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