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