• Discussing design, alteration, or repair requirements with customers to ensure that their specifications are met.
• Taking customers’ measurements using a tape measure.
• Accurately recording customers' measurements, instructions, and preferences.
• Attaching labels to customers' garments to prevent any errors.
• Modifying garments according to customer instructions, which includes tapering pant legs, lining sheer garments, removing pockets, and adding padding.
• Altering garments to improve comfort and fit, which includes shortening sleeves or straps, narrowing lapels, as well as taking in or letting out seams.
• Repairing customers' garments, which include patching or sewing tears and holes.
• Constructing garments for customers based on their design ideas, specifications, and preferences.
• Providing customers with cost estimates for the construction of customized garments.
• Measure customers, using tape measures, and record measurements.
• Completing alterations to garments using a thread or sewing machine
• Adapting and developing existing designs
• Dealing with customers
• Drawing patterns or altering existing patterns
• Pressing garments
• Position patterns of garment parts on fabric, and cut fabric along outlines, using scissors.
• Put in padding and shaping materials.
• Repair or replace defective garment parts such as pockets, zippers, snaps, buttons, and linings.
• Sew buttonholes and attach buttons in order to finish garments.
• Sew garments, using needles and thread or sewing machines.
• Take up or let down hems to shorten or lengthen garment parts such as sleeves.
• Trim excess material, using scissors.
• 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.
• Measure customers, using tape measures, and record measurements.