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

  • Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers

  • Alterations and Tailor Shop Fitter
  • Alterations and Tailor Shop Sewer
  • Shop and Alteration Tailor

  • 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.
  • Remove stitches from garments to be altered, using rippers or razor blades.
  • Sew garments, using needles and thread or sewing machines.
  • Trim excess material, using scissors.