Experienced Custom Drapery Seamstress

Experienced Custom Drapery Seamstress

Barrie, ON | Full-Time | Monday to Friday

If you're passionate about creating beautifully crafted custom drapery and take pride in exceptional workmanship, we'd love to meet you.

Huronia Drapes is a well-established custom drapery workroom specializing in beautifully crafted window treatments for residential and commercial interiors. We create custom work that we're proud to put our name on. We are looking for an experienced custom drapery seamstress to take on a senior role within our workroom. This is an opportunity for someone who takes pride in quality craftsmanship, enjoys working independently, and is ready to help lead by experience while producing exceptional custom work.

This is a custom drapery position—not general sewing or industrial production.

If you've created beautiful custom drapery, Roman shades or other top treatments and take pride in your craftsmanship, we'd love to hear from you.

The Role

You'll create beautifully crafted custom drapery, Roman shades, valances, top treatments and decorative pillows while producing work that meets the high standards Huronia Drapes is known for.

Responsibilities

• Measure, lay out and cut fabrics accurately
• Read work orders and fabricate custom window treatments to specification
• Work with linings, buckram and specialty fabrics
• Hand sew and machine sew to a professional finish
• Produce high-quality work with exceptional attention to detail
• Maintain a clean, organized and efficient work area

What We're Looking For

• Previous experience in a professional custom drapery workroom (required)
• Strong knowledge of custom drapery construction techniques
• Experience using industrial sewing machines
• Excellent measuring and math skills
• Ability to work independently while consistently producing high-quality work
• Legally authorized to work in Canada
• Reliable transportation to our Barrie workroom

Why Join Huronia Drapes?

• Monday to Friday daytime schedule
• No evenings or weekends
• Clean, organized and professional workroom
• Steady year-round work
• Work with beautiful fabrics on custom projects
• Friendly, supportive team environment
• On-site parking
• Employee discount

Whether you've spent years in a custom drapery workroom or are returning to the trade after time away, we'd love to hear from you.

Pay: $18.50-$23.50 per hour

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Flexible schedule
• On-site parking

Application question(s):

• Have you worked in a professional custom drapery workroom fabricating custom drapery, Roman shades or top treatments?

• What industrial sewing machines and equipment have you regularly used?

• Are you legally authorized to work in Canada?

• Can you reliably commute to our Barrie workroom for a full-time, Monday to Friday position?

• Years of professional custom drapery workroom experience?

• Which of the following have you personally fabricated?

(A) Pinch Pleat Drapery,
(B) Ripplefold Drapery
(C) Roman Shades
(D) Valances / Top Treatments
(E) Decorative Pillows
(F) None of the Above

Work Location: In person