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.
Creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn or thread using a special hook.
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Putting thread inside a needle.
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Making a small cut on textile.
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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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Converting fiber (cotton or rayon) into continuous yarn or thread.
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Using a narrow fabric to finish raw edges.
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Sewing small pieces of cloth into patterns.
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Repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting using needle and thread alone.
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Forming a fabric by looping a continuous yarn.
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The act of changing or remaking clothes to fit better.
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Shortening the garment.
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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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Buttoning up or zipping up.
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Adding decorative or fanciful details such as sequins, beads, crystals, lace etc.
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Getting smaller after washing.
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Making a decorative stitch on the top of material.
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Removing seams with a ripper.
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Making garments different in some particular, as size, style, length etc.
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Making lines by pressing, folding, or wrinkling.
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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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Undoing twisted, knitted, or woven threads.
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Forming by interlacing threads, yarns, strands, or strips of some material.
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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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Carving a pattern from paper or textile.
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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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Arranging folds formed by doubling fabric (to gather a wide piece of fabric to a narrower circumference).
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Discovering the exact size or amount of something.
