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