Job Description:

• 1) Tufts and stitches mattresses to finish them: Measures and marks off tufting points on both sides of mattress with rule and crayon.

• 2) Threads cotton tufts or tufting buttons and sews through mattress to tie them to tufts or buttons on under side.

• 3) Stitches mattress border to side padding to stiffen mattress edge and prevent sagging through displacement of padding.

• 4) Gathers corners of padding to shape and to stitch rolled edge and preserve box-like shape of mattress.

• 5) May tend equipment, such as tape-edge, roll-edge, or tufting machines.

• 6) May be designated by specific function or specialty as Roll-Edge Stitcher, Hand; Side-Stitcher.