The invention discloses a sewing machine control method and system based on the industrial Ethernet. The method comprises the following steps: a control transmits control information to a corresponding driver through the EtherCAT communication protocol, wherein the control information comprises sewing information; the driver generates corresponding motion control information according to the received control information, and sends the motion control information to mechanical equipment connected with the driver; and the mechanical equipment executes corresponding sewing tasks according to the received motion control information. The method and system provided by the invention has the advantages that the controller is connected with the driver of the mechanical equipment, so that cooperativecontrol for the different pieces of mechanical equipment can be achieved through uniform control of the multiple pieces of mechanical equipment by the controller, which meets flexible sewing technique requirements, improves the resource utilization rate, and elevates the automation extension level.