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 lines by pressing, folding, or wrinkling.
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Interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such as yarn, wire, hair etc.
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Creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn or thread using a special hook.
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Shortening the garment.
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Undoing twisted, knitted, or woven threads.
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Finishing hem by using overlock.
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Using a narrow fabric to finish raw edges.
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Getting smaller after washing.
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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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Discovering the exact size or amount of something.
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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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Converting fiber (cotton or rayon) into continuous yarn or thread.
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Copying a pattern on a textile.
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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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Sewing small pieces of cloth into patterns.
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Making a small cut on textile.
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Repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting using needle and thread alone.
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Tightening cloth during alterations.
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The act of changing or remaking clothes to fit better.
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Making garments different in some particular, as size, style, length etc.
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Removing seams with a ripper.
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Inserting an inner layer of fabric or fur into clothing, hats etc.
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Carving a pattern from paper or textile.
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Making a decorative stitch on the top of 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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Arranging folds formed by doubling fabric (to gather a wide piece of fabric to a narrower circumference).
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Buttoning up or zipping up.
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Adding decorative or fanciful details such as sequins, beads, crystals, lace 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.
