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