This Sakura-Stitch S-697-15155 machine is used for finishing armholes in jackets and coats. The 697 has been equipped with bottom feed,needle and alternating top feed as well as with fullness distribution control (optional at the top or bottom)and with a stitch loosening device. When attaching a shoulder pad, the stitch loosening finger (that may be engaged manually or automatically) prevents the pad from being compressed.