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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Using a narrow fabric to finish raw edges.
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Undoing twisted, knitted, or woven threads.
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Finishing hem by using overlock.
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Getting smaller after washing.
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Forming by interlacing threads, yarns, strands, or strips of some material.
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Tightening cloth during alterations.
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Buttoning up or zipping up.
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Making lines by pressing, folding, or wrinkling.
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Forming a fabric by looping a continuous yarn.
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Inserting an inner layer of fabric or fur into clothing, hats etc.
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Interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such as yarn, wire, hair etc.
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Putting thread inside a needle.
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Adding decorative or fanciful details such as sequins, beads, crystals, lace etc.
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Shortening the garment.
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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.
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Sewing small pieces of cloth into patterns.
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Converting fiber (cotton or rayon) into continuous yarn or thread.
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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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Repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting using needle and thread alone.
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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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Copying a pattern on a textile.
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Discovering the exact size or amount of something.
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Making a decorative stitch on the top of material.
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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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Arranging folds formed by doubling fabric (to gather a wide piece of fabric to a narrower circumference).
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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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Bringing together a piece of fabric to manage fullness e.g. when a skirt is attached to a bodice.
