Brilliant!
You're very welcome!
Thank you ever so much.
I've just made 4 perfect buttonholes. Fantastic tutorial. So easy to follow. You have a new subbie.
So pleased it helped - well done 😊
superb demonstration. Thanks ever so much
You're welcome 🙂
Thank you very much. Your tutorial helped me a lot.
Fantastic tutorial thank you
Thank you so much for this tutorial!
I hope it helps:)
This is perfect. Thank you.
Thank you soo much I have been struggling to figure it out ♥️♥️🌸
Happy to help!
Yay, I did my first buttonhole ever. The gadget works just fine.
Cool - Well done :)
Thank you so much. This helped me sooo much. Thanks again! 🧵🧵🧵🧵🧵🧵
Glad to be of help :)
Great video, I couldn’t work it out just using the manual, thanks
I think sometimes you just need to actually see someone do it 😉
Hi Rachel, thank you so much for this tutorial ❤. I've been avoiding buttonholes, but now feel ready to make one. I noticed that you also have a tutorial to use the walking foot 😊. You have a new (bell) subscriber x
Thank you - I'm glad you've found it helpful - I suggest you practice buttonholes on samples before you start in a garment x
Great tutorial, thank you!
Glad to be of help :)
Thank you for this video. It was very useful.😊
Thanks :)
Thank u so much for the video.🥰May you please upload another video on how to use each foot and how it works.( Love from India❤)
I'm luvin' that idea - Thank you Emcy :)
Thank you. Now I will do my first buttonhole :-)
Please do a test one first, then onto your finished garment :)
thanks yet again x
Oh MY GOODNESS!! I can make clothes, no problem, but the button holes have always freaked me out. Everything I made either had zips or stretch fabric was used. I even made a shirt, but put it in the unfinished pile coz I was scared to do the buttons. Now I have watched your video, I am a button hole pro..lol.
Thank you so much, for your clear precise instructions. It's helped me out so much.
😃 marvellous news... Sometimes you just need someone to show you what to do, and you're away x
@@patchworkquiltingclassestv9084 Indeed... And you did that for me. 🥰
NICE JOB . THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
Absolutely brilliant, I just made my first button hole at 55 😂
Well done 👍
Thank you so much!
This video was a great help, thank you VERY much. LIked & subscribed. x
Thank you Katie :)
Thanks for this
well done, ty!!
very helpful
Thank you!
THANK YOU‼️❤❤❤
Suoer simple thank you x
thank you 💛
Brilliant! Thank you so much, I was struggling to make head or tail or buttonholes with the Janome manual for my new machine - you have sorted me out!
Thank you:) I think it always helps to see someone do something - I'd try out a few samples before you go onto a finished project though :)
Clear instructions
Great thanks :)
Thank you soooo much
I'm glad so many people have found this helpful, but it hasn't worked for me. I have the automatic one-step button hole function (theoretically) And I've set it up so carefully. But it doesn't do what the video shows. First off, it doesn't do the straight stitch bit and then come back with the zigzag over it. Secondly, it does a very loose zigzag to start with then rattles off all on its own with a very tight zigzag up the same side - I think it would go on for ever if I didn't take my foot off the pedal. Or one time, it did the loose zigzag bit up on side, then came back down the other side with the loose zigzag and then, instead of doing the bar across, went bonkers with a tight zigzag just on the one side that again would have gone on for ever. So I haven't yet been able to get onto an actual garment. Think I'll go back to my 1968 Frister and Rossman with its 4 step button holes. But those are tricky too.
Oh dear, Coln that doesn't sound very good... it usually only keeps going if you haven't pulled that little black lever down, but I'm not sure about the other stitch problems... you have selected a buttonhole stitch haven't you? Otherwise I would say to take it along to your local sewing machine shop and have them look at it...
I would work on sample fabrics, not a finished garment, and have a least a double layer of fabric.
@@patchworkquiltingclassestv9084 Yes, that’s what I’ve been doing. However, I’ve now succeeded, even though I don’t really know how! I just went back to basics, turned everything on and off, rethreaded everything, and generally just started over, and finally succeeded. However, it was also a help that someone with a machine more similar to mine told me that my machine would not do the straight stitch underneath the zigzag, once I found that I could relax a bit more.
@@colinrobson738 that age old adage often works - glad you got it sorted 😊
This was very helpful but I am working on a model janome magnolia 7330 and am not sure how to start and stop when using the foot pedal.
ooohhh... I don't know I'll have to test it... I suspect you keep your foot down until it has finished
Thank you
Thanks, can you see through the foot the tack marks where you want your buttonhole to be so that it’s straight?
I have a Janome 7025 so need to find more info.
Just about - you really have to keep an eye on it. ..
