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.
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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Finishing hem by using overlock.
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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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Putting thread inside a needle.
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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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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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The act of changing or remaking clothes to fit better.
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Creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn or thread using a special hook.
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Sewing small pieces of cloth into patterns.
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Sewing temporarily with loose stitches.
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Making garments different in some particular, as size, style, length etc.
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Undoing twisted, knitted, or woven threads.
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Discovering the exact size or amount of something.
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Getting smaller after washing.
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Repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting using needle and thread alone.
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Making a small cut on textile.
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Removing seams with a ripper.
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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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Forming a fabric by looping a continuous yarn.
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Shortening the garment.
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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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Forming by interlacing threads, yarns, strands, or strips of some material.
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Interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such as yarn, wire, hair etc.
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Adding decorative or fanciful details such as sequins, beads, crystals, lace etc.
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Sewing where the line of stitching is designed to be seen from the outside of the garment.
