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