How do they match: Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers

  • Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers

  • Sewing Machine Operator
  • Alteration Manager
  • Alteration Tailor Apprentice
  • Alterations Sewer
  • Alterations Expert
  • Alterations Specialist
  • Alterations Supervisor
  • Alterations Tailor
  • Alterations and Tailor Shop Sewer
  • Alterations and Tailor Shop Fitter
  • Custom Sewer
  • Embroidery Machine Operator
  • Hand Alterations Seamstress
  • Hand Alterations Tailor
  • Retail Alterations Tailor
  • Shop and Alteration Tailor
  • Slip Cover Sewer

  • Design, make, alter, repair, or fit garments.

  • Sew buttonholes and attach buttons to finish garments.
  • Sew garments, using needles and thread or sewing machines.
  • Assemble garment parts and join parts with basting stitches, using needles and thread or sewing machines.
  • Examine tags on garments to determine alterations that are needed.
  • Fit and study garments on customers to determine required alterations.
  • Fit, alter, repair, and make made-to-measure clothing, according to customers' and clothing manufacturers' specifications and fit, and applying principles of garment design, construction, and styling.
  • Maintain garment drape and proportions as alterations are performed.
  • Measure parts, such as sleeves or pant legs, and mark or pin-fold alteration lines.
  • Press garments, using hand irons or pressing machines.
  • Record required alterations and instructions on tags, and attach them to garments.
  • Remove stitches from garments to be altered, using rippers or razor blades.

  • Sew clothing or other articles.
  • Operate sewing equipment.