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