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.
Creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn or thread using a special hook.
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Copying a pattern on a textile.
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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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Repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting using needle and thread alone.
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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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Adding decorative or fanciful details such as sequins, beads, crystals, lace etc.
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Putting thread inside a needle.
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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.
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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 a small piece of fabric to finish fabric edges (usually in necklines, armholes, hems and openings).
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Interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such as yarn, wire, hair etc.
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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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Sewing temporarily with loose stitches.
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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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Using a narrow fabric to finish raw edges.
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Making garments different in some particular, as size, style, length etc.
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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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Finishing hem by using overlock.
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Getting smaller after washing.
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Tightening cloth during alterations.
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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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Undoing twisted, knitted, or woven threads.
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The act of changing or remaking clothes to fit better.
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Inserting an inner layer of fabric or fur into clothing, hats etc.
