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