Sewing machine system, sewing machine, and recording medium having program stored therein

A sewing machine provided for a sewing machine system including:

• the sewing machine that forms stitching;
• a container case provided separately from the sewing machine, and having a plurality of containers partitioned in a grid pattern;
• a detecting unit configured to detect a type of a thread spool contained in any of the containers and a contained position of the thread spool in the container case in association with each other;
• and
• a detection result transmitting unit configured to transmit a result of the detection by the detecting unit to the sewing machine, the sewing machine comprising:
• a detection result receiving unit configured to receive the detection result from the detection result transmitting unit;
• and
• a display unit configured to display, based on the detection result, a type of a thread spool to be required during sewing and a contained position of the thread spool in the container case.