CUSTOM SEWER.

• Press linens, using hand irons or pressing machines.
• Record required alterations and instructions on tags, and attach them to linens.
• Remove stitches from linens to be altered using rippers.
• Confer with supervisor to determine types of material and line styles desired.
• Develop, copy, or adapt designs for linens, and design patterns to fit measurements, applying knowledge of linen design, construction, styling, and fabric.
• Fit, alter, repair, and make made-to-measure linens, according to customers' and manufacturers' specifications and fit, and applying principles of linen design, construction, and styling.
• Fit and study linens for customers to determine required alterations.
• Let out or take in seams in linens to improve fit.
• Maintain linen drape and proportions as alterations are performed.
• Position patterns of linen parts on fabric, and cut fabric along outlines, using scissors.
• Repair or replace defective linen parts such as seams, linings and hems.
• Sew buttonholes and attach buttons as needed.
• Sew linens, using needles and thread or sewing machines.
• Take up or let down hems to shorten or lengthen linen parts as required.
• Trim excess material, using scissors.
• Estimate how much a linens will cost to make, based on factors such as time and material requirements.
• Examine tags on linens to determine alterations that are needed.
• Measure linens, using tape measures, and record measurements.
• Handle linens according to their fabric type to defer from causing damage.
• Follow instructions from Supervisor and Manager.
• Complete tasks in a time effective manner.