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.
Buttoning up or zipping up.
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Putting thread inside a needle.
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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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Putting a small piece of fabric to finish fabric edges (usually in necklines, armholes, hems and openings).
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Sewing temporarily with loose stitches.
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Repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting using needle and thread alone.
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Converting fiber (cotton or rayon) into continuous yarn or thread.
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Finishing hem by using overlock.
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Inserting an inner layer of fabric or fur into clothing, hats etc.
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Making garments different in some particular, as size, style, length etc.
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Making lines by pressing, folding, or wrinkling.
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Sewing small pieces of cloth into patterns.
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Carving a pattern from paper or textile.
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Undoing twisted, knitted, or woven threads.
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Shortening the garment.
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Interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such as yarn, wire, hair 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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Creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn or thread using a special hook.
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The act of changing or remaking clothes to fit better.
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Forming a fabric by looping a continuous yarn.
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Using a narrow fabric to finish raw edges.
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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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Copying a pattern on a textile.
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Making a decorative stitch on the top of material.
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Adding decorative or fanciful details such as sequins, beads, crystals, lace etc.
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Smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
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Making a small cut on textile.
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Discovering the exact size or amount of something.
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Arranging folds formed by doubling fabric (to gather a wide piece of fabric to a narrower circumference).