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.
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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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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Making garments different in some particular, as size, style, length etc.
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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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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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Shortening the garment.
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Buttoning up or zipping up.
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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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Bringing together a piece of fabric to manage fullness e.g. when a skirt is attached to a bodice.
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Putting thread inside a needle.
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Tightening cloth during alterations.
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Making lines by pressing, folding, or wrinkling.
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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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Inserting an inner layer of fabric or fur into clothing, hats 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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Converting fiber (cotton or rayon) into continuous yarn or thread.
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Sewing temporarily with loose stitches.
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Making a small cut on textile.
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Copying a pattern on a textile.
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Getting smaller after washing.
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Forming by interlacing threads, yarns, strands, or strips of some material.
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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.