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

  • Assemble garment parts and join parts with basting stitches, using needles and thread or sewing machines.
  • Measure parts, such as sleeves or pant legs, and mark or pin-fold alteration lines.
  • Position patterns of garment parts on fabric, and cut fabric along outlines, using scissors.
  • Repair or replace defective garment parts, such as pockets, zippers, snaps, buttons, and linings.
  • Take up or let down hems to shorten or lengthen garment parts, such as sleeves.