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