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