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