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