Apparel and related pattern maker

Specialisations: Clothing Pattern Maker, Footwear Last Maker, General Goods Pattern Maker, Footwear Pattern Maker

• Positioning templates or measuring materials to locate specified points of cuts or to obtain maximum yields and mark fabric accordingly
• Calculating dimensions of patterns according to sizes, considering stretching of material
• Creating the “blueprint” or pattern pieces for a particular apparel design with the aid of a computer
• Performing pattern-making, marking and cutting tasks in the manufacture of other products such as soft furnishings and canvas goods
• Drawing details on outlined parts to indicate where parts are to be joined, as well as the positions of pleats, pockets, buttonholes on garments, decorative stitching on shoe parts or eyelets on canvas products , using computers or drafting instruments
• Trimming excess material or cutting threads off finished products, such as cutting loose ends of a finished product
• Positioning leather on cutting bed of machine, maximizing usage according to skin grain, skin flaws and skin stretch
• Testing patterns by making and fitting sample garments
• Laying out master pattern on fabric and cutting sample pattern
• Cutting fabric or fur pelts to make parts for garments and other fur articles
• Placing patterns on top of layers of fabric and cutting fabric following patterns, using electric or manual knives, cutters or computer numerically controlled cutting devices
• Creating a master pattern for each size within a range of garment sizes, using charts, drafting instruments, computers, and/or grading devices