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Dedicated buttonhole machine? Is there such a thing?
BrendaJoyce   Intermediate TX USA Member since 2/11/12 Posts: 44	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 10/6/12 12:02 PM I always have trouble with buttonholes, on every sewing machine I've ever owned. I now use a Viking #1+ which I love and don't want to replace. My question is, is there such a thing as a dedicated buttonholer?
dscheidt Member since 6/8/09 Posts: 250	Login to reply to this post In reply to BrendaJoyce << 1 member likes this. Date: 10/6/12 12:52 PM Quote: BrendaJoyce I always have trouble with buttonholes, on every sewing machine I've ever owned. I now use a Viking #1+ which I love and don't want to replace. My question is, is there such a thing as a dedicated buttonholer? Sure. See, for instance, juki dbh-1790 Not exactly a home machine, but hey, if you do lots of button holes, why not? Other than the price tag, of course.
nestle   Intermediate CA USA Member since 6/30/11 Posts: 10	Login to reply to this post In reply to BrendaJoyce << 1 member likes this. Date: 10/6/12 12:55 PM There's a great thread here about that - automatic buttonholes are often disappointing and a lot of people are turning to old Singer and Greist buttonholers, for very little money, available on eBay. The thread (? I'm new) is titled The Ugly Truth, if you know how to search! I just took back a new machine for having inconsistent buttonholes, they were important to me.
andye   Beginner VA USA Member since 5/9/09 Posts: 1532	Login to reply to this post In reply to dscheidt << 1 member likes this. Date: 10/6/12 1:52 PM Reece also makes buttonhole machines. I suppose the real question is Quote: why doesn't babylock introduce a home version of a buttonhole machine, just as they did with the overlocker, coverstitch, and blindhem machines All brands has a few, should you be willing to convert your basement into an industrial sewing floor. -- Edited on 10/6/12 1:56 PM --
Soolip Advanced CA USA Member since 6/18/08 Posts: 2000	Login to reply to this post 2 members like this. Date: 10/6/12 2:23 PM If I make coats or pants, I take mine to a place in town that has a machine that does keyhole buttonholes. Many tailors will do buttonholes for you.
pknord Intermediate TX USA Member since 9/1/11 Posts: 513	Login to reply to this post In reply to BrendaJoyce << 3 members like this. Date: 10/6/12 6:36 PM Some of us who collect elderly Singer sewing machines keep one permanently set up with one of the old Singer buttonholers that uses templates. Not me, of course. ------ Pat in Rockport, TX "As ye sew, so shall ye rip." http://community.webshots.com/user/pknord http://www.quiltingthoughts.blogspot.com/
andye   Beginner VA USA Member since 5/9/09 Posts: 1532	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 10/6/12 7:09 PM This buttonholer looks pretty amazing Also by the same company: a "hand" sewing machine
dresscode   Advanced FL USA Member since 7/28/04 Posts: 2464	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 10/6/12 9:54 PM They are normally very expensive....if you see one at auction....snap it up! They are extremely ugly machines.....all work, no play. There is a place in NYC that has two ladies making buttonholes all day long....people bring in samples, projects, etc and stand while they zip them through the machine. (I didn't think they were all that great at that location, but convenient if you ate near the city)
BrendaJoyce   Intermediate TX USA Member since 2/11/12 Posts: 44	Login to reply to this post In reply to dscheidt << Like this post Date: 10/7/12 4:14 AM Quote: dscheidt [quote] I always have trouble with buttonholes, on every sewing machine I've ever owned. I now use a Viking #1+ which I love and don't want to replace. My question is, is there such a thing as a dedicated buttonholer? Sure. See, for instance, juki dbh-1790 Not exactly a home machine, but hey, if you do lots of button holes, why not? Other than the price tag, of course.[/quote] Holy smokes, that thing is almost $7000! Don't need it that bad.
BrendaJoyce   Intermediate TX USA Member since 2/11/12 Posts: 44	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 10/7/12 4:20 AM Everyone has such great suggestions. I never thought about taking my stuff to a tailor for buttonholes. Also, I guess the old Singers with the buttonholer attachments do better buttonholes? Those would be a little more cost effective for me (as opposed to the industrial models, which I loved looking at!) and I did see a few on Craigslist in my area, but some of the sellers are a little unreasonable on their prices. I'll have to search around for one but hey, that's half the fun, right?

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