Patent ID: 7836838

Claim:
A sewing machine comprising: a needle bar that is equipped with a sewing needle at a lower end of the needle bar; a presser bar that is equipped with a presser foot at a lower end of the presser bar, which holds down a work cloth; a sewing machine motor which is a driving source that drives the needle bar in an up and down direction; a switching device that switches between a normal mode in which the needle bar is driven in the up and down direction to form stitches, and a practice mode in which the sewing machine is operated in a condition where at least the needle bar is not driven; a presser member drive mechanism that drives at least one of the presser foot and the presser bar in the up and down direction; and a presser member drive control device that controls the presser member drive mechanism, wherein if the sewing machine is in the practice mode, the presser member drive control device controls the presser member drive mechanism independently of the sewing machine motor.