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