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