Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers
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Job summary
Qualifications
- Ability to create and modify fabric patterns based on design specifications.
- Experience with inputting specifications into computers for pattern design.
- Skills in measuring and cutting fabric accurately for garment production.
Responsibilities
- Examine sketches and samples to determine dimensions of patterns.
- Discuss specifications with designers to create accurate patterns.
- Use computers to assist with pattern design and cutting.
Skills
Tools
Job description
Fabric and apparel patternmakers draw and construct sets of precision master fabric patterns or layouts. They may also mark and cut fabrics and apparel.
- Examine sketches, sample articles, and design specifications to determine quantities, shapes, and sizes of pattern parts, and to determine the amount of material or fabric required to make a product.
- Discuss design specifications with designers, and convert their original models of garments into patterns of separate parts that can be laid out on a length of fabric.
- Input specifications into computers to assist with pattern design and pattern cutting.
- Create a master pattern for each size within a range of garment sizes, using charts, drafting instruments, computers, or grading devices.
- Position and cut out master or sample patterns, using scissors and knives, or print out copies of patterns, using computers.
- Compute dimensions of patterns according to sizes, considering stretching of material.
Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Time Management: Managing one’s own time and the time of others.
Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Mathematics: Using mathematics to solve problems.
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In 2016, there was an estimated number of 5,500 jobs in the United States for Fabric and Apparel Patternmaker. There is little to no growth in job opportunities for Fabric and Apparel Patternmaker. The BLS estimates 500 yearly job openings in this field.
The average yearly salary of a Fabric & Apparel Patternmaker ranges between $23,360 and $87,820.
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Outlook
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
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Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers work in industries such as apparel manufacturing, textile production, fashion design, and garment production.
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