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.
Creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn or thread using a special hook.
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Forming by interlacing threads, yarns, strands, or strips of some material.
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Forming a fabric by looping a continuous yarn.
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Making garments different in some particular, as size, style, length etc.
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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 small pieces of cloth into patterns.
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Making a small cut on textile.
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The act of changing or remaking clothes to fit better.
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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 temporarily with loose stitches.
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Carving a pattern from paper or textile.
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Getting smaller after washing.
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Finishing hem by using overlock.
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Repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting using needle and thread alone.
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Copying a pattern on a textile.
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Converting fiber (cotton or rayon) into continuous yarn or thread.
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Using a narrow fabric to finish raw edges.
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Smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
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Inserting an inner layer of fabric or fur into clothing, hats etc.
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Shortening the garment.
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Interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such as yarn, wire, hair etc.
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Adding decorative or fanciful details such as sequins, beads, crystals, lace etc.
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Undoing twisted, knitted, or woven threads.
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Making lines by pressing, folding, or wrinkling.
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Putting thread inside a needle.
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Making a decorative stitch on the top of material.
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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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Bringing together a piece of fabric to manage fullness e.g. when a skirt is attached to a bodice.
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Arranging folds formed by doubling fabric (to gather a wide piece of fabric to a narrower circumference).
