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.
Smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
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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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Bringing together a piece of fabric to manage fullness e.g. when a skirt is attached to a bodice.
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Making lines by pressing, folding, or wrinkling.
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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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Shortening the garment.
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Sewing small pieces of cloth into patterns.
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Buttoning up or zipping up.
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Forming by interlacing threads, yarns, strands, or strips of some material.
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Removing seams with a ripper.
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The act of changing or remaking clothes to fit better.
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Undoing twisted, knitted, or woven threads.
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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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Using a narrow fabric to finish raw edges.
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Making a small cut on textile.
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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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Getting smaller after washing.
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Interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such as yarn, wire, hair etc.
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Finishing hem by using overlock.
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Creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn or thread using a special hook.
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Inserting an inner layer of fabric or fur into clothing, hats etc.
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Discovering the exact size or amount of something.
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Forming a fabric by looping a continuous yarn.
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Putting thread inside a needle.
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Making garments different in some particular, as size, style, length etc.
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Sewing temporarily with loose stitches.
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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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Repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting using needle and thread alone.