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.
The act of changing or remaking clothes to fit better.
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Forming a fabric by looping a continuous yarn.
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Removing seams with a ripper.
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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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Copying a pattern on a textile.
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Smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
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Inserting an inner layer of fabric or fur into clothing, hats etc.
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Using a narrow fabric to finish raw edges.
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Getting smaller after washing.
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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.
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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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Tightening cloth during alterations.
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Repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting using needle and thread alone.
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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 garments different in some particular, as size, style, length etc.
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Creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn or thread using a special hook.
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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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Forming by interlacing threads, yarns, strands, or strips of some material.
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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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Sewing small pieces of cloth into patterns.
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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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Finishing hem by using overlock.
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Discovering the exact size or amount of something.
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Shortening the garment.
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Buttoning up or zipping up.
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Making lines by pressing, folding, or wrinkling.
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Making a small cut on textile.
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Converting fiber (cotton or rayon) into continuous yarn or thread.
