Abstract: In a process for producing combination patterns consisting of a plurality of individual sewing patterns by means of an electronically controlled sewing machine, which has a memory for the greatly different individual sewing patterns as well as for a plurality of individual stitches with different feed directions, wherein at least one individual stitch is prepared in a selectable manner between the formation of a last needle touchdown of a first individual sewing pattern and the formation of a first needle touchdown of a second individual sewing pattern. The fabric being sewn is fed at least partially at right angles to the normal feed direction or both in the normal feed direction and at right angles to this normal feed direction for a predeterminable number of individual stitches in order to produce a combination pattern of increased width.