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.
Making garments different in some particular, as size, style, length etc.
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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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Putting a small piece of fabric to finish fabric edges (usually in necklines, armholes, hems and openings).
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Making a small cut on 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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Buttoning up or zipping up.
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Smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
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Removing seams with a ripper.
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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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Forming a fabric by looping a continuous yarn.
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Undoing twisted, knitted, or woven threads.
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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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Getting smaller after washing.
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Sewing temporarily with loose stitches.
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Sewing small pieces of cloth into patterns.
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Adding decorative or fanciful details such as sequins, beads, crystals, lace etc.
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Creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn or thread using a special hook.
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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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Sewing where the line of stitching is designed to be seen from the outside of the garment.
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Putting thread inside a needle.
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Tightening cloth during alterations.
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Converting fiber (cotton or rayon) into continuous yarn or thread.
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Carving a pattern from paper or textile.
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Discovering the exact size or amount of something.
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Inserting an inner layer of fabric or fur into clothing, hats etc.
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Repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting using needle and thread alone.
