Carmen Dell'Orefice

Fashion is more about taste than money - you have to understand your body and tailor clothes to your needs; it's all about the fit. I do the alterations myself - I'm quite a seamstress - it's the influence of my Hungarian mother.

American Model

Tim Jackson

It is the accuracy and detail inherent in crafted goods that endows them with lasting value. It is the time and attention paid by the carpenter, the seamstress and the tailor that makes this detail possible.

British Economist

Marina and the Diamonds

I often take things I find in vintage crawls and hand them to a very good seamstress, who then replicates them and makes a more robust version in different colors, with a pocket for my mic pack.

Welsh Musician

Wood Harris

We had a very normal, sort of ghetto, urban upbringing. My father was a bus driver and my mother was a seamstress and a substitute schoolteacher, off and on. So, that all adds up to no money.

American Actor

Martha Stewart

Whether you're a programmer or a seamstress, it's all about new techniques, simplifying old techniques, and consolidating steps. Making things go faster - but not worse.

Entertainer

Margaret Cho

I love fashion, I'm actually a pretty talented seamstress, so I can make stuff for myself, but that's really time-consuming.

American Comedian

BeBe Zahara Benet

I might not the best seamstress, I might not know how to sew, but I know how to make a garment look like a million dollars.

Cameroonian Celebrity

Harry Crosby

I have invited our little seamstress to take her thread and needle and sew our two mouths together.

American Writer

Bruno Tonioli

Mum had a job fitting upholstery into cars, but, in the evenings, she worked as a seamstress.

Italian Dancer

Phillip Lim

My mother was a seamstress, so making clothes was not something you would willingly go into.

Chinese Designer

Used only for women; men in the same role are called 'tailors' or 'sewers'.

Gender Specific

Implies expertise and ability to sew professionally, not just as a hobby.

Skill Level

Often indicates sewing clothes or alterations as a paid job.

Job Context

 By day, Rosa worked as a seamstress to support her mother and husband. By night, she researched and documented numerous civil rights cases, from local policy disputes to high-profile murder cases and hate crimes. As secretary, she prepared public responses

The hidden life of Rosa...

 she had only worked six hours that day, and she was a seamstress and her feet were just fine. The only thing that she was tired of was she was tired of inequality. She was tired of oppression." And my son said,

The real story of Rosa...

 is there any kind of advice I tried to get him to cough this up in the book we just never got there but don't trip on the rocks it might tear the spacesuit well it's gonna bring any seamstress yeah a long

Seamstress