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 customers, using tape measures, and record measurements.
  • Position patterns of garment parts on fabric, and cut fabric along outlines, using scissors.
  • 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.
  • Repair or replace defective garment parts, such as pockets, zippers, snaps, buttons, and linings.
  • Sew garments, using needles and thread or sewing machines.
  • Take up or let down hems to shorten or lengthen garment parts, such as sleeves.
  • Trim excess material, using scissors.

  • Mark products, workpieces, or equipment with identifying information.