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