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.
Inserting an inner layer of fabric or fur into clothing, hats etc.
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Making a decorative stitch on the top of material.
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Converting fiber (cotton or rayon) into continuous yarn or thread.
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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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Tightening cloth during alterations.
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Discovering the exact size or amount of something.
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Interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such as yarn, wire, hair etc.
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Shortening the garment.
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Making a small cut on textile.
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Buttoning up or zipping up.
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Forming a fabric by looping a continuous yarn.
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Making garments different in some particular, as size, style, length 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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Smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
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Sewing small pieces of cloth into patterns.
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Creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn or thread using a special hook.
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Removing seams with a ripper.
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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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Sewing temporarily with loose stitches.
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Copying a pattern on a textile.
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Forming by interlacing threads, yarns, strands, or strips of some material.
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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 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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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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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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The act of changing or remaking clothes to fit better.
