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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Removing seams with a ripper.
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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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Sewing temporarily with loose stitches.
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Forming by interlacing threads, yarns, strands, or strips of some material.
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Sewing small pieces of cloth into patterns.
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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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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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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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Interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such as yarn, wire, hair etc.
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Getting smaller after washing.
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Using a narrow fabric to finish raw edges.
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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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Copying a pattern on a 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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Making a decorative stitch on the top of material.
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Buttoning up or zipping up.
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Undoing twisted, knitted, or woven threads.
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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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Putting thread inside a needle.
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The act of changing or remaking clothes to fit better.
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Making lines by pressing, folding, or wrinkling.
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Forming a fabric by looping a continuous yarn.
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Tightening cloth during alterations.
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Carving a pattern from paper or textile.
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Making garments different in some particular, as size, style, length etc.
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Converting fiber (cotton or rayon) into continuous yarn or thread.
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Inserting an inner layer of fabric or fur into clothing, hats etc.
