Shop and Alteration Tailors

Make tailored garments from existing patterns. Alter, repair, or fit made-to-measure or ready-to-wear garments.

Job Task

• Repairs or replaces defective garment parts, such as pockets, pocket flaps, and linings.
• Presses garment, using hand iron or pressing machine.
• Records required alterations and instructions.
• Inserts or eliminates padding in shoulders while maintaining drape and proportions of garment.
• Removes stitches from garment, using ripper or razor blade.
• Studies garment on customer and measures pieces, such as sleeves, pants, and hems, using tape measure.
• Fits garment on customer to determine required alterations.
• Shortens or lengthens garment parts, such as sleeves or legs.
• Expands or narrows garment parts, such as waist or chest.
• Raises or lowers garment parts, such as collars or lapels.
• Examines tag on garment to ascertain necessary alterations.
• Resews garment, using needle and thread or sewing machine.
• Pins altering folds or marks on cloth at seams, darts, or necklines to indicate alterations to be made.
• Measures and marks alteration lines.

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