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.
Undoing twisted, knitted, or woven threads.
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Getting smaller after washing.
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Inserting an inner layer of fabric or fur into clothing, hats etc.
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Forming by interlacing threads, yarns, strands, or strips of some material.
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Shortening the garment.
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Buttoning up or zipping up.
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Adding decorative or fanciful details such as sequins, beads, crystals, lace etc.
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The act of changing or remaking clothes to fit better.
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Making a decorative stitch on the top of material.
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Forming a fabric by looping a continuous yarn.
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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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Interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such as yarn, wire, hair etc.
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Removing seams with a ripper.
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Discovering the exact size or amount of something.
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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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Making garments different in some particular, as size, style, length etc.
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Carving a pattern from paper or textile.
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Using a narrow fabric to finish raw edges.
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Making lines by pressing, folding, or wrinkling.
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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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Creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn or thread using a special hook.
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Putting thread inside a needle.
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Making a small cut on textile.
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Finishing hem by using overlock.
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Converting fiber (cotton or rayon) into continuous yarn or thread.
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Tightening cloth during alterations.
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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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Sewing temporarily with loose stitches.
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Copying a pattern on a textile.
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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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Smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
