fig2 numeral 1 designates an embroidering frame which holds a fabric to be processed and is positioned such that a vertically moving needle 2 is set therewithin numeral 3 denotes an x y shaft drive mechanism for controlling x y positions of the embroidering frame 1 an embroidering part is composed of the needle and a lower thread loop taker device a machine body 4 includes a motor for driving a main shaft of the sewing machine the x y shaft drive mechanism 3 includes a stepping motor for driving x shaft and a stepping motor for driving y shaft mechanisms to be cooperated therewith a power source switch a transformer a power source circuit driver circuits for the stepping motors and so on numeral 6 designates a control box for controlling and managing all operations of the machine body 4 the control box 6 includes a separate floppy disc driver 7 a key board 8 lcd display 9 and electronic control circuits the power source of the electronic circuit is supplied from the source circuit in the x y control mechanisms 3 and signals are communicated with the main machine body 4 via a cable 5 compressed original embroidering data are written in an ordinary floppy disc by means of a data input device not shown during the preparation of the original data and pertinent data are read in after inserting the disc into the floppy disc driver 7 fig3 is an enlarged view of the key board 8 mode key switches a mode to directly select letters from a key board by operating a corresponding key or indirectly select the letters by a numerical code entered by pressing number keys only the number keys 0 to 9 input the code number or directly select the.