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