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