Blind stitch sewing machine, specifically a two-thread double-lockstitch blind stitch sewing machine, - which is specified for generating a blind stitch which connects sewn goods, formed by at least two sewing materials, one upper material and at least one backing material, in such a manner that the seam is not visible on the upper side of the upper material; - having a drive motor which drives a needle lever so as to oscillate about a needle lever axle to which a curved needle is fastened, the sewing thread extending through said needle during the operation of the blind stitch sewing machine; - having a double lockstitch gripper which revolves twice during each full needle stroke of the needle lever, composed of reciprocating forward and rearward movement, and which mounts a bobbin case in which a bobbin thread reserve that is preferably wound on a thread bobbin is received; - having a cloth bending unit which intermittently and so as to be synchronous with the needle movement lifts the sewn goods in the direction of the needle lever axle, wherein the depth of the needle penetration of the curved needle into the thickness of the upper material is adjustable by setting the upper dead centre of the cloth bending unit; - having a sewn goods transporting installation which, between two stitches when sewing, is specified for transporting the sewn goods by a selectable stitch length forwards or backwards in the seam direction; - having a thread lever which predefines the required length of the needle thread that is required for each revolution of a needle thread loop about the bobbin case and which for tightening the thread retracts this predefined thread length after each revolution of the needle thread loop; - having a thread tensioning device for the needle thread; - having a thread tensioning device for the bobbin thread; and - having a needle plate which has an upper side and a lower side, wherein the sewn goods and the cloth bending unit are situated substantially on the lower side of the needle plate while the gripper as well as the curved needle are situated on the upper side of the needle plate, characterized in that a thread cutter is provided, said thread cutter having a thread catcher which is capable of and specified for gripping the needle thread as well as the bobbin thread and supplying said needle thread and said bobbin thread to a cutting installation. - which is specified for generating a blind stitch which connects sewn goods, formed by at least two sewing materials, one upper material and at least one backing material, in such a manner that the seam is not visible on the upper side of the upper material; - having a drive motor which drives a needle lever so as to oscillate about a needle lever axle to which a curved needle is fastened, the sewing thread extending through said needle during the operation of the blind stitch sewing machine; - having a double lockstitch gripper which revolves twice during each full needle stroke of the needle lever, composed of reciprocating forward and rearward movement, and which mounts a bobbin case in which a bobbin thread reserve that is preferably wound on a thread bobbin is received; - having a cloth bending unit which intermittently and so as to be synchronous with the needle movement lifts the sewn goods in the direction of the needle lever axle, wherein the depth of the needle penetration of the curved needle into the thickness of the upper material is adjustable by setting the upper dead centre of the cloth bending unit; - having a sewn goods transporting installation which, between two stitches when sewing, is specified for transporting the sewn goods by a selectable stitch length forwards or backwards in the seam direction; - having a thread lever which predefines the required length of the needle thread that is required for each revolution of a needle thread loop about the bobbin case and which for tightening the thread retracts this predefined thread length after each revolution of the needle thread loop; - having a thread tensioning device for the needle thread; - having a thread tensioning device for the bobbin thread; and - having a needle plate which has an upper side and a lower side, wherein the sewn goods and the cloth bending unit are situated substantially on the lower side of the needle plate while the gripper as well as the curved needle are situated on the upper side of the needle plate,