We are looking for an all-star seamstress who has incredible attention to detail, is reliable, and has a positive attitude to join our close-knit team at Something Vintage Rentals. As a seamstress, you will cut and sew table linens and napkins while ensuring the highest quality standards are met consistently for every product produced.
Who we are:
Something Vintage Rentals is a top specialty event rental company on the East Coast, offering a colorful collection of trend-setting rentals that create fun, joy-filled weddings and events. Need a lime green statement bar or handmade dinnerware or tinsel-upholstered chairs?! We’ve got you! We serve the DC metro area and our unique luxury inventory has made Something Vintage sought after up and down the East Coast. We like to think of Something Vintage as a family, with many of our employees working for us for years and have moved up in the ranks from a delivery team member to a manager.
What You’ll Do:
-Ability to operate, thread, and problem solve on various sewing machines and serger models.
-Create patterns based on standard linen sizes, and fabricate various sizes of linens and other accessories using those patterns.
-Safely operate hand-held electric fabric cutting tools
-Lay and cut fabric according to patterns and cut lists
-Assist with laundering and ironing linens as needed
-Evaluate supply and material needs based on upcoming order requirements
Weekly expectation is M-F, 40/hr work week, compensated hourly.
Qualifications:
- Minimum of 2 years of professional sewing experience.
- Be able to operate and thread various sewing machines
- Be detail-oriented and committed to producing consistent and high-quality work
- Possess a strong work ethic and a passion for crafting linens.
- Ability to read and speak basic English.
- Capable of understanding and following simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
- Effective communication with co-workers and supervisors to exchange accurate information regarding customer orders and equipment status.
- Ability to perform basic mathematical operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) using American units of weight, measurement, volume, and distance.
- Regularly remain in a stationary position, move around, ascend/descend ladders, and position oneself at various heights.
- Carry, stack, and unstack equipment, as well as move equipment within the work area.
BENEFITS FOR FULL TIME EMPLOYEES:
Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
401(k) matching
Employee discount
Paid Time off
Join our team and be a part of creating memorable moments for our clients. If you have a passion for fabricating linens and are dedicated to delivering quality, we invite you to apply for the Linen Fabrication Associate position today!
Something Vintage Rentals is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $19.13 - $20.41 per hour
Expected hours: 40 per week
Benefits:
401(k) matching
Dental insurance
Employee discount
Health insurance
Paid time off
Vision insurance
Schedule:
8 hour shift
Day shift
Morning shift