Work guiding and trimming apparatus for sewing machines

For use with a work holder having a guide slot thereon, sewing and trimming apparatus comprising work guiding means affixed to and projecting upwardly with respect to the bed of a sewing machine and adapted to guidingly engage the guide slot of the holder, reciprocating trimming means operatively coupled to said sewing machine and juxtaposed to said work guiding means, a reciprocating needle operatively coupled to the sewing machine and adjacent to said trimming means, said trimming means and said needle being so positioned as to be adapted to extend into and through the guide slot of the holder when said work guiding means is guidingly engaged with the holder, and a cutting edge on said work guiding means, said trimming means cooperating with said cutting edge to trim fabric simultaneously with sewing thereof adjacent to the zone of stitch formation.