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 where the line of stitching is designed to be seen from the outside of the garment.
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Forming a fabric by looping a continuous yarn.
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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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Removing seams with a ripper.
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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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Making a small cut on textile.
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Creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn or thread using a special hook.
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Putting thread inside a needle.
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Inserting an inner layer of fabric or fur into clothing, hats etc.
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Buttoning up or zipping up.
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Interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such as yarn, wire, hair etc.
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Getting smaller after washing.
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Converting fiber (cotton or rayon) into continuous yarn or thread.
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Sewing temporarily with loose stitches.
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Finishing hem by using overlock.
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Discovering the exact size or amount of something.
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Shortening the garment.
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Making garments different in some particular, as size, style, length etc.
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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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Copying a pattern on a textile.
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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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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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Smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
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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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Arranging folds formed by doubling fabric (to gather a wide piece of fabric to a narrower circumference).
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Tightening cloth during alterations.
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Making a decorative stitch on the top of material.
