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.
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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Undoing twisted, knitted, or woven threads.
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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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Removing seams with a ripper.
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Buttoning up or zipping up.
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Putting thread inside a needle.
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Forming a fabric by looping a continuous yarn.
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Making lines by pressing, folding, or wrinkling.
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Converting fiber (cotton or rayon) into continuous yarn or thread.
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Getting smaller after washing.
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Interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such as yarn, wire, hair etc.
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Carving a pattern from paper or textile.
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Finishing hem by using overlock.
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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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Adding decorative or fanciful details such as sequins, beads, crystals, lace etc.
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Sewing small pieces of cloth into patterns.
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Making a small cut on textile.
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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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Discovering the exact size or amount of something.
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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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Repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting using needle and thread alone.
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Sewing temporarily with loose stitches.
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Tightening cloth during alterations.
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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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Shortening the garment.
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Forming by interlacing threads, yarns, strands, or strips of some material.
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The act of changing or remaking clothes to fit better.
