I've watched dozens of videos, checked the manual, and asked an online group of people and no one could help me. THIS video helped. My old singer was a little stuck and I tried testing it so many times without lifting the lever back up to reset the machine. Resetting and giving it a little nudge did the trick. Thank you for explaining that!!!!
Yes! Also make sure your bobbin is full. This stitch uses a lot of thread, and I didn’t realize it until I ended up with one button hole only half way done, which meant I had to remove all the stitches and start all over. 😩
Ha! It took me about 59 tries but I got it. The key to this is to 1. Have patience, but 2. To NOT TAKE YOUR TIME lol that will only cause the thread to build up on the fabric and eventually your needle will get stuck in the pile up or break. You have to slam on the foot peddle and allow it to go as fast as possible then BOOM... A buttonhole. Thanks for this awesome video❤️
I’ve been going back to this video for years every time I need to sew a buttonhole. I followed the official Singer video and no matter what I did it wouldn’t work, I thought something was defective until this video. Thank you!!!
I have been so scared of making button holes so I avoided any projects with button holes. I will give it a shot and see how I do. Thank you 🙏🏻 so much for the explanation .
Fabulous! I just spent the past hour trying to make a buttonhole using the Manual instructions. Until I watched your video, I did not know there was a hidden buttonhole lever that I had to pull down! Thank you!!!
Thank god for this video. Didnt even know you could use the button to configure the hole template. For anyone whose machine is just making balls of thread in one place, pushing that little lever back will get you on track.
I found that buttonhole foot so intimidating until I watched this video. Heck I forgot I had 4 dials! (Still a new user) I don’t use the manual. I’m a visual learner so a clear video is brilliant. This is the first buttonhole one I came across and it’s brilliant. Will give a like and a comment so it continues to be deservedly at the top! Thank you!
even the official singer buttonhole tutorial did not mention that you had to push the buttonhole lever BACK as well as down, nor did it mention that you had to pull the lever down all the way, nor did it mention to put it on the buttonhole setting on the wheel or what width to put it at. i kept trying to make it work but, until i watched your video where i found that I didn't push the lever back, it didn't work. thank you so much!
Omg thank you so much. You’re the best teacher. Great lesson on buttonhole. Now I have to see if you have a video on threading. I just got this new machine for Christmas. My other one is 29 yrs old. 😂😂
Thanks, I just purchased the 44S, my 4411 presser foot take up lever broke. $150 to f8x it. I needed to make sure I didn’t break anything. You know sometimes your so eager, you don’t pay attention. Well I did. Thanks appreciate your time. 🤗🤗💕💕
I make buttonholes VERY seldomly because I mostly sew on Lycra making dance costumes - no buttons! But, sewing for my grandbabies, I need buttonholes every now and then. So, each time, I watch your video to refresh my memory. Thanks so much for being there every time!
Oh thank you so so much, I send half day trying to do button holl, but don't how but your video just help me a lot. Excellent Tq so much for sharing the tutorial .🙏🥰
I'm definitely going to try this method as adjusting the tension down maybe what I'm looking for to create a neat button hole on both sideas at the moment I'm getting a neater side on the right 🤞
Yay! I have succesfully made the button hole..thank you to the video owner. You have made my day. The only problem here my buttonhole push button very hard to go up
@@dannim6269 I had the same issue, then I noticed in the manual that the "length" was supposed to be somewhere BETWEEN 0 and 1 (I had it at 0) and moved it to halfway between 0 and 1. But I also figured out that I needed to pull the lever farther down before pushing it back - it sticks at a point not quite all the way down to the buttonhole foot - so I'm not sure which adjustment made it work for me.
The last time I did buttonholes was with my 1970 White machine, using the buttonhole maker attachment with a cam inserted in the bottom of it after opening the little “door”.
Sometimes at the end of step 4 I hit the reverse button and go back to the top for a thicker button hole on the right side. It's easier than adjusting the button on the right side of the machine. I will try adjusting the tension to 3. That would be easier then either of the options I've tried!
Hi I bought a Brand-new Singer Heavy Duty 4423. Please show me how to use Stretch stitch on the T-shirt knit fabric or Stretch fabric. I'm new at sewing so your instructions will be greatly appreciated.
thank you so much. I was wondering why there was the thing at the back lol. gone from an old Elna to a this singer heavy duty machine.... it is slightly different in many ways
Oh, brother. I just tried doing this. Disaster! needle broke, went into bobbin compartment and spun a huge ball of thread. Now, I have to find a "how to change the needle video" and I'll give it a shot again tomorrow!
Is there something on this machine which creates the hole for the button? I imagine a knife of some sort would work, but then don't you have to worry about cutting the thread of the outline you've just constructed and fraying of the fabric which has been cut? Some of us are sewers newer than your machine!
