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.
Forming by interlacing threads, yarns, strands, or strips of some material.
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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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Sewing where the line of stitching is designed to be seen from the outside of the garment.
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Sewing small pieces of cloth into patterns.
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Creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn or thread using a special hook.
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Repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting using needle and thread alone.
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Adding decorative or fanciful details such as sequins, beads, crystals, lace etc.
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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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Making a small cut on textile.
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Inserting an inner layer of fabric or fur into clothing, hats etc.
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Forming a fabric by looping a continuous yarn.
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Getting smaller after washing.
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Smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
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Copying a pattern on a textile.
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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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Interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such as yarn, wire, hair etc.
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Using a narrow fabric to finish raw edges.
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The act of changing or remaking clothes to fit better.
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Sewing temporarily with loose stitches.
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Shortening the garment.
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Buttoning up or zipping up.
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Carving a pattern from paper or textile.
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Removing seams with a ripper.
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Finishing hem by using overlock.
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Tightening cloth during alterations.
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Making garments different in some particular, as size, style, length etc.
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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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Putting thread inside a needle.
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Making a decorative stitch on the top of material.