High Wycombe, Bucks HP13 5PD
Tel: 07784149999 Email: sam@fabbrini.co.uk
Profile
A qualified seamstress with over twenty years’ experience in designing and making evening wear, prom and wedding dresses, home furnishings as well as alterations, restyling and creative design; combining both art and sewing skills to create stunning one-off customised garments and creative cushions I started my own business three years ago dealing with alterations and steadily building up a portfolio focusing on portraiture, illustration, animation and tattoo design.
Please view my portfolio at: www.samfabbrini.co.uk
Key Skills
· Creativity
· Using initiative
· Resourceful
· Organised
· Learning new skills
· Problem-solving
· Challenges
Work History
Self-employed Seamstress and Artist July 2011 – present
Small business website design, illustrations, tattoo design, fashion and furnishing alterations
Evening Cleaner
ICM; Marks & Spencer, Eden Centre, High Wycombe Sept 2010 – June 2011
Cleaning, dusting, sweeping and mopping shop floor, toilets, restaurant, staff canteen including fridge / freezers, tables ovens, bakery and till areas; adhering to health & safety procedures at all times
Assistant Manager (voluntary work)
Relate Charity Shop July 1994 – 1996
Customer services, preparing stock ready for sale, banking, cleaning, window displays
Homemaker 1992 – present
Organisation and caring for three children, managing time, budgeting, meal planning and cooking, general house maintenance, DIY, decorating and caring for pets
Prior to 1990 I held the following roles:
Sewing Machinist, working in Rome, Italy
Using a variety of machines and fabrics including fur, leather, lycra, cotton and silk, involved in whole process from cutting to end product, hand and machine cutting, hand and machine sewing including buttoning, hemming and stitching
Sales Assistant at Zoo Clothing
A variety of duties and responsibilities including:
Customer service, window dressing, stock checking, cashiering and banking, cleaning of entire store
Training & Education
Six GCSEs of various grades including Art, English and Maths
City & Guilds: Dressmaking & Pattern Making
Hobbies & Interests
I love my cats, enjoy up-cycling, gardening and creating studio space in my garden’ on-line researching, learning and spending time with my family and friends
I also enjoy website design; the following are examples I have created:
References are available on request