It is the buttonholer on this machine that makes me wish I still had my mom's 1952 machine This buttonholer NEVER makes the holes big enough for the buttons. After all this I have decided I need to use a button a little larger than the ones I will use to finish the garment to calibrate the buttonholer. It's terribly frustrating!
My machine won’t do the other side of the button hole. It only does one side but doesn’t switch over. So I end up with one button hole line. Any help as to how I can make it right ?
Hi. Most straight stitch machines have a buttonhole "option". However, some of them include a buttonhole foot and others don't. The Singer Heavy Duty 4423 includes. Buttonhole foots make it easier to sew buttonholes if you're new to sewing. The Heavy Duty 4423 takes way less steps to sew a buttonhole than others. If a sewing machine doesn't include a buttonhole foot, you would need to select zig zag stitches and then select a 0.5 stitch length, then you would need to measure your button and draw on your fabric the buttonhole (based on the button's width). Then you would sew the buttonhole like a small rectangle, when u finish sewing the first vertical line of your rectangle you would need to lift the presser foot, and then rotate your fabric, and sew the horizontal line of your buttonhole, and so on.
After making a buttonhole, and wanting to return to a straight stitch ( I return the white lever to its position), my 4423 won't stitch forward. What am I doing wrong???
I've watched dozens of videos, checked the manual, and asked an online group of people and no one could help me. THIS video helped. My old singer was a little stuck and I tried testing it so many times without lifting the lever back up to reset the machine. Resetting and giving it a little nudge did the trick. Thank you for explaining that!!!!
Yes! Also make sure your bobbin is full. This stitch uses a lot of thread, and I didn’t realize it until I ended up with one button hole only half way done, which meant I had to remove all the stitches and start all over. 😩
Ha! It took me about 59 tries but I got it. The key to this is to 1. Have patience, but 2. To NOT TAKE YOUR TIME lol that will only cause the thread to build up on the fabric and eventually your needle will get stuck in the pile up or break. You have to slam on the foot peddle and allow it to go as fast as possible then BOOM... A buttonhole. Thanks for this awesome video❤️
I’ve been going back to this video for years every time I need to sew a buttonhole. I followed the official Singer video and no matter what I did it wouldn’t work, I thought something was defective until this video. Thank you!!!
I have been so scared of making button holes so I avoided any projects with button holes. I will give it a shot and see how I do.
Thank you 🙏🏻 so much for the explanation .
Thank you “sew” much. I’ve been sewing for years and never use this type of buttonhole foot. Once again, a thanks.
Fabulous! I just spent the past hour trying to make a buttonhole using the Manual instructions. Until I watched your video, I did not know there was a hidden buttonhole lever that I had to pull down! Thank you!!!
Very straight forward video that explains the parts you might get confused on throughly. Thank you so much!
happy to help
Definitely the best tutorial out there, I couldn't figure out the buttonhole foot until I followed this video. Thank you so much!!
Thank god for this video. Didnt even know you could use the button to configure the hole template.
For anyone whose machine is just making balls of thread in one place, pushing that little lever back will get you on track.
Thank you so much!!! I was struggling until I saw your comment, finally got my first button hole done!!!! ❤ thx!
Thank you for this tutorial. Very much appreciated! May you and your ministry be blessed.
Thank you for the button hole tutorial.
Teaching a young student on this machine and had no idea we needed to push the lever backwards!
OMG!!! I now feel confident in making a button hole, thank you so much❤
This tutorial is better then the official singer tutorial thank you 🙏🏼
I guess it's kind of randomly asking but do anybody know a good site to stream newly released tv shows online?
@Tristan Dash flixportal :P
@Dakari Jamari thank you, signed up and it seems to work =) I appreciate it !
@Tristan Dash glad I could help :)
Can I get a larger buttonhole maker for larger buttons
I found that buttonhole foot so intimidating until I watched this video. Heck I forgot I had 4 dials! (Still a new user) I don’t use the manual. I’m a visual learner so a clear video is brilliant. This is the first buttonhole one I came across and it’s brilliant. Will give a like and a comment so it continues to be deservedly at the top! Thank you!
Thank you. i went through a few tutorials until finally found the best one.
I agree with all the comments that you unlocked the secret of making a buttonhole on this machine! The Singer video was not at all clear. Thank you!🙂
The singer app does not tell you what to do at all and this video was such a quick and very clear tutorial! Thank you! :D
even the official singer buttonhole tutorial did not mention that you had to push the buttonhole lever BACK as well as down, nor did it mention that you had to pull the lever down all the way, nor did it mention to put it on the buttonhole setting on the wheel or what width to put it at. i kept trying to make it work but, until i watched your video where i found that I didn't push the lever back, it didn't work. thank you so much!
