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.
Discovering the exact size or amount of something.
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Adding decorative or fanciful details such as sequins, beads, crystals, lace etc.
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Tightening cloth during alterations.
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Inserting an inner layer of fabric or fur into clothing, hats etc.
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Smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
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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 a small cut on textile.
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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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Forming a fabric by looping a continuous yarn.
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Creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn or thread using a special hook.
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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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Removing seams with a ripper.
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Using a narrow fabric to finish raw edges.
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Making a decorative stitch on the top of 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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Carving a pattern from paper or textile.
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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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The act of changing or remaking clothes to fit better.
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Buttoning up or zipping up.
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Sewing temporarily with loose stitches.
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Sewing small pieces of cloth into patterns.
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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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Copying a pattern on a textile.
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Finishing hem by using overlock.
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Shortening the garment.
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Converting fiber (cotton or rayon) into continuous yarn or thread.