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.
Undoing twisted, knitted, or woven threads.
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Removing seams with a ripper.
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The act of changing or remaking clothes to fit better.
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Repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting using needle and thread alone.
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Interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such as yarn, wire, hair etc.
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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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Finishing hem by using overlock.
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Tightening cloth during alterations.
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Buttoning up or zipping up.
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Using a narrow fabric to finish raw edges.
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Smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
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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 garments different in some particular, as size, style, length etc.
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Forming by interlacing threads, yarns, strands, or strips of some material.
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Creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn or thread using a special hook.
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Copying a pattern on a textile.
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Shortening the garment.
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Putting thread inside a needle.
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Adding decorative or fanciful details such as sequins, beads, crystals, lace etc.
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Carving a pattern from paper or textile.
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Making lines by pressing, folding, or wrinkling.
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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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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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Sewing where the line of stitching is designed to be seen from the outside of the garment.
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Forming a fabric by looping a continuous yarn.
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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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Discovering the exact size or amount of something.
