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 lines by pressing, folding, or wrinkling.
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Adding decorative or fanciful details such as sequins, beads, crystals, lace etc.
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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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Converting fiber (cotton or rayon) into continuous yarn or thread.
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Sewing small pieces of cloth into patterns.
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Getting smaller after washing.
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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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Shortening the garment.
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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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Smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
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Interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such as yarn, wire, hair etc.
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Finishing hem by using overlock.
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Putting thread inside a needle.
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Creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn or thread using a special hook.
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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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Repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting using needle and thread alone.
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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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Tightening cloth during alterations.
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Forming by interlacing threads, yarns, strands, or strips of some material.
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Inserting an inner layer of fabric or fur into clothing, hats etc.
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Using a narrow fabric to finish raw edges.
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Making a decorative stitch on the top of material.
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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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Removing seams with a ripper.
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The act of changing or remaking clothes to fit better.
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Sewing where the line of stitching is designed to be seen from the outside of the garment.
