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