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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Interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such as yarn, wire, hair etc.
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Inserting an inner layer of fabric or fur into clothing, hats etc.
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Sewing temporarily with loose stitches.
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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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Discovering the exact size or amount of something.
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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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Sewing where the line of stitching is designed to be seen from the outside of the garment.
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Adding decorative or fanciful details such as sequins, beads, crystals, lace etc.
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Getting smaller after washing.
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Sewing small pieces of cloth into patterns.
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Finishing hem by using overlock.
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Copying a pattern on a textile.
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Repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting using needle and thread alone.
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Converting fiber (cotton or rayon) into continuous yarn or thread.
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Removing seams with a ripper.
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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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Undoing twisted, knitted, or woven threads.
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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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Putting a small piece of fabric to finish fabric edges (usually in necklines, armholes, hems and openings).
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Shortening the garment.
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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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Forming by interlacing threads, yarns, strands, or strips of some material.
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Making lines by pressing, folding, or wrinkling.
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Smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
