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