A sewing machine, comprising: a sewing needle, held by a needle bar to move reciprocally in a Z-axis direction and holding an upper thread; a pressing member, pressing a sewing object disposed at a sewing position immediately below the sewing needle; a feed mechanism, in which endless feed belts feeding the sewing object disposed at the sewing position from the sewing position along a first direction orthogonal to the Z-axis direction are disposed on two sides with respect to the sewing position in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and the Z-axis direction, and in which a belt drive part is provided; a needle drive part, provided separately from the belt drive part, and moving the sewing needle in the first direction; and a control part, exerting control so that the belt drive part and the needle drive part are able to operate independently, the sewing machine being characterized by further comprising: a shuttle, holding a bobbin which is accommodated in a bobbin case and in which a lower thread is wound, and cooperating with the sewing needle to form a seam; and in that: the control part is configured to perform, as a mode of feeding the sewing object, a belt feed mode that controls the needle drive part and the belt drive part, so that the sewing needle and the feed belts do not move in the first direction during a period in which the sewing needle is stuck to the sewing object, and the sewing needle does not move in the first direction and the feed belts move in the first direction during a period in which the sewing needle is withdrawn from the sewing object. a sewing needle, held by a needle bar to move reciprocally in a Z-axis direction and holding an upper thread; a pressing member, pressing a sewing object disposed at a sewing position immediately below the sewing needle; a feed mechanism, in which endless feed belts feeding the sewing object disposed at the sewing position from the sewing position along a first direction orthogonal to the Z-axis direction are disposed on two sides with respect to the sewing position in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and the Z-axis direction, and in which a belt drive part is provided; a needle drive part, provided separately from the belt drive part, and moving the sewing needle in the first direction; and a control part, exerting control so that the belt drive part and the needle drive part are able to operate independently, the sewing machine being characterized by further comprising: a shuttle, holding a bobbin which is accommodated in a bobbin case and in which a lower thread is wound, and cooperating with the sewing needle to form a seam; and in that: the control part is configured to perform, as a mode of feeding the sewing object, a belt feed mode that controls the needle drive part and the belt drive part, so that the sewing needle and the feed belts do not move in the first direction during a period in which the sewing needle is stuck to the sewing object, and the sewing needle does not move in the first direction and the feed belts move in the first direction during a period in which the sewing needle is withdrawn from the sewing object. a shuttle, holding a bobbin which is accommodated in a bobbin case and in which a lower thread is wound, and cooperating with the sewing needle to form a seam; and in that: the control part is configured to perform, as a mode of feeding the sewing object, a belt feed mode that controls the needle drive part and the belt drive part, so that the sewing needle and the feed belts do not move in the first direction during a period in which the sewing needle is stuck to the sewing object, and the sewing needle does not move in the first direction and the feed belts move in the first direction during a period in which the sewing needle is withdrawn from the sewing object.