movement of the feed folder 230 toward the needle 160 an adjustable abutment or set screw with locknut 224 is provided which is threaded through a section of block 213 and is adapted to be engaged as a limit stop by bracket 201 the feed folder 230 is urged or biased toward the innermost position by a suitable biasing or spring means 226 it is thus apparent that the spring means 226 normally urges the block 213 toward the needle bar 150 feed folder 230 in the illustrated embodiment of fig7 extends generally downwardly and inwardly at an angle so that the free distal end thereof may underlie the path of the sewing needle 160 when the needle occupies its raised position see fig8 referring to fig7 the feed folder 230 is shown consisting of a body portion 231 which is a hollow parallelopiped means formed with a narrow passage therethrough to receive and guide a narrow fabric r see fig8 a terminal channel shaped tip portion 232 opening upwardly and capable of supporting a narrow fabric for contact by the needle 160 and a stem portion 222 the feed folder 230 thus guides the narrow fabric r under the path of the sewing needle 160 and during the stitching process functions in combination with other elements of the apparatus to properly fold the narrow fabric r in a decorative manner in fig9 illustrating another embodiment of the apparatus of this invention.