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 garments different in some particular, as size, style, length etc.
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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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Making a small cut on textile.
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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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Bringing together a piece of fabric to manage fullness e.g. when a skirt is attached to a bodice.
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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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Smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
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Undoing twisted, knitted, or woven threads.
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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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Copying a pattern on a textile.
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Forming a fabric by looping a continuous yarn.
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Getting smaller after washing.
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Putting thread inside a needle.
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Making lines by pressing, folding, or wrinkling.
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Buttoning up or zipping up.
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Finishing hem by using overlock.
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Adding decorative or fanciful details such as sequins, beads, crystals, lace 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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Carving a pattern from paper or textile.
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Using a narrow fabric to finish raw edges.
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Forming by interlacing threads, yarns, strands, or strips of some material.
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Sewing temporarily with loose stitches.
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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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Repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting using needle and thread alone.
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Sewing small pieces of cloth into patterns.
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Removing seams with a ripper.
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Discovering the exact size or amount of something.
