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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Sewing where the line of stitching is designed to be seen from the outside of the garment.
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Interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such as yarn, wire, hair etc.
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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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The act of changing or remaking clothes to fit better.
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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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Forming by interlacing threads, yarns, strands, or strips of some material.
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Converting fiber (cotton or rayon) into continuous yarn or thread.
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Tightening cloth during alterations.
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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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Shortening the garment.
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Undoing twisted, knitted, or woven threads.
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Carving a pattern from paper or textile.
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Making a small cut on textile.
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Putting thread inside a needle.
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Discovering the exact size or amount of something.
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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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Making a decorative stitch on the top of material.
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Making garments different in some particular, as size, style, length 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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Repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting using needle and thread alone.
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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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Sewing small pieces of cloth into patterns.
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Inserting an inner layer of fabric or fur into clothing, hats etc.