A
sewing machine, where is disposed a securing pin 5 on the front surface HF of a
sewing machine H so as to be able to project therefrom and, before a
sewing needle 1 is moved to its bottom dead point after a thread is
cut, the securing pin 5 is projected to thereby secure an upper thread T provided on a thread take-up 4. Also, even in case where the operation of the
sewing machine is started, the projecting state of the securing pin 5 is held. That is, when the thread take-up 4 is moved down once and, after then, the thread take-up 4 is moved up; and, when the upward moving thread take-up 4 reaches its top dead point, the securing pin 5 is retreated. The sewing
machine can draw out an end of an upper thread to the rear side of cloth, limiting the amount of the upper thread drawn out at a first stitch by means of a simple construction, and to prevent the upper thread from being pulled out when the cloth is taken out by limiting the amount of the upper thread drawn out when a
sewing needle stops at an upper dead point after the thread is
cut off.