Patent ID: 7218986

Claim:
A sewing machine comprising: a sewing machine body; an embroidery frame moving device detachably attachable to the sewing machine body, wherein an embroidery sewing operation is executable when the embroidery frame moving device is attached to the sewing machine body, and a normal sewing operation is executable when the embroidery frame moving device is detached from the sewing machine body; a control device including a detector which detects the embroidery frame moving device attached to the sewing machine body, the control device controlling the sewing machine in a first stage under only a normal sewing mode in which the normal sewing operation is executed, the first stage ending when the detector detects the embroidery frame moving device initially attached to the sewing machine body, the control device controlling the sewing machine in a second stage under either the normal sewing mode or an embroidery sewing mode in which the embroidery sewing operation is executed, the second stage starting after the detector has detected the embroidery frame moving device attached to the sewing machine body; and a display that is capable of displaying options for the normal sewing operation and options for the embroidery sewing operation, wherein when the sewing machine is in the first stage, the display only displays options for the normal sewing operation and does not display options for the embroidery sewing operation.