Patent ID: 7210419

Claim:
A sewing machine for embroidery stitching provided with an embroidery frame driving mechanism for driving an embroidery frame based on embroidery stitching data, and in the case of a large-size embroidery pattern larger than an embroidery area of the embroidery frame, capable of dividing the pattern into a plurality of divided patterns and to perform the embroidery stitching, comprising: an embroidery stitching data storage unit that stores embroidery stitching data of the plurality of divided patterns with respect to a plurality of large-size embroidery patterns; a display adapted so as to display the embroidery patterns; a pattern display data storage unit that stores a plurality of pattern display data for displaying each of the plurality of large-size embroidery patterns on the display in a real image close to an embroidered state; and a display control device that reads out pattern display data with respect to an appointed large-size embroidery pattern from the pattern display data storage unit and controls to display an image on the display, the display control device being adapted so that, when each of the plurality of divided patterns constituting the large-size embroidery pattern is subjected to the embroidery stitching, the display control device causes the display to display the pattern display data of the large-size embroidery pattern read out from the pattern display data storage unit and displayed area data indicating the stitching area occupied by each of the divided patterns in the large-size embroidery pattern in a state being combined with each other.