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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Buttoning up or zipping up.
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The act of changing or remaking clothes to fit better.
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Forming a fabric by looping a continuous yarn.
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Sewing small pieces of cloth into patterns.
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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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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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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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Finishing hem by using overlock.
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Putting thread inside a needle.
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Discovering the exact size or amount of something.
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Undoing twisted, knitted, or woven threads.
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Removing seams with a ripper.
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Sewing temporarily with loose stitches.
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Making lines by pressing, folding, or wrinkling.
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Copying a pattern on a textile.
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Creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn or thread using a special hook.
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Shortening the garment.
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Carving a pattern from paper or textile.
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Interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such as yarn, wire, hair etc.
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Tightening cloth during alterations.
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Getting smaller after washing.
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Making garments different in some particular, as size, style, length etc.
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Making a decorative stitch on the top of material.
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Converting fiber (cotton or rayon) into continuous yarn or thread.
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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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Putting a small piece of fabric to finish fabric edges (usually in necklines, armholes, hems and openings).
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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).
