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