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 temporarily with loose stitches.
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Making garments different in some particular, as size, style, length 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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Converting fiber (cotton or rayon) into continuous yarn or thread.
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Discovering the exact size or amount of something.
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Adding decorative or fanciful details such as sequins, beads, crystals, lace etc.
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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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Creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn or thread using a special hook.
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Smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
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Repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting using needle and thread alone.
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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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Tightening cloth during alterations.
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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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Making a small cut on textile.
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Copying a pattern on a textile.
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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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Finishing hem by using overlock.
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Inserting an inner layer of fabric or fur into clothing, hats etc.
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Using a narrow fabric to finish raw edges.
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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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Sewing small pieces of cloth into patterns.
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The act of changing or remaking clothes to fit better.
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Buttoning up or zipping up.
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Getting smaller after washing.
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Putting thread inside a needle.
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Forming a fabric by looping a continuous yarn.
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Removing seams with a ripper.
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Interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such as yarn, wire, hair etc.