I haven’t looked at the singer manual. I would have been crying by now if I had from what you describe. So thrilled for this clear video
Omg thank you so much. You’re the best teacher. Great lesson on buttonhole. Now I have to see if you have a video on threading. I just got this new machine for Christmas. My other one is 29 yrs old. 😂😂
Thank you so much. I watched many videos but you are the best.
This was great thank you! No one ever mentions the machine settings, thats what I was looking for!!
Thank you thank you thank you!! I've been like three hours trying to figure this out, but this tutorial was the most useful!!❤
Thankyou very much for this tutorial . I lost without this video . You saved me .
This was the most useful tutorial in the whole TH-cam! Thank you so much!
Thanks, I just purchased the 44S, my 4411 presser foot take up lever broke. $150 to f8x it. I needed to make sure I didn’t break anything. You know sometimes your so eager, you don’t pay attention. Well I did. Thanks appreciate your time. 🤗🤗💕💕
Bless you! I've had this machine for years and couldn't figure out how to use this foot!
thank you, I had to remind myself how to make buttonholes on the singer HD as it's been a long time since I last did them :)
Thanks for the tutorial! I had never done buttonholes before and it's much easier than I thought!
Thank you sooooo much for all these videos. I had never used a machine like this before and it’s so easy to learn with you! 😊😊
Thank you, this was so helpful! I got stuck for a while because I didn’t pull the “PUSH” thingy down far enough. Finally figured it out.
I was here for the same problem, She is great !!!! I was about to return it tomorrow
:) problem solved 👌
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I've owned this machine for over 3 years and can finally use the button hole foot.
This is by far the most helpful video I've watched! Thank you so much for breaking everything down.
I make buttonholes VERY seldomly because I mostly sew on Lycra making dance costumes - no buttons! But, sewing for my grandbabies, I need buttonholes every now and then. So, each time, I watch your video to refresh my memory. Thanks so much for being there every time!
Oh thank you so so much, I send half day trying to do button holl, but don't how but your video just help me a lot.
Excellent Tq so much for sharing the tutorial .🙏🥰
Thank you for the tutorial...you’re so much better than the Singer instructional!
Omg best tutorial ever?!!
I didn't know I could do this. Thank you so much!
I'm definitely going to try this method as adjusting the tension down maybe what I'm looking for to create a neat button hole on both sideas at the moment I'm getting a neater side on the right 🤞
This was very useful!!!! You save my day!!!! Millions thanks!!!
Excellent tutorial. Thanks for covering all settings and observations.
thank you this has helped me tremendously!!
Fantastic!! You saved me so much time and frustration. Thank you!!!
Yay! I have succesfully made the button hole..thank you to the video owner. You have made my day. The only problem here my buttonhole push button very hard to go up
Waw! now I know how to use the gadget, thank you very much , you make it look so easy . I am going to try it now
Do you know why my machine hitting on one place not moving or start move and gathering fabric , I have new mashine
I had the same but then i found i have to pull that ‘push’ leaver even further down. Really it goes lower and then you can push it back better as well
I’ve tried this and my machine doesn’t move. And all the thread builds up and gets stuck. I did everything like this video. Idk what the problem is
@@dannim6269 I had the same issue, then I noticed in the manual that the "length" was supposed to be somewhere BETWEEN 0 and 1 (I had it at 0) and moved it to halfway between 0 and 1. But I also figured out that I needed to pull the lever farther down before pushing it back - it sticks at a point not quite all the way down to the buttonhole foot - so I'm not sure which adjustment made it work for me.
Very cool tutorial. Mine came as a gift handed down with no handbook. Thank you and TH-cam for these educational videos.👌
Fantastic demo. More informative than the others out there.
Thank you! The manual doesn't mention the pull-down lever at all?! Was getting so frustrated, watching one minute of your video solved my issue :)
Excellent . You are amazing and such a good teacher . This machine is great one for the price .
Thank you....I finally understand how to do this!
Amazing! It worked right away thanks to your tutorial!
Thank you! This video was so helpful - I'e now made the perfect button hole :)
You are a wonderful teacher. Thank you!
The last time I did buttonholes was with my 1970 White machine, using the buttonhole maker attachment with a cam inserted in the bottom of it after opening the little “door”.
Yay! I just made my first button hole!!
Thank you..your video saved my project
Sometimes at the end of step 4 I hit the reverse button and go back to the top for a thicker button hole on the right side. It's easier than adjusting the button on the right side of the machine. I will try adjusting the tension to 3. That would be easier then either of the options I've tried!
