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