64 is carried by a vertically adjustable carriage 65 the carriage 65 including a rack 66 and a pinion 68 which will cooperate to move the carriage 65 up and down thereby moving the bed plate 64 up and down those skilled in the art will recognize that since the bed plate 64 locates the backing material with respect to the loopers 48 and 51 a change in the position of the bed plate 64 will cause either a longer or a shorter tuft to be sewn into the backing fabric it will also be seen that there are feed rolls 70 and 71 located at the front of the tufting machine as is generally conventional the backing fabric f passing around the feed rolls 70 and 71 over the bed plate 64 and under the needle bar 26 past the needle bar 26 the backing fabric f turns upwardly and passes over rolls 72 and 74 then out to a roll 75 a presser foot 76 is provided to hold the fabric down adjacent to the needles 28 and while the provision of a presser foot 76 is conventional the presser foot 76 as here disclosed is novel in that.