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.
The act of changing or remaking clothes to fit better.
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Converting fiber (cotton or rayon) into continuous yarn or thread.
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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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Arranging folds formed by doubling fabric (to gather a wide piece of fabric to a narrower circumference).
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Repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting using needle and thread alone.
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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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Discovering the exact size or amount of something.
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Carving a pattern from paper or textile.
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Shortening the garment.
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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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Creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn or thread using a special hook.
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Copying a pattern on a textile.
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Adding decorative or fanciful details such as sequins, beads, crystals, lace etc.
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Inserting an inner layer of fabric or fur into clothing, hats etc.
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Interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such as yarn, wire, hair etc.
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Making a small cut on textile.
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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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Tightening cloth during alterations.
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Sewing temporarily with loose stitches.
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Undoing twisted, knitted, or woven threads.
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Finishing hem by using overlock.
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Forming a fabric by looping a continuous yarn.
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Buttoning up or zipping up.
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Making garments different in some particular, as size, style, length etc.
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Smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
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Getting smaller after washing.
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Forming by interlacing threads, yarns, strands, or strips of some material.