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