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.
Sewing where the line of stitching is designed to be seen from the outside of the garment.
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Copying a pattern on a textile.
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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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Undoing twisted, knitted, or woven threads.
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Carving a pattern from paper or textile.
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Forming by interlacing threads, yarns, strands, or strips of some material.
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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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Creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn or thread using a special hook.
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Making a small cut on textile.
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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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Sewing small pieces of cloth into patterns.
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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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Using a narrow fabric to finish raw edges.
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Adding decorative or fanciful details such as sequins, beads, crystals, lace etc.
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Smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
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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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Repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting using needle and thread alone.
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Putting thread inside a needle.
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Forming a fabric by looping a continuous yarn.
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Finishing hem by using overlock.
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Shortening the garment.
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Converting fiber (cotton or rayon) into continuous yarn or thread.
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Sewing temporarily with loose stitches.
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Getting smaller after washing.
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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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Making a decorative stitch on the top of material.
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Making lines by pressing, folding, or wrinkling.
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The act of changing or remaking clothes to fit better.
