sewing machine head 10 may vary projection units 60 may include one or more projection elements 75 for projecting a pantograph pattern on the workpiece in the preferred embodiment the one or more projection elements 75 are one or more lasers for projecting a pantograph pattern on the workpiece as a raster type image will suffice to reproduce the pantograph pattern onto the workpiece positioned therebelow as an alternative the one or more projection elements 75 may be lcd dlp or crt type projection elements fig1 and fig2 illustrate an example of what a specific projected pantograph pattern 80 may look like to a user using needle 25 to stitch a pattern in the manner described herein as illustrated a user may operate needle 25 such that it traces projected pantograph pattern 80 when tracing projected pantograph pattern 80 with needle 25 the projected pantograph pattern 80 is also replicated on the workpiece itself it should be noted that projected pantograph pattern 80 is but one illustrative example of a pantograph pattern that may be projected from projection units 60 via the one or more projection elements 75 and further traced by needle 25 in operation a nearly limitless number of projected pantograph patterns may be used with the invention described herein as the pattern data may be stored within computer device 55 as described above a user may select which pantograph pattern should be projected via a user interface known in the art and associated with computer device 55 though other known or foreseeable means are considered herein as an operator moves needle 25 to trace a pantograph pattern and thus produce the pattern on a workpiece measurement devices.