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Oooh, ouch!!! Were you able to get all of the needle pieces out of the machine? Unfortunately, it may have knocked the machine out of time or bent/damaged some internal mechanism necessitating professional service.
In the future, instead of placing pins horizontally across the seam line, align them parallel with the seam edge--far enough away to clear the presser foot. Sew slower and remove the pins before they get to the presser foot. Broken needles can be dangerous to you and the machine--as you already know.
Do you just need to attach it to the machine? Or are you having trouble using the foot itself?
It attaches the same way the other feet attach. Remove any foot that may still be attached to the machine. On the buttonhole foot look for the small silver pin that sits on the sliding piece with the small red line marks on it. Lift up your presser foot lever and attach the buttonhole foot's silver pin the same way you would attach any other foot.
As far as using the foot itself place your button on the back sliding piece snuggly till it fits in without falling out, adjust as needed. Pull the bottonhole lever down (it's located on the machine opposite the side of the presser foot lever) so that it rests behind the first lever on the buttonhole foot (small plastic piece raised on the left hand side of the foot that doesn't move). Slide the feed dog switch on the back of your machine so the feed dogs go down. Select your stitch and go. The machine automatically stops when done.
If you are by a Hancock fabic store take it in there and have then cean it and then order a part for it. they are the cheapest repair place I have found for a sewing machine. I too have a brother computerized and they have helped me. It cost 69.99 for the cleaning oiling and replacing the part :-) hope this helps
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Pam
WE FIXED IT!!!!! Ok my fabulous husband fixed my automatic thread foot last night and now I am sewing away. Here is what he did best I can describe. when you engage the thread shuttle, a piece comes down from the right of the sewing machine. I has a spring on the back and a very thin piece of wire with a white plastic moving part. the foot has to snap under the white plastic thing... so you have to very carefully take the white thing out of the track and then put the foot in. the bar side with the larger metal pin goes here and the foot should be facing towards the needle. Hope this helps and if I didn;t explain it well please leave me a note and I will try again :)
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