Thank you for this. I’ve just made an absolute hash of my button holes it kept stopping half way through and going completely awol. I’m so gutted as it’s obvs the last stage of my beautiful blouse. The only thing is see different in what you did and your demo is that I didn’t lift the black lever after each buttonhole - do you think this is the issue? If not I’m wondering if I got a faulty machine - thanks 🙏
Oh Paula you must be so upset :( that really shouldn't make any difference as that lever should hit the white bit sticking out from the foot, and tell the machine to go onto the next step... I would try some samples, using at least a double layer of fabric, and see what happens if you do lift and replace that lever each time... you may have a faulty machine... not much help I know
Thank you so much for this video!! If you can help, my buttonhole foot does not move at all once i finish setting it all up. Is it the foot or am i doing something wrong?
Hi :) It's the fabric that should be moving - I know this sounds obvious, but have you remembered to set the stitch to a buttonhole setting? Have you got a double layer of fabric? I'll see what else I can come up with :)
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Thank you...can l make a bittonhole without a button on that attachment?...just using markings?
probably - you just need to keep an eye on your markings and flick the lever on the left at the appropriate time... you'll need to do a few dummy runs, to see when that lever is moved by the attachment... eg when it gets to the back of the hole the attachment pushes the lever forward and the stitch changes and stitch direction changes... Good Luck :)
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Great demonstration. However, when you draw a buttonhole on the fabric where do you position the needle when starting so that the buttonhole is sewn in the correct position on the fabric?
It needs to be with the drawn bit towards the back of the machine as the machine goes backwards first
Thank you for your prompt reply. Look forward to seeing some more videos. You explain things so well :)
thank you so much for the video! Just one question, do you have to tie the thread off or do you just cut it?
Hiya, and thanks for watching:) You can just cut the thread - if you watch the machine it does a locking stitch at the end :)
I'm doing a buttonhole for a 1 1/4 inch button . So cannot use the automatic sensor instructions. Do I use the buttonhole foot without a button in the same manner as with a button?
Hi Joan:) It's all to do with that little black lever. Do a test buttonhole and watch how the foot flicks that black lever. You will still need to bring the lever down. but, you don't need the buttonhole foot, in fact, I would stitch without a foot, so that I can see where it is stitching... You will need to mark where the buttonhole needs to be, especially the ends, and flick the black lever manually.
Set the machine to buttonhole stitch, then start. The machine will still go to the back, but when you can see it getting near the mark for the stitch, you need to flick that black lever forward - the machine will change direction and zigzag back down that side. When it gets to the mark at the other end, press the lever forward and the machine will do the bar stitch and go back up the other side of the marked hole. Keep an eye on it and when it gets to the other end, manually flick the lever forward again and it should bar tack and come down the second side to the front. Stop the machine when it gets there. I hope this helps:)
I'd do a couple of samples first, so I know when to flick the lever... Good Luck:)
Let me know how you get on x
I'm trying to make a series of buttonholes on shoulder straps. Is there a technique keep the buttonhole dead in the middle and the buttonholes not to slope away to the left or right which has been happening. Maybe I'm not lining it up right and maybe the strap needs supporting at the back because it sews backwards is my initial thought. Thankyou. John.... I'm using a Janome automatic one step buttonhole the same as your video.
Oh I've never tried that John, but yes it does sound like you need to guide it more.... I'd try on samples until you're satisfied with the results though 😉
@@patchworkquiltingclassestv9084 thanks
Thank you! I'm doing this the first time on my Janome, the right and left stitch density is low, the manual suggests to use stitch density of 1-2. So I tried 0.5, and the left side stitch density is alright while the right side density is low... Anyone knows why?
Oh I'm sorry, I've not heard of that before... have you asked your local sewing machine shop?
Hello, what tension number and stitch length is best? I have moved mine around and dont know what the original was set at x
Um - I never change mine, as I only ever use cotton fabrics for patchwork... tension is usually about 4 and stitch length you can change to what you want - I think mine comes on automatically at 2.2 :)
thanks this was helpful. you said you push the start button, but don't show where or what the button is? Maybe my machine doesn't have it?
Oh sorry, i have a stop/button on my machine instead of using the foot pedal... I think you just keep your foot on the pedal until it has finished :)
I have the buttonhole foot and a janome machine, and when I put a button in it makes a perfectly good buttonhole, except the hole is always about 3 mm too big. Is there a way to fix that? Or should I possibly look into getting a new foot in hopes it will make a buttonhole the right size?
Hi Doris, I've never heard of that before... have you a local sewing machine shop where you could ask? Otherwise I think its just case of hand sewing a stitch at one end.... maybe leave the thread a bit longer and use it to stitch the end together:)