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.
Converting fiber (cotton or rayon) into continuous yarn or thread.
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Making a small cut on textile.
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Making garments different in some particular, as size, style, length etc.
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Repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting using needle and thread alone.
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Interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such as yarn, wire, hair etc.
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Sewing small pieces of cloth into patterns.
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Smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
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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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Adding decorative or fanciful details such as sequins, beads, crystals, lace etc.
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Shortening the garment.
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Inserting an inner layer of fabric or fur into clothing, hats etc.
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Making a decorative stitch on the top of 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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Copying a pattern on a textile.
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Carving a pattern from paper or textile.
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Forming a fabric by looping a continuous yarn.
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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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Discovering the exact size or amount of something.
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The act of changing or remaking clothes to fit better.
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Tightening cloth during alterations.
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Putting thread inside a needle.
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Undoing twisted, knitted, or woven threads.
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Creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn or thread using a special hook.
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Using a narrow fabric to finish raw edges.
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Arranging folds formed by doubling fabric (to gather a wide piece of fabric to a narrower circumference).
