An embroidery sewing machine with such a structure that at least one of driving mechanisms required for embroidery sewing is provided with a driving source independant of the other driving mechanisms and a control device is provided so as to control said one driving source and those of the other driving mechanisms for synchronous operation thereof. With this structure, the driving mechanism having the independent driving source can structurally be simplified thanks to the reduced number of interlocking mechanisms and thus vibration and noise can be reduced. Further, a timing at which to operate the driving mechanism having the independant driving source can freely be set by a signal from said control device according to an embroidery pattern.