Thread guide attachment for sewing machines

A thread guide for use with a sewing machine having an inner end and an outer end, and having a presser foot with a vertical segment and a generally horizontal segment at the lower end of the vertical segment, the horizontal segment having side edges and a free end, and having a central area with an opening for extension of a reciprocable vertical needle therethrough, the sewing machine also having such a needle, the sewing machine being operative for moving the material being sewed in a predetermined direction,

• the thread guide comprising,
• a unitary bracket adapted to be detachably mounted on the presser foot, the unitary bracket being referred to herein as oriented when so mounted, the bracket including, a foot element, a shank, and a pin,
• the foot element having gripping elements frictionally engaging the presser foot when the foot element is mounted on the presser foot and being thereby positioned substantially in horizontal position,
• the shank extending diagonally forwardly and upwardly, and
• the pin extending transversely from the shank at the upper end of the shank,
• whereby the continuous thread in the sewing machine can be wound around the pin at a position displaced a substantial distance horizontally from the end of the needle in direction opposite the direction of movement of the material being sewed.