with an example for a pattern to be quilted to move the support 30 an electro motor 35 is provided containing on its driving shaft 36 a pinion 37 that combs a rack 38 which is firmly connected with support 30 with a toothed wheel especially fig2 shows that the needles 31 are arranged in two needle rows 2 running parallel to each other and are located behind each other in quilting direction a looper of a looper row 4 is allocated to each needle 31 in this connection looper row 4 is formed by a looper shaft 33 that is oscillatorily moved by an eccentric formed drive not described precisely this oscillating movement is transferred to the loopers mounted on the looper shaft 33 with the loopers forming double chain stitches in the quilting material 28 together with the needles 31 oscillatorily moved up and down for this each needle 31 brings a thread not described precisely to the deepest point of its way located below the quilting material 28 in an area between the pressure foot 3 and the needle plate 13 so that the looper arranged there and allocated to the needle 31 can take a thread loop left there during the upward movement of the needle 31 while the needle 31 is being returned from its deepest position to its highest position the looper moves into direction of the thread loop and takes a looper thread into the thread loop of the needle thread in the next step the quilting material 28 is transported into the direction of arrow 29 before needle 31 is.