Sewing machinists sew components of wearing apparel together. They can repair and renovate wearing apparel by hand or by using different sewing machines.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Repairing defective or damaged portion of cloth or garment by hand, using matching thread and needle;
(b) Removing stitches from garments to be altered, using rippers or razor blades;
(c) Selecting thread according to specifications or colour of parts or dyeing thread to match colour and shade of cloth to be darned;
(d) Patching holes, sewing tears and ripped seams, or darning defects in items, using needles and thread;
(e) Pulling knots to the wrong sides of garments, using hooks;
(f) Trimming ends with scissors to make mended portion look uniform with pattern of cloth;
(g) Sewing ornamental designs by hand over stamped, printed or stencilled patterns on fabric using needle and coloured thread;
(h) Embroidering ornamental designs on cloth by hand or machine using needle and coloured threads;
(i) Softening leather or shoe material with water to prepare it for sewing;
(j) Sewing or gluing decorative trimmings to articles, such as hats, caps or millinery;
(k) Hand-sewing umbrella covers to frames, tacking cover to ribs along seams, sewing corners to tip of rib and sewing ties to outside of cover to hold umbrella when folded;
(l) Fabricating and assembling thick cloth, canvas and similar materials into sails, awning, tarpaulins and tents.