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.
Adding decorative or fanciful details such as sequins, beads, crystals, lace etc.
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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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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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Putting a small piece of fabric to finish fabric edges (usually in necklines, armholes, hems and openings).
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Creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn or thread using a special hook.
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Getting smaller after washing.
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Sewing temporarily with loose stitches.
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Shortening the garment.
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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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Making a decorative stitch on the top of material.
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The act of changing or remaking clothes to fit better.
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Putting thread inside a needle.
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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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Tightening cloth during alterations.
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Discovering the exact size or amount of something.
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Sewing small pieces of cloth into patterns.
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Using a narrow fabric to finish raw edges.
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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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Copying a pattern on a textile.
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Inserting an inner layer of fabric or fur into clothing, hats etc.
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Making lines by pressing, folding, or wrinkling.
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Making garments different in some particular, as size, style, length etc.
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Making a small cut on textile.
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Buttoning up or zipping up.
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Finishing hem by using overlock.
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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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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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Repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting using needle and thread alone.
