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.
Creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn or thread using a special hook.
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Smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
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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.
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Putting thread inside a needle.
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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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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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Sewing where the line of stitching is designed to be seen from the outside of the garment.
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Forming a fabric by looping a continuous yarn.
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Buttoning up or zipping up.
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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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Forming by interlacing threads, yarns, strands, or strips of some material.
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Making a decorative stitch on the top of material.
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Undoing twisted, knitted, or woven threads.
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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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Adding decorative or fanciful details such as sequins, beads, crystals, lace etc.
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Inserting an inner layer of fabric or fur into clothing, hats etc.
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Sewing small pieces of cloth into patterns.
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Shortening the garment.
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Getting smaller after washing.
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Making garments different in some particular, as size, style, length etc.
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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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Copying a pattern on a textile.
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Tightening cloth during alterations.
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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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Carving a pattern from paper or textile.
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Repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting using needle and thread alone.