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