Does the leaver stays down or how it goes back in place
Hi I bought a Brand-new Singer Heavy Duty 4423. Please show me how to use Stretch stitch on the T-shirt knit fabric or Stretch fabric. I'm new at sewing so your instructions will be greatly appreciated.
I’m going to attempt a button hole this week, after that area is sewn, do I just use scissors to cut out the middle section?
Thank you.. excellent tutorial! I want to make large buttonhole with a button larger that the attachment, how is this done?
thank you so much. I was wondering why there was the thing at the back lol. gone from an old Elna to a this singer heavy duty machine.... it is slightly different in many ways
Im glad I took the time to watch this....
My buttonhole is fine going up on the left side but when it starts to come down on the right side it's not sewing it...frustrating!!
Oh, brother. I just tried doing this. Disaster! needle broke, went into bobbin compartment and spun a huge ball of thread. Now, I have to find a "how to change the needle video" and I'll give it a shot again tomorrow!
Thank you for this super helpful video.
Thank you! This video saved me from pulling all my hair out! 🤗👍
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Thank you so much, very easy to follow!
Thank you so much 🙏🌸for this tutorial made my life so much easier as I am a beginner to sewing… 💫Now I just want to sew buttons 😂
Thanks so much for this now I get it! If only I had seen this video earlier. God bless.
Thank you so much ....it finally work for me . thank you for showing this video
Cool! Honestly I have no need for button holes in anything I make, but it looks like so much fun that I'll look for an excuse to try some : )
Do you then take a pair of scizzors and snip the fabric to make the hole? Or do you cut the hole prior to? I’m a total newbie at this!
You snip after the buttonhole is made on the machine.
i use a seam ripper for my button holes, just be careful, but for me its easier so i dont end up snipping through the bottom of the hole
Thank you sooo much! I had no idea that button hole lever was even there! You saved me from pulling my hair out! LOL
I have my singer set as you instruct, but my the stitch remains in one place. Have stitch length on 1. Can you help me?
Well, this machine can create only small button holes. What if I would like to have 1.5 inch or longer button hole?
Thank you soo much for this tutorial ❤❤❤
Thank you! You made it very very easy!! I wish TF they would give us a book with these machines.I’m your new subscriber, it’s April 14,2021
Thank you I was looking for a tutorial to show me this
Is there something on this machine which creates the hole for the button? I imagine a knife of some sort would work, but then don't you have to worry about cutting the thread of the outline you've just constructed and fraying of the fabric which has been cut? Some of us are sewers newer than your machine!
I've tried and only get a big ball of thread at the starting point
Was there a reason that you did not mention the buttonhole balance control on the right end of the machine ?
It is the buttonholer on this machine that makes me wish I still had my mom's 1952 machine
This buttonholer NEVER makes the holes big enough for the buttons.
After all this I have decided I need to use a button a little larger than the ones I will use to finish the garment to calibrate the buttonholer. It's terribly frustrating!
Can you still order the button hole plate please
I have this machine but the buttonhole gadget won't open wide enough for the large buttons I want to sew onto a jacket.....what can I do?
My button hole attachment looks a bit diffrent has two tabs on the left side so it's not recognizing when to stop or even moving the fabric forward
My machine won’t do the other side of the button hole. It only does one side but doesn’t switch over. So I end up with one button hole line. Any help as to how I can make it right ?
How do you take off the buttonhole foot once you're done?
Does buttonhole include in sewing machine when you bought it? In singer machine.. can anyone plz tell me if it does included?😢
Hi. Most straight stitch machines have a buttonhole "option". However, some of them include a buttonhole foot and others don't. The Singer Heavy Duty 4423 includes.
Buttonhole foots make it easier to sew buttonholes if you're new to sewing. The Heavy Duty 4423 takes way less steps to sew a buttonhole than others.
If a sewing machine doesn't include a buttonhole foot, you would need to select zig zag stitches and then select a 0.5 stitch length, then you would need to measure your button and draw on your fabric the buttonhole (based on the button's width). Then you would sew the buttonhole like a small rectangle, when u finish sewing the first vertical line of your rectangle you would need to lift the presser foot, and then rotate your fabric, and sew the horizontal line of your buttonhole, and so on.
Super helpful! Thank you!
You're welcome!
Thank thank thank you for this!
Nice work handie
The return stitches on my buttonhole don't look as nice as the first pass. How can I fix that?
It has a button option omg so cool
Thanks, I am very very happy, this it is the best tutorial.
Thank you for saving my sanity😅
How do I get a Singer buttonhole foot?
Thank you Lady, now I got it :)
After making a buttonhole, and wanting to return to a straight stitch ( I return the white lever to its position), my 4423 won't stitch forward. What am I doing wrong???
Why does my first side (the left side) of the buttonhole come out with way more length between each stitch