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