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