SEWER - LEATHER

Vanguard Furniture - Conover, NC

Full-time

Conover, NC

Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods

About the position

The Sewer - Leather position at Vanguard Furniture Co Inc involves the marking, cutting, and prepping of leather materials for upholstery. The role requires operating sewing machines to join leather pieces, inspecting materials for defects, and ensuring quality specifications are met. The position emphasizes safety, organization, and the ability to follow detailed sewing instructions.

Responsibilities

• Operates sewing machine to join cut leather pieces for upholstering.
• Inspects fabric/material for any flaws and/or defects.
• Joins pieces together according to sewing notes using sewing machine.
• Aligns pieces and any trimmings following seams, edges or markings on parts.
• Uses polyester or nylon thread to sew the thick or slick leather material.
• Uses a long stitch length for sewing leather.
• Holds leather in place with clips or double-sided tape instead of pins.
• Uses a leather sewing needle when sewing leather.
• Uses a walking foot or Teflon non-stick foot.
• Secures the threads at the beginning and end of each row by tying them in a knot instead of backstitching.
• Runs zippers and walks borders around cushions.
• Pieces borders together and hand welts borders.
• Responsible for fixing their own repairs before starting on new piece.
• Maintains a neat and orderly work station.
• Wears required safety glasses and works safely, reporting unsafe conditions to Department Supervisor.
• Performs other duties as required by supervisor.

Requirements

• Must be able to read ticket and job notes for directions.
• Must be able to join cushion boxing to make TC cushions, bench cushions, and square cushions.
• Must be able to sew box cushions, ottomans, stripes, flow match, spot, 4 way design and throw pillows.
• Must be knowledgeable in sewing methods and be able to complete job to quality specifications.
• May be required to operate stand-up sewing machine and run zipper machine.
• Ability to hand welt borders.
• Good knowledge of regular sewing machine.
• Must be quality minded.

Nice-to-haves

• Previous knowledge of sewing leather for upholstering of furniture.