Abstract: A sewing machine installation with a material folding device for automatically prefolding a curtain rod box hem along an edge of a curtain as the curtain is conveyed forwardly through the material folding device to a stitching station.

Abstract: A sewing machine installation for sewing shirt front box hems and having a first underlying belt conveyor for individually conveying shirt front material blanks longitudinally forwardly along a lower main support table through a shirt front edge folder and a second overlying belt conveyor for individually conveying separate box hem material blanks with a liner tape longitudinally forwardly along an upper auxiliary table section through a box hem edge folder and into superimposed preassembled association with the prefolded shirt front blanks; the overlying and underlying conveyors thereafter cooperating for conveying the preassembled shirt front box hems longitudinally forwardly along the main support table through sewing and shearing stations for sewing the preassembled shirt front box hems and shearing excess material from the leading and trailing edges thereof.