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

  • Garment Cutter
  • Garment Fitter
  • Garment Sample Stitcher
  • Cloth Cutter
  • Clothing Cutter
  • Coat Cutter
  • Collar Cutter
  • Custom Garment Tailor
  • Dress Cutter
  • Dressmaker Garment Fitter
  • Pants Cutter
  • Surgical Garment Fitter
  • Tailor Garment Fitter
  • Underwear Cutter
  • Waist Cutter

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

  • Assemble garment parts and join parts with basting stitches, using needles and thread or sewing machines.
  • Confer with customers to determine types of material and garment styles desired.
  • Develop, copy, or adapt designs for garments, and design patterns to fit measurements, applying knowledge of garment design, construction, styling, and fabric.
  • Estimate how much a garment will cost to make, based on factors such as time and material requirements.
  • 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.
  • Let out or take in seams in suits and other garments to improve fit.
  • Maintain garment drape and proportions as alterations are performed.
  • Make garment style changes, such as tapering pant legs, narrowing lapels, and adding or removing padding.
  • 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.
  • Sew buttonholes and attach buttons to finish garments.
  • Take up or let down hems to shorten or lengthen garment parts, such as sleeves.

  • Cut fabrics.
  • Adjust fabrics or other materials during garment production.
  • Measure materials to mark reference points, cutting lines, or other indicators.
  • Smooth garments with irons, presses, or steamers.