seamstress

noun

1. A woman who sews clothes professionally.

   “[…] the Seamſtreſs brought in her ſilver thimble, the Chamber-maid her Bodkin, the Cook his ſilver ſpoon, the Vintner his Bowl into the common Treaſury of War and they who contributed to ſo pious a work, were invited more then others in ſome Churches to come to the Holy Communion in the very time of adminiſtration; […]”

   “They are seamstresses, who have plied the daily and nightly needle in the service of master tailors and close-fisted contractors, until now it is almost time for each to hem the borders of her own shroud.”

   ““If you have finished blathering about men, perhaps you won’t mind skipping over the new seamstress you’ve no doubt found?"”