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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Bringing together a piece of fabric to manage fullness e.g. when a skirt is attached to a bodice.
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Using a narrow fabric to finish raw edges.
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Making lines by pressing, folding, or wrinkling.
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Finishing hem by using overlock.
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Creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn or thread using a special hook.
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Interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such as yarn, wire, hair etc.
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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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Copying a pattern on a textile.
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Making garments different in some particular, as size, style, length etc.
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Discovering the exact size or amount of something.
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The act of changing or remaking clothes to fit better.
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Undoing twisted, knitted, or woven threads.
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Tightening cloth during alterations.
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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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Getting smaller after washing.
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Shortening the garment.
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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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Inserting an inner layer of fabric or fur into clothing, hats etc.
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Buttoning up or zipping up.
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Carving a pattern from paper or textile.
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Making a decorative stitch on the top of material.
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Putting thread inside a needle.
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Smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
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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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Sewing small pieces of cloth into patterns.
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Sewing temporarily with loose stitches.
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Repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting using needle and thread alone.
