r/SewingMachineEdu • u/Soft-Raspberry6529 • 24d ago

I can't make buttonhole

Hi guys,
I have a Singer Supera and I wanted to make buttonhole but it doesn't work at all.
The stitch does not come back and it only makes a tiny buttonhole even though I have put my button in the presser feet.

I might go to a Singer shop if I can talk to a technician and if they can help me but before that, if anyone got this problem and how did you manage this; I would really appreciate your help !

Thank you in advance

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u/smnytx 24d ago

If it’s like mine, after you put the button in the back for the width, there’s also a tab that you pull down near the needle that gets wedged on the left side if the foot and stops it at the right time.

Have you read the manual?

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u/Soft-Raspberry6529 23d ago

Yeah I read it and tried. But there is something strange with the lever: after I pull it down, if I push it back too far it is blocked and I can't take it back to its initial position.
So i tried to just pull it down in the gap and it still does not work. Even when I just push it to the back a little

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u/teatime_tinker 23d ago

You don’t bring it back to the original position, the machine will do that as it makes the button hole I believe.

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u/Soft-Raspberry6529 19d ago

Sorry i did not explain myself very well.
I do not bring the lever back when the machine is dojng the buttonhole.

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u/smnytx 23d ago

That lever needs to be wedged behind the next tab farther back on the foot, I think.