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