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