Making clothes and sewing require from a dressmaker / seamstress many activities. Before you get a final custom-made garment she measures, selects, adjusts, draws, cuts and finishes. Do you know all the sewing activities? Take the test to verify your knowledge concerning verbs.
Finishing hem by using overlock.
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Removing seams with a ripper.
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Making garments different in some particular, as size, style, length etc.
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Repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting using needle and thread alone.
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Inserting an inner layer of fabric or fur into clothing, hats etc.
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Sewing small pieces of cloth into patterns.
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Putting a small piece of fabric to finish fabric edges (usually in necklines, armholes, hems and openings).
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Converting fiber (cotton or rayon) into continuous yarn or thread.
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Sewing temporarily with loose stitches.
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Creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn or thread using a special hook.
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Bringing together a piece of fabric to manage fullness e.g. when a skirt is attached to a bodice.
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Forming a fabric by looping a continuous yarn.
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Forming by interlacing threads, yarns, strands, or strips of some material.
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Making lines by pressing, folding, or wrinkling.
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Smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
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Sewing where the line of stitching is designed to be seen from the outside of the garment.
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Adding decorative or fanciful details such as sequins, beads, crystals, lace etc.
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Getting smaller after washing.
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Buttoning up or zipping up.
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Tightening cloth during alterations.
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Making a decorative stitch on the top of material.
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Putting thread inside a needle.
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Making a small cut on textile.
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Interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such as yarn, wire, hair etc.
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Undoing twisted, knitted, or woven threads.
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Copying a pattern on a textile.
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Shortening the garment.
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Using a narrow fabric to finish raw edges.
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Discovering the exact size or amount of something.
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Arranging folds formed by doubling fabric (to gather a wide piece of fabric to a narrower circumference).
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Carving a pattern from paper or textile.
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The act of changing or remaking clothes to fit better.