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.
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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Creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn or thread using a special hook.
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Adding decorative or fanciful details such as sequins, beads, crystals, lace 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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Smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
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Making a decorative stitch on the top of material.
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Interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such as yarn, wire, hair etc.
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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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Using a narrow fabric to finish raw edges.
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Discovering the exact size or amount of something.
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The act of changing or remaking clothes to fit better.
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Shortening the garment.
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Carving a pattern from paper or textile.
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Forming a fabric by looping a continuous yarn.
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Finishing hem by using overlock.
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Tightening cloth during alterations.
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Sewing small pieces of cloth into patterns.
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Removing seams with a ripper.
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Getting smaller after washing.
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Making lines by pressing, folding, or wrinkling.
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Copying a pattern on a textile.
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Converting fiber (cotton or rayon) into continuous yarn or thread.
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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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Forming by interlacing threads, yarns, strands, or strips of some material.
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Putting thread inside a needle.
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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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Undoing twisted, knitted, or woven threads.
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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.