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.
Making garments different in some particular, as size, style, length etc.
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Buttoning up or zipping up.
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Shortening the garment.
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Creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn or thread using a special hook.
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Putting thread inside a needle.
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The act of changing or remaking clothes to fit better.
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Making a decorative stitch on the top of material.
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Smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
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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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Bringing together a piece of fabric to manage fullness e.g. when a skirt is attached to a bodice.
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Undoing twisted, knitted, or woven threads.
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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 temporarily with loose stitches.
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Tightening cloth during alterations.
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Making a small cut on textile.
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Finishing hem by using overlock.
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Converting fiber (cotton or rayon) into continuous yarn or thread.
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Repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting using needle and thread alone.
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Forming by interlacing threads, yarns, strands, or strips of some material.
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Getting smaller after washing.
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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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Using a narrow fabric to finish raw edges.
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Carving a pattern from paper or textile.
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Adding decorative or fanciful details such as sequins, beads, crystals, lace etc.
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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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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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Sewing small pieces of cloth into patterns.
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Inserting an inner layer of fabric or fur into clothing, hats etc.
