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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Putting a small piece of fabric to finish fabric edges (usually in necklines, armholes, hems and openings).
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Buttoning up or zipping up.
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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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Interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such as yarn, wire, hair etc.
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Carving a pattern from paper or textile.
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Smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
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Getting smaller after washing.
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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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Removing seams with a ripper.
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Making garments different in some particular, as size, style, length etc.
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Sewing temporarily with loose stitches.
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Adding decorative or fanciful details such as sequins, beads, crystals, lace etc.
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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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Making a small cut on textile.
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Shortening the garment.
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The act of changing or remaking clothes to fit better.
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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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Sewing small pieces of cloth into patterns.
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Using a narrow fabric to finish raw edges.
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Tightening cloth during alterations.
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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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Repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting using needle and thread alone.
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Finishing hem by using overlock.
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Putting thread inside a needle.
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Making a decorative stitch on the top of material.
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Copying a pattern on a textile.
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Discovering the exact size or amount of something.
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Bringing together a piece of fabric to manage fullness e.g. when a skirt is attached to a bodice.