Abstract: A work guide apparatus for a sewing machine providing a plate moveable in guided engagement with guide means attached to a base surface of the sewing machine. The plate carries a work piece along a path of motion relative to the sewing machine needle, with plate movement being limited by adjustable stop means to correspondingly limit the stitching length. Gauge means extending across the plate accommodates positioning portions of the work piece in a selected spatial relation to a reference line on the plate to control the location of the stitching as required in tacking, pleating, measuring and sizing of draperies.

Abstract: A pleat forming device in which material to be pleated is held against one or more blades the edges of which define fold lines in the material spaced in accordance with a predetermined pleating pattern.