AMY SMITH
123 Main Street • Atlanta, Georgia • 30339
Home: (555) 555-1234, Cell: (555) 555-1235
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Objective: Seek the Position of Hand Sewer
SUMMARY: Exceptionally talented and resourceful Hand Sewer with over six years experience in sewing, joining, reinforcing, or finishing, usually with needle and thread, any of a wide variety of manufactured items.
Summary of Qualifications
Remarkable knowledge of production processes of the trade, such as inputs, outputs, raw materials, waste, quality control, and costs.
Uncommon ability to keep the hand and arm steady while making an arm movement or while holding the arm and hand in one position
Exceptional ability to make quick, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.
Profound ability to see details of objects within a few feet.
In-depth ability to make accurate coordinated movements of the fingers of both hands to grasp, manipulate, and assemble very small objects.
Immense ability to spot differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.
Remarkable ability to correctly follow a given rule or set of rules in order to arrange things in a certain order.
Exceptional creative ability.
Excellent ability to communicate orally and verbally with colleagues and customers.
Uncommon ability to work without supervision and in a team environment.
Profound ability to read and understand perfectly work document and instructions.
Professional Experience
Stanford Material Repair Company, Minneapolis, MN 2002 - Present
Hand Sewer
Sew using various types of stitches, such as felling, tacking, basting, embroidery, and fagoting.
Join and reinforce parts of articles, such as garments, books, mattresses, toys, and wigs.
Select thread, twine, cord, or yarn and thread needles.
Fold, twist, stretch, or drape material and secure article in preparation for sewing.
Measure and align parts, fasteners, or trimmings, following seams, edges, or markings on parts.
Trim excess threads or edges of parts, using scissors or knife.
Tie, knit, weave or knot ribbon, yarn or decorative materials.
Smooth seams with heated iron, flat bone or rubbing stick.
Attach trimmings and labels to article with cement, using brush or cement gun.
Draw and cut pattern according to specifications.
Wax thread by drawing it through ball of wax.
Soften leather or shoe material with water.
Stanford Material Repair Company, Minneapolis, MN 2000 - 2002
Hand Sewer Apprentice (under supervision)
Sewed shoe parts, such as heel ends, plugs, and quarters, to vamp or raise decorative stitches (kicker) in backstay of casual shoes.
Soaked skived or nonskived parts in water to soften them.
Positioned lasted shoe on pin jack and pulled and tacked parts to last with lasting tool.
Punched stitch openings in parts with awl.
Inserted waxed thread through punched openings to join skived shoe parts to vamp or raise decorative stitching in backstay.
Removed tacks and shaped seam, using lasting tool.
Held unskived shoe parts in hand and inserted metal tipped lace through perforations to join parts to vamp.
Smoothed and polished seams, using rubbing stick.
Joined parts of unlasted shoes, pulling needle and waxed thread through perforated stitch openings.
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