Sonia Zavaleta

Always willing to learn

Over 30 years+ experience in apparel with understanding of garment construction, measuring, patternmaking, & grading.Experience onshore and offshore fabrication.

Pattern Maker/Technical Designer

Active Apparel - Mira Loma, CA – Oct 2004 to March 2020

• Work closely with the designer and overseas factories throughout the development process, discussed style lines, details and revisions with designer.
• Communicate with international factory in Pakistan, Bangladesh, and China about maintaining basic fit & construction approvals through accurate garment specification.
• Maintain open communication with sourcing manager, costing analyst and company President to effectively problem solve and meet client needs.
• Measuring garments & maintaining all specifications from fit to TOP including digital photos to explain fit corrections & construction details.
• Identifying sample quality & construction issues.
• Recording fit comments & garment measurements in tech packs.
• Digitized production patterns to send international factories utilization of CAD software

Fashion Institute – CDMX, LA CA