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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Copying a pattern on a textile.
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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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Putting thread inside a needle.
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Forming a fabric by looping a continuous yarn.
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Finishing hem by using overlock.
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The act of changing or remaking clothes to fit better.
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Using a narrow fabric to finish raw edges.
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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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Removing seams with a ripper.
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Carving a pattern from paper or 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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Undoing twisted, knitted, or woven threads.
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Sewing small pieces of cloth into patterns.
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Inserting an inner layer of fabric or fur into clothing, hats etc.
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Tightening cloth during alterations.
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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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Arranging folds formed by doubling fabric (to gather a wide piece of fabric to a narrower circumference).
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Sewing temporarily with loose stitches.
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Making lines by pressing, folding, or wrinkling.
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Shortening the garment.
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Getting smaller after washing.
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Forming by interlacing threads, yarns, strands, or strips of some 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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Repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting using needle and thread alone.
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Making a decorative stitch on the top of material.
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Creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn or thread using a special hook.
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Converting fiber (cotton or rayon) into continuous yarn or thread.
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Discovering the exact size or amount of something.