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