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.
Smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
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Discovering the exact size or amount of something.
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Making a small cut on textile.
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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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Sewing small pieces of cloth into patterns.
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Tightening cloth during alterations.
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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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Buttoning up or zipping up.
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Making a decorative stitch on the top of material.
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Inserting an inner layer of fabric or fur into clothing, hats etc.
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Creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn or thread using a special hook.
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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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Getting smaller after washing.
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Interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such as yarn, wire, hair etc.
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Copying a pattern on a textile.
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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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Removing seams with a ripper.
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Undoing twisted, knitted, or woven threads.
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Carving a pattern from paper or textile.
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Making lines by pressing, folding, or wrinkling.
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The act of changing or remaking clothes to fit better.
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Forming by interlacing threads, yarns, strands, or strips of some material.
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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.
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Sewing where the line of stitching is designed to be seen from the outside of the garment.
