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.
Finishing hem by using overlock.
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Converting fiber (cotton or rayon) into continuous yarn or thread.
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Buttoning up or zipping up.
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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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Bringing together a piece of fabric to manage fullness e.g. when a skirt is attached to a bodice.
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Inserting an inner layer of fabric or fur into clothing, hats etc.
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Carving a pattern from paper or textile.
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Making a small cut on textile.
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Interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such as yarn, wire, hair etc.
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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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The act of changing or remaking clothes to fit better.
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Getting smaller after washing.
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Smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
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Adding decorative or fanciful details such as sequins, beads, crystals, lace etc.
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Discovering the exact size or amount of something.
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Sewing temporarily with loose stitches.
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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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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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Forming by interlacing threads, yarns, strands, or strips of some material.
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Shortening the garment.
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Using a narrow fabric to finish raw edges.
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Undoing twisted, knitted, or woven threads.
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Sewing small pieces of cloth into patterns.
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Tightening cloth during alterations.
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Making a decorative stitch on the top of material.
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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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Putting thread inside a needle.
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Creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn or thread using a special hook.
