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.
Forming by interlacing threads, yarns, strands, or strips of some material.
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Undoing twisted, knitted, or woven threads.
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Buttoning up or zipping up.
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Putting thread inside a needle.
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Tightening cloth during alterations.
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Copying a pattern on a textile.
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Making a small cut on textile.
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Carving a pattern from paper or textile.
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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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Bringing together a piece of fabric to manage fullness e.g. when a skirt is attached to a bodice.
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Converting fiber (cotton or rayon) into continuous yarn or thread.
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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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Finishing hem by using overlock.
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The act of changing or remaking clothes to fit better.
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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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Arranging folds formed by doubling fabric (to gather a wide piece of fabric to a narrower circumference).
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Adding decorative or fanciful details such as sequins, beads, crystals, lace etc.
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Inserting an inner layer of fabric or fur into clothing, hats etc.
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Forming a fabric by looping a continuous yarn.
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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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Making lines by pressing, folding, or wrinkling.
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Sewing temporarily with loose stitches.
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Making garments different in some particular, as size, style, length etc.
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Discovering the exact size or amount of something.
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Shortening the garment.
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Creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn or thread using a special hook.
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Interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such as yarn, wire, hair etc.
