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.
Smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
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The act of changing or remaking clothes to fit better.
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Forming by interlacing threads, yarns, strands, or strips of some material.
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Making garments different in some particular, as size, style, length etc.
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Tightening cloth during alterations.
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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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Repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting using needle and thread alone.
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Adding decorative or fanciful details such as sequins, beads, crystals, lace etc.
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Forming a fabric by looping a continuous yarn.
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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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Bringing together a piece of fabric to manage fullness e.g. when a skirt is attached to a bodice.
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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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Finishing hem by using overlock.
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Removing seams with a ripper.
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Getting smaller after washing.
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Putting thread inside a needle.
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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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Shortening the garment.
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Sewing small pieces of cloth into patterns.
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Buttoning up or zipping up.
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Carving a pattern from paper or textile.
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Discovering the exact size or amount of something.
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Sewing temporarily with loose stitches.
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Making a small cut on 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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Copying a pattern on a textile.
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Using a narrow fabric to finish raw edges.
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Making a decorative stitch on the top of material.
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Converting fiber (cotton or rayon) into continuous yarn or thread.
