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.
Making garments different in some particular, as size, style, length etc.
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Sewing small pieces of cloth into patterns.
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Repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting using needle and thread alone.
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Removing seams with a ripper.
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Making lines by pressing, folding, or wrinkling.
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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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Shortening the garment.
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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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Putting a small piece of fabric to finish fabric edges (usually in necklines, armholes, hems and openings).
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Forming by interlacing threads, yarns, strands, or strips of some material.
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Getting smaller after washing.
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Creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn or thread using a special hook.
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Making a small cut on textile.
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Tightening cloth during alterations.
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Carving a pattern from paper or textile.
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Inserting an inner layer of fabric or fur into clothing, hats etc.
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Copying a pattern on a textile.
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Buttoning up or zipping up.
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Interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such as yarn, wire, hair etc.
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Smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
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Adding decorative or fanciful details such as sequins, beads, crystals, lace etc.
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Undoing twisted, knitted, or woven threads.
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Converting fiber (cotton or rayon) into continuous yarn or thread.
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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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Putting thread inside a needle.
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Making a decorative stitch on the top of material.
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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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Using a narrow fabric to finish raw edges.
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Sewing temporarily with loose stitches.
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Discovering the exact size or amount of something.
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The act of changing or remaking clothes to fit better.