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.
Arranging folds formed by doubling fabric (to gather a wide piece of fabric to a narrower circumference).
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Interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such as yarn, wire, hair etc.
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Discovering the exact size or amount of something.
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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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The act of changing or remaking clothes to fit better.
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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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Making garments different in some particular, as size, style, length etc.
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Sewing small pieces of cloth into patterns.
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Getting smaller after washing.
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Finishing hem by using overlock.
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Making lines by pressing, folding, or wrinkling.
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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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Sewing temporarily with loose stitches.
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Using a narrow fabric to finish raw edges.
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Putting thread inside a needle.
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Removing seams with a ripper.
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Copying a pattern on a textile.
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Smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
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Buttoning up or zipping up.
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Undoing twisted, knitted, or woven threads.
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Making a decorative stitch on the top of material.
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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.
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Creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn or thread using a special hook.
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Inserting an inner layer of fabric or fur into clothing, hats etc.
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Making a small cut on textile.
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Shortening the garment.
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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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Tightening cloth during alterations.
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Forming by interlacing threads, yarns, strands, or strips of some material.
