A method for the production of fabric or leather articles, particularly articles to be padded, comprising the steps of: - feeding at least two mutually superimposed cloths (20a-20c) to an embroidery machine; - stepwise advancing of said superimposed cloths (20a-20c, 20d) along a substantially rectilinear direction; - at said embroidery machine, automatic sewing of said at least two cloths (20a-20c) along sewing lines according to a template that is stored and contains a pattern of reference sewing lines (S1-S5) arranged inside a rectangular area; characterized in that it comprises the steps of: - during said automatic sewing, applying a plurality of markings in the form of respective additional seams, said markings being distributed two-dimensionally on an exposed face of the cloths according to a corresponding arrangement of reference markings (M1-M4) provided in said stored template, said arrangement of reference markings (M1-M4) comprising a plurality of peripheral reference markings (M1, M2), arranged along the peripheral region of the rectangular area, and at least one internal reference marking (M3, M4), placed more inside said rectangular area; - after said automatic sewing, feeding the superimposed cloths to a station for the automatic cutting of the sewn portion of said superimposed cloths; - optically capturing said sewn portion and determining any displacement of said markings applied to said cloths with respect to the arrangement of the reference markings (M1-M4) stored in said template; - based on said displacement and on the mutual arrangement of the reference markings (M1-M4) and of the pattern of the sewing lines (S1-S5) provided in said stored template, determining by interpolation the actual pattern of the sewing lines that is present on said sewn portion of the cloths; - automatically cutting said sewn portion, said cutting being performed substantially along said sewing lines on the basis of said actual pattern obtained with said interpolation, so as to automatically adapt said cutting to any relaxations and/or wrinkles of the cloths after said sewing step. - feeding at least two mutually superimposed cloths (20a-20c) to an embroidery machine; - stepwise advancing of said superimposed cloths (20a-20c, 20d) along a substantially rectilinear direction; - at said embroidery machine, automatic sewing of said at least two cloths (20a-20c) along sewing lines according to a template that is stored and contains a pattern of reference sewing lines (S1-S5) arranged inside a rectangular area; - during said automatic sewing, applying a plurality of markings in the form of respective additional seams, said markings being distributed two-dimensionally on an exposed face of the cloths according to a corresponding arrangement of reference markings (M1-M4) provided in said stored template, said arrangement of reference markings (M1-M4) comprising a plurality of peripheral reference markings (M1, M2), arranged along the peripheral region of the rectangular area, and at least one internal reference marking (M3, M4), placed more inside said rectangular area; - after said automatic sewing, feeding the superimposed cloths to a station for the automatic cutting of the sewn portion of said superimposed cloths; - optically capturing said sewn portion and determining any displacement of said markings applied to said cloths with respect to the arrangement of the reference markings (M1-M4) stored in said template; - based on said displacement and on the mutual arrangement of the reference markings (M1-M4) and of the pattern of the sewing lines (S1-S5) provided in said stored template, determining by interpolation the actual pattern of the sewing lines that is present on said sewn portion of the cloths; - automatically cutting said sewn portion, said cutting being performed substantially along said sewing lines on the basis of said actual pattern obtained with said interpolation, so as to automatically adapt said cutting to any relaxations and/or wrinkles of the cloths after said sewing step.