Sewing machine

A sewing machine, comprising:

• a sewing needle, held by a needle bar, and moving back and forth while holding an upper thread;
• a shuttle, configured to hold a bobbin around which a lower thread is wound and which is housed in a bobbin case, and cooperating with the sewing needle to form a seam;
• a presser foot member, configured to press a to-be-sewn article at a sewing position directly below the sewing needle;
• a feeding mechanism, feeding the to-be-sewn article from the sewing position to a first direction;
• a needle hole guide mechanism, comprising:
• a needle hole guide member, provided directly below the sewing needle, supporting a lower surface of the to-be-sewn article, and comprising a needle hole through which the sewing needle passes in a vertical direction, and being movable in the vertical direction;
• and
• a guide drive portion, driving the needle hole guide member to move independently in the vertical direction;
• and
• a control portion, configured to control the guide drive portion to make the needle hole guide member move up and down independently of a reciprocating movement of the sewing needle;
• wherein the sewing machine further comprises:
• a throat plate, provided around the needle hole guide member, and supporting the lower surface of the to-be-sewn article,
• wherein the control portion controls the guide drive portion so that when the sewing needle pierces the to-be-sewn article for a first time, the needle hole guide member is located at a raised position where an upper surface of the needle hole guide member is flush with an upper surface of the throat plate.