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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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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Inserting an inner layer of fabric or fur into clothing, hats etc.
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Making garments different in some particular, as size, style, length etc.
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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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Interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such as yarn, wire, hair etc.
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Sewing small pieces of cloth into patterns.
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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 by interlacing threads, yarns, strands, or strips of some material.
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Undoing twisted, knitted, or woven threads.
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Converting fiber (cotton or rayon) into continuous yarn or thread.
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Making a decorative stitch on the top of material.
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Removing seams with a ripper.
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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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Using a narrow fabric to finish raw edges.
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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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Finishing hem by using overlock.
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Tightening cloth during alterations.
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Copying a pattern on a textile.
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The act of changing or remaking clothes to fit better.
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Shortening the garment.
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Making lines by pressing, folding, or wrinkling.
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Smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
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Forming a fabric by looping a continuous yarn.
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Creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn or thread using a special hook.
