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