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