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Seamstress resume examples from 2026

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Updated March 26, 2025
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How to write a seamstress resume

Craft a resume summary statement

Your resume summary sums up your experience and skills, making it easy for hiring managers to understand your qualifications at a glance. Here are some tips to writing the most important 2-4 sentences of your resume:

Step 1: Mention your current job title or the role you're pursuing.

Step 2: Include your years of experience in seamstress-related roles. Consider adding relevant company and industry experience as relevant to the job listing.

Step 3: Highlight your greatest accomplishments. Here is your chance to make sure your biggest wins aren't buried in your resume.

Step 4: Again, keep it short. Your goal is to summarize your experience and highlight your accomplishments, not write a paragraph.

These tips will help you demonstrate why you are the perfect fit for the seamstress position.

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List the right project manager skills

Use your Skills section to show you have the knowledge and technical ability to do the job. Here is how to make the most of your skills section and make sure you have the right keywords:

  1. Start with the job listing. Frequently, the keywords looked for by recruiters will be listed. Be careful to include all skills in the job listing you have experience with.
  2. Consider all the software and tools you use on a daily basis. When in doubt, list them!
  3. Make sure you use accurate and up to date terms for all the skills listed.
These five steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some seamstress interviews.

Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on a seamstress resume:

  • Customer Service
  • Punctuality
  • Industrial Sewing Machines
  • Stitching
  • Embroidery
  • Inventory Control
  • Upholstery
  • Machine Operation
  • Cushions
  • Garment Construction
  • Coats
  • Costumes
  • Double Needle
  • Assembly Line
  • Straight Stitch
  • Customer Orders
  • Spindles
  • Juki
  • Detect Problems
  • Serger
  • Machine Guides
  • T-Shirts
  • Commercial Sewing Machines
  • Presser Feet

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How to structure your work experience

Next you should include your work experience. Structure your work experience section by listing your most recent experience first, followed by earlier roles in reverse chronological order.

Start with your job title, company name, city, and state on the left. Align dates in month and year format on the right-hand side.

Include only recent, relevant jobs. Avoid including work experience over 20 years to avoid ageism.

Beneath each job, you should have bullet points to emphasize why you're the perfect fit for the seamstress.

How to write seamstress experience bullet points

Your resume is not a list of responsibilities or a job description. Instead, it is your chance to show your accomplishments and show why you're good at what you do.

  • Use the What, How, and Why format. Answering these questions turns a bland job description into an effective showcase of your abilities.
  • What were your responsibilities or goals?
  • How did you accomplish them?
  • Why were your results important? (How did it impact your company? Can you quantify the results in numbers? )

Here are examples from great seamstress resumes:

Work history example #1

Sewing

Buckle

  • Certified Fork Lift and Adult CPR.
  • Sewed Arms/Backs/Cushions Serger / Double Welt Machine 2 Needle Machine
  • Assisted in making pillows, upholstery, curtains, comforters, fabric floral arrangements, and children's clothing.
  • Performed installation and tune up of the industrial sewing, garnet and pillow making machines.
  • Assembled T-shirts and hemmed sleeves Performed maintenance on assigned sewing machine

Work history example #2

Seamstress

Serta Simmons Bedding

  • Assisted in making pillows, upholstery, curtains, comforters, fabric floral arrangements, and children's clothing.
  • Assembled T-shirts and hemmed sleeves Performed maintenance on assigned sewing machine
  • Sewed Arms/Backs/Cushions Serger / Double Welt Machine 2 Needle Machine
  • Owned and operated Lakeside UpholsteryCustom boat covers, recover boat seats, and commercial and residential furniture.
  • Operated sewing machine Performed decorations and alterations on drapes, pillows, cushions, upholstery, tableclothes, chair covers.

Work history example #3

Costume Designer

Merck & Co.

  • Assisted in the selection of fabrics, coordinated the wardrobe and seamstresses.
  • Designed furniture for residential purposes using AutoCAD and Rhinoceros.
  • Created and designed all costumes for the Drama Department for major theatrical productions.
  • Designed custom make-up and masks for shows as well.
  • Developed wardrobes, footwear, accessories and other materials.

Work history example #4

Seamstress

Buckle

  • Assisted in making pillows, upholstery, curtains, comforters, fabric floral arrangements, and children's clothing.
  • Assembled T-shirts and hemmed sleeves Performed maintenance on assigned sewing machine
  • Sewed Arms/Backs/Cushions Serger / Double Welt Machine 2 Needle Machine
  • Hired by multiple customers to do alterations, re-upholstery, and special order home goods

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Add an education section to your resume

Employers are looking for a few things when looking at the Education section of your resume:
  • The highest degree you have achieved.
  • TWhere you attended school, and the dates (Although if you graduated some time ago, leave the date off to avoid ageism)
  • TField of study
  • TAny honors, relevant coursework, achievements, or pertinent activities

Here are some examples of good education entries for resumes:

High School Diploma

2012 - 2012

Highlight your seamstress certifications on your resume

If you have any additional certifications or education-like achievements, add them to the education section.

To list, use the full name of the certification and the organization that issued it, along with the date of achievement.

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