Broad Term(s):
A woman who seams or sews; a needlewoman whose occupation is plain sewing as distinguished from dress or mantle-making, decorative embroidery, etc.
"seamstress | sempstress, n.". OED Online. September 2016. Oxford University Press. http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/174267?redirectedFrom=seamstress (accessed October 19, 2016).