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