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