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.
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.
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Finishing hem by using overlock.
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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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Making a small cut on textile.
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Removing seams with a ripper.
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Using a narrow fabric to finish raw edges.
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Copying a pattern on a textile.
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Forming a fabric by looping a continuous yarn.
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Converting fiber (cotton or rayon) into continuous yarn or thread.
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Creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn or thread using a special hook.
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Making garments different in some particular, as size, style, length etc.
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Getting smaller after washing.
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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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Inserting an inner layer of fabric or fur into clothing, hats etc.
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Buttoning up or zipping up.
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Making lines by pressing, folding, or wrinkling.
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Tightening cloth during alterations.
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Undoing twisted, knitted, or woven threads.
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Putting thread inside a needle.
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Discovering the exact size or amount of something.
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Repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting using needle and thread alone.
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Sewing small pieces of cloth into patterns.
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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 a decorative stitch on the top of material.
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Interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such as yarn, wire, