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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Copying a pattern on a textile.
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Tightening cloth during alterations.
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Forming a fabric by looping a continuous yarn.
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Removing seams with a ripper.
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Using a narrow fabric to finish raw edges.
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Shortening the garment.
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Making garments different in some particular, as size, style, length etc.
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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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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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Sewing small pieces of cloth into patterns.
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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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The act of changing or remaking clothes to fit better.
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Making lines by pressing, folding, or wrinkling.
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Buttoning up or zipping up.
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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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Finishing hem by using overlock.
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Interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such as yarn, wire, hair etc.
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Sewing temporarily with loose stitches.
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Putting thread inside a needle.
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Inserting an inner layer of fabric or fur into clothing, hats etc.
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Carving a pattern from paper or textile.
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Undoing twisted, knitted, or woven threads.
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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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Arranging folds formed by doubling fabric (to gather a wide piece of fabric to a narrower circumference).
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Forming by interlacing threads, yarns, strands, or strips of some material.
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Repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting using needle and thread alone.
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Smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
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Discovering the exact size or amount of something.