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 garments different in some particular, as size, style, length etc.
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Inserting an inner layer of fabric or fur into clothing, hats etc.
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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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Sewing where the line of stitching is designed to be seen from the outside of the garment.
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Getting smaller after washing.
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Putting thread inside a needle.
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Adding decorative or fanciful details such as sequins, beads, crystals, lace 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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Copying a pattern on a textile.
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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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Buttoning up or zipping up.
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Converting fiber (cotton or rayon) into continuous yarn or thread.
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Shortening the garment.
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Finishing hem by using overlock.
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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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Repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting using needle and thread alone.
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Tightening cloth during alterations.
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Smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
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Sewing temporarily with loose stitches.
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Interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such as yarn, wire, hair etc.
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Making a decorative stitch on the top of material.
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Undoing twisted, knitted, or woven threads.
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Creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn or thread using a special hook.
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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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Discovering the exact size or amount of something.
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Removing seams with a ripper.
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Arranging folds formed by doubling fabric (to gather a wide piece of fabric to a narrower circumference).