Abstract: A working site to stitch manufactured items comprises a supporting frame on which a supporting surface table (2) is defined, which surface is provided with a central area (4) having a first sewing machine (5) disposed thereon which can be used to perform the greatest number of sewing operations on a manufactured item which has to be submitted to a predetermined work cycle. Extending consecutively to the central area is a first side area (6) carrying a second sewing machine (7) adapted to be used to perform operations in intercalated relationship with the sewing operations carried out by the first sewing machine (5). A second side area (8) extending at right angles to the central area (4) on the opposite side with respect to the first side area (6) carries a third sewing machine (9) adapted to be used for trimming operations on the manufactured item as well as further operations in intercalated relationship with the operations to be performed by the first (5) and second (7) sewing machines.

Abstract: A method and machine for simultaneously forming seams along opposite sides of a garment workpiece in which the edges being sewn are gradually aligned so as to follow rectilinear paths that coincide with the machine's lines of sewing. The excess material of the garment disposed between the opposite sides being sewn is gathered and caused to pass through the area intermediate the lines of sewing. The sewing machine adapted to perform this function is provided with a pair of spaced needle bars that define the machine's lines of sewing and the space between these lines is clear of any interfering elements thus providing an area for the material intermediate the opposite sides to pass which has a width greater than the distance between the lines of sewing.