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