Job Description:

• 1) Develops designs and makes tailored garments, such as suits, topcoats, overcoats, and other dress clothing, applying principles of garment design, construction, and styling: Confers with customer to determine type of material and garment style desired.

• 2) Measures customer for size and records measurements for use in preparing patterns and making garment.

• 3) Develops designs for garments or copies existing designs.

• 4) Draws individual pattern for garment or alters standard pattern to fit customer's measurements.

• 5) Outlines patterns of garment parts on fabric and cuts fabric along outlines, using scissors.

• 6) Assembles garments, sewing padding to coat fronts, lapels, and collars to give them shape and joining garment parts with basting stitches, using needle and thread or sewing machine.

• 7) Fits basted garment on customer and marks areas requiring alterations.

• 8) Alters garment and joins parts, using needle and thread or sewing machine.

• 9) Sews buttons and buttonholes to finish garment.

• 10) May press garment.

• 11) May supervise activities of other workers in tailoring shop.

• 12) May specialize in making garments and be designated Coat Tailor.

• 13) May perform specific tasks in tailor shop and be designated Coat Fitter; Try-On Baster.