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.
Sewing where the line of stitching is designed to be seen from the outside of the garment.
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Forming by interlacing threads, yarns, strands, or strips of some material.
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Creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn or thread using a special hook.
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Removing seams with a ripper.
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Making garments different in some particular, as size, style, length etc.
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Buttoning up or zipping up.
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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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Making a decorative stitch on the top of material.
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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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Using a narrow fabric to finish raw edges.
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Sewing small pieces of cloth into patterns.
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Converting fiber (cotton or rayon) into continuous yarn or thread.
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Adding decorative or fanciful details such as sequins, beads, crystals, lace etc.
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Discovering the exact size or amount of something.
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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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The act of changing or remaking clothes to fit better.
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Getting smaller after washing.
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Carving a pattern from paper or textile.
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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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Undoing twisted, knitted, or woven threads.
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Interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such as yarn, wire, hair etc.
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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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Forming a fabric by looping a continuous yarn.
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Smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
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Arranging folds formed by doubling fabric (to gather a wide piece of fabric to a narrower circumference).
