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