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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Getting smaller after washing.
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Shortening the garment.
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Tightening cloth during alterations.
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Making garments different in some particular, as size, style, length 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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Buttoning up or zipping up.
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Converting fiber (cotton or rayon) into continuous yarn or thread.
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Adding decorative or fanciful details such as sequins, beads, crystals, lace etc.
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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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Making a small cut on textile.
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Forming a fabric by looping a continuous yarn.
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Interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such as yarn, wire, hair 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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Sewing temporarily with loose stitches.
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Putting thread inside a needle.
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The act of changing or remaking clothes to fit better.
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Discovering the exact size or amount of something.
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Sewing small pieces of cloth into patterns.
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Forming by interlacing threads, yarns, strands, or strips of some material.
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Smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
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Carving a pattern from paper or 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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Repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting using needle and thread alone.
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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.