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