I'm Hiring! Seeking a Studio Assistant in Nashua, NH
- Leah Widdicombe
- 1 hour ago
- 3 min read
Studio Assistant — Charlie Darwin Textiles (Nashua, NH)
Part-time · In-person · 5–10 hours/week · Flexible schedule
👋 Hi! I'm Leah, the founder of Charlie Darwin Textiles. I make sewing patterns and made-to-measure clothing out of plant-dyed linen, and I run the whole thing out of my home studio in Nashua, NH. After five years of doing nearly every task myself (design, production, fulfillment, the YouTube channel, etc), I'm finally ready to bring someone in to share the hands-on studio work! Woo!!
I'm looking for a reliable, detail-loving person to work alongside me in the studio a few hours a week. This is the kind of role where no two weeks look exactly the same. Some weeks lean heavily on packing and shipping, others on cutting and pressing, but it's always tactile, satisfying, get-your-hands-on-the-fabric kind of work.
What you'd be doing
The work shifts with the season and whatever's most urgent, but it falls into a few buckets:
Order fulfillment & shipping — packing clothing orders, scheduling shipments, assembling sewing kits, stamping envelopes, assembling boxes, printing stickers and printing order notes.
Fabric & garment prep — cutting and making fabric swatches, putting together fabric scrap bundles, ironing and cutting dyed fabric (this is a big one), washing/drying/ironing undyed clothing fabric, pressing garment labels.
Studio support — light machine maintenance, scanning old patterns, dyeing buttons, calculating height adjustments, and keeping the space tidy and running smoothly.
Don't worry if you haven't done all of these before — most of it is learnable on the job. What I care about is that you're careful, dependable, efficient, and genuinely enjoy working with your hands.
The sewing track (optional, for the right person)
If you come in with strong sewing skills (or build them as we work together), there's room to take on garment sewing as a separate, higher-paid part of the role, paid per garment rather than hourly. Garments could be sewn on your machines or mine. This is completely optional and not required to apply, but it's a real path to grow into if it's a fit.
Pay
Studio assistant work: $21/hour
Garment sewing (if you take it on): paid per garment, roughly $80–$150 each, depending on complexity, which works out to a strong hourly rate for skilled sewing.
This is a part-time, in-person contractor position.
Who I'm hoping to find
Someone local to the Nashua, New Hampshire area who can reliably come to my home studio. Flexible work hours to be agreed upon, but preferably in the window between 9am-5pm ish. Can adjust for the right candidate.
Detail-oriented and organized, while also efficient — the kind of person who can put a label on straight, but is not slowed down by intense perfectionism; can get fabric ironed well without fixating on a super subtle wrinkle
Comfortable (or eager to get comfortable) around sewing machines, irons, and fabric
Trustworthy, communicative, and easy to share a relatively small workspace with
Bonus: sewing experience, but truly not required for the base role
A note on timing
Things are about to get busy! I'm launching a new sewing pattern in August and then teaching an in-person workshop this September, so the next couple of months will have plenty of hands-on work. Starting soon means jumping in while there's lots to do and learn!
How to apply
Fill out this application to let me know who you are, what draws you to this kind of work, and any relevant experience (sewing, crafting, packing, organizing, or otherwise).
I can't wait to meet you!
🖤 Leah at Charlie Darwin Textiles
P.S. I will not respond to inquiries that are clearly written entirely by AI. Use it if you need it for grammar (I use it all the time to improve stuff and do work more efficiently), but PLEASE do not just put this job posting into AI and ask it to write a vague cover letter for you.