List of sewing occupations From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia List of occupations requiring sewing skills. Bookbinder Cordwainer Corsetier Draper Dressmaker Embroiderer Glover Hatter Leatherworker Milliner Parachute rigger Quilter Sailmaker Seamstress Shoemaker Tailor Taxidermist Upholsterer vteSewingTechniques Basting Cut Darning Ease Embellishment Fabric tube turning Floating canvas Gather Godet Gusset Heirloom sewing Shirring Stitches(list) Backstitch Bar tack Blanket Blind stitch Buttonhole Catch stitch Chain stitch Coverstitch Cross-stitch Embroidery stitch Hemstitch Lockstitch Overlock Pad stitch Pick stitch Rantering Running Sashiko Stoating Tack Topstitch Zigzag Seams Neckline Felled seam Seam allowance Style line NotionsTrim Bias tape Collar stay Elastic Galloon Grommet/eyelet Interfacing Passementerie Piping Ruffle Rickrack Self-fabric Soutache Twill tape Wrights Closures Buckle Button Buttonhole Frog Hook-and-eye Hook-and-loop fastener Shank Snap Zipper Materials Grain/bias Selvage Textile/fabric Thread Yarn Tools Bobbin Dress form Needlecase Needle threader Pattern notcher Pin Pincushion Pinking shears Scissors Seam ripper Sewing gauge Sewing needle Stitching awl Tailor's ham Tape measure Thimble Tracing paper Tracing wheel TradesSuppliers Cloth merchant Draper Dressmaker Haberdasher Mercer Silkwoman Tailor ManufacturersPatterns Butterick Burda Clothkits McCall's Simplicity Machines(list) Barthélemy Thimonnier Bernina Brother Elias Howe Elna Feiyue Frister & Rossmann Janome Jones Juki Merrow New Home Pfaff Sewmor Singer Tape edge machine Viking/Husqvarna White Media related to Sewing at Wikimedia Commons Clothing portal Glossary of terms