Job Description:

• 1) Lays out, marks, and cuts muslin pattern and garment parts for manufacturer of women's sportswear, using design sketch, master pattern, and scissors: Traces outline of specified paperboard pattern onto muslin fabric, and cuts muslin pattern, using scissors.

• 2) Positions and pins muslin pattern sections onto dressmaker model form for marking of style lines by designer.

• 3) Removes marked sections from model and traces style lines on pattern, using tracing wheel and carbon paper.

• 4) Positions and pins garment and muslin patterns onto form for designer to approve that patterns conform in proportion, harmony, and balance to design-sketch concept.

• 5) Traces and cuts garment fabric parts, following muslin pattern.

• 6) Advises workers who sew garment parts together on procedures, such as type of stitching, positioning of collars and sleeves on garments, and correcting defects.