Sewing machine feeding apparatus for automatically feeding a sewing machine with first and second sewing parts to be sewed to each other, wherein the sewing machine feeding apparatus comprises a handling device for removing the sewing parts from a sewing part magazine or for receiving the sewing parts from a sewing part cutter, a positioning device for positioning the two sewing parts in a pre-determined relative position, and a transport device for transporting the sewing parts from the positioning device in the direction of the sewing machine, wherein the positioning device comprises a first placement table having a first placement surface for placing the first sewing part in a pre-determined placement position, and a second placement table having a second placement surface for placing the second sewing part in a pre-determined placement position, wherein at least one of the placement tables can be displaced from a first position, in which the two placement surfaces are arranged laterally next to each other, into a second position, in which the two placement surfaces are arranged one above the other, wherein the transport device comprises first and second conveyor belts , characterised in that the first and second conveyor belt are vertically spaced apart and are designed to shift the two sewing parts on the placement tables , and in that the first conveyor belt can be displaced together with the first placement table between the first and second position, and in that the first sewing part can be brought into contact with the first conveyor belt and the second conveyor belt can be brought into contact with the second sewing part such that the sewing parts can be transported from the placement tables in the direction of the sewing machine without changing their mutual relative position. wherein the sewing machine feeding apparatus comprises a handling device for removing the sewing parts from a sewing part magazine or for receiving the sewing parts from a sewing part cutter, a positioning device for positioning the two sewing parts in a pre-determined relative position, and a transport device for transporting the sewing parts from the positioning device in the direction of the sewing machine, wherein the positioning device comprises a first placement table having a first placement surface for placing the first sewing part in a pre-determined placement position, and a second placement table having a second placement surface for placing the second sewing part in a pre-determined placement position, wherein at least one of the placement tables can be displaced from a first position, in which the two placement surfaces are arranged laterally next to each other, into a second position, in which the two placement surfaces are arranged one above the other, wherein the transport device comprises first and second conveyor belts , characterised in that the first and second conveyor belt are vertically spaced apart and are designed to shift the two sewing parts on the placement tables , and in that the first conveyor belt can be displaced together with the first placement table between the first and second position, and in that the first sewing part can be brought into contact with the first conveyor belt and the second conveyor belt can be brought into contact with the second sewing part such that the sewing parts can be transported from the placement tables in the direction of the sewing machine without changing their mutual relative position. <EOS>