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.
Buttoning up or zipping up.
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Forming a fabric by looping a continuous yarn.
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Shortening the garment.
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Sewing small pieces of cloth into patterns.
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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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Discovering the exact size or amount of something.
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Undoing twisted, knitted, or woven threads.
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Finishing hem by using overlock.
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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 by interlacing threads, yarns, strands, or strips of some material.
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Making lines by pressing, folding, or wrinkling.
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Repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting using needle and thread alone.
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Putting thread inside a needle.
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Tightening cloth during alterations.
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Adding decorative or fanciful details such as sequins, beads, crystals, lace etc.
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Removing seams with a ripper.
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Getting smaller after washing.
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Creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn or thread using a special hook.
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Making a decorative stitch on the top of material.
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Smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
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Carving a pattern from paper or textile.
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Copying a pattern on a 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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Interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such as yarn, wire, hair etc.
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Inserting an inner layer of fabric or fur into clothing, hats etc.
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Making garments different in some particular, as size, style, length etc.
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Using a narrow fabric to finish raw edges.
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Sewing temporarily with loose stitches.
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Converting fiber (cotton or rayon) into continuous yarn or thread.
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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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Putting a small piece of fabric to finish fabric edges (usually in necklines, armholes, hems and openings).
