Sewing machine

Abstract

A sewing machine includes a sewing machine head including a needle bar to which a sewing needle is attachable, a sewing machine bed having an upper surface on which a workpiece cloth is disposed in order that sewing may be performed for the workpiece cloth, a cutwork device located on the sewing machine bed and including a cutting needle with a distal end having a blade and a cutting needle up-down movement mechanism moving the cutting needle up and down, and a catching member suppressing upward floating of the workpiece cloth caused by the cutting needle during operation of the cutwork device. The cutwork device forms a cut in the workpiece cloth by the cutting needle at a cutting position from below the workpiece cloth. The cutting position is spaced a predetermined distance rearward from a needle location of the sewing needle on the sewing machine bed.

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