MIL-DTL-21083E(MC)
TABLE I.
Manufacturing requirements - Continued.
SEAM/
STCH
STCH
N
OPERATION
TYPE
TYPE
STCH/IN
NDL
BOB/LPR
O
8
Make buttonholes.
3
Finished appearance. The
buttonhole shall be clean cut,
well made, properly positioned,
well worked over gimp to fit a
40-line insignia button and the
34-line sewing hole button. The
stitching shall be securely caught
in the basic material. The gimp
shall be pulled through to the
underside of the front and the
purling of the buttonholes shall
be on the outside. The waist seam
shall not be open beyond the end
of the waist buttonhole.
a. Mark the left front in
accordance with the marks on the
pattern for the location of four
buttonholes. The mark for the
bottom buttonhole shall be on the
waistseam, the top buttonhole
shall be on horizontal line with
the eyelet of the buttonhole in
the upper pocket flap, and
remaining two buttonholes shall be
evenly spaced.
b. Make one horizontal eyelet
Button
50 per
B
F
end, square-bar type, cut-first
-hole
(silk)
(silk)
button-
buttonhole, 1-1/8 inches long, at
hole
each of the marks, with the
purling of the buttonhole to
(min)
finish on the outside of the
(not
front. The inside edge of the
incl.
tack)
eyelet end of the buttonhole shall
be 5/8 inch from front edge. The
buttonhole shall be well worked
over gimp and the ends of the gimp
shall be pulled through to the
underside.
c. Care should be exercised when
making the buttonhole in the
waistseam, so that the seam does
not come open beyond the ends of
the buttonhole.
d. Securely bartack the ends of
Bartac
21 per
B
F
each buttonhole and trim the ends
k
bartack
(silk)
(silk)
of the gimp and thread.
(min)
70
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