Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers

<ul><li>Fit and study garments on customers to determine required alterations.</li><li>Sew garments, using needles and thread or sewing machines.</li><li>Measure parts such as sleeves or pant legs, and mark or pin-fold alteration lines.</li><li>Take up or let down hems to shorten or lengthen garment parts such as sleeves.</li><li>Let out or take in seams in suits and other garments to improve fit.</li><li>Assemble garment parts and join parts with basting stitches, using needles and thread or sewing machines.</li><li>Remove stitches from garments to be altered, using rippers or razor blades.</li><li>Record required alterations and instructions on tags, and attach them to garments.</li><li>Examine tags on garments to determine alterations that are needed.</li><li>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.</li><li>Maintain garment drape and proportions as alterations are performed.</li><li>Press garments, using hand irons or pressing machines.</li><li>Trim excess material, using scissors.</li><li>Develop, copy, or adapt designs for garments, and design patterns to fit measurements, applying knowledge of garment design, construction, styling, and fabric.</li><li>Make garment style changes, such as tapering pant legs, narrowing lapels, and adding or removing padding.</li><li>Measure customers, using tape measures, and record measurements.</li><li>Estimate how much a garment will cost to make, based on factors such as time and material requirements.</li><li>Repair or replace defective garment parts such as pockets, zippers, snaps, buttons, and linings.</li><li>Confer with customers to determine types of material and garment styles desired.</li><li>Position patterns of garment parts on fabric, and cut fabric along outlines, using scissors.</li><li>Sew buttonholes and attach buttons to finish garments.</li><li>Put in padding and shaping materials.</li></ul>