For one thing, the armies of highly skilled seamstresses trained in the time-honored techniques of hand sewing on which Vionnet's business depended are long gone.
Mattie was a reasonably skilled seamstress and may have sought work in that field, but both girls found life on their own very difficult.
Zohar marries Miriam, a skilled seamstress who "sewed stories into her cloth."
My mother was a skilled seamstress.
My mother is a skilled seamstress, as it happens.
She was a skilled seamstress, and made her own wedding dress, in addition to making tablecloths and her own clothes.
One of the things which had inspired Ahnzhelyk to suggest her current role was the fact that she actually was an extraordinarily skilled seamstress.
She is skilled seamstress, and sings in a local choir.
Each carrier is handmade by a skilled seamstress in facilities which apply high social and economical standards.
Glumdalclitch is a skilled seamstress with a talent for making dolls' clothes.