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