Stitching System For A Shoe Upper

A stitching system for stitching two parts of a shoe together comprising:

• a stitching machine including a head and a cylinder bed, wherein the head has a needle base disposed on a lower end adjacent the cylinder bed such that the two shoe parts can be stitched together therebetween;
• a positioning mechanism having a curved drive frame coupled thereto, wherein the positioning mechanism is capable of moving the curved drive frame in a rotating motion along a circumference of the curved drive frame and in a linear direction generally along an axis of the curved drive frame;
• a jig for positioning the two shoe parts with respect to one another and coupled to the curved drive frame, wherein the jig includes a curved support surface for two shoe parts;
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• a computing device for controlling actuation of the needle base and the positioning mechanism such that the jig can be manipulated to provide a specific stitch arrangement for connecting the two shoe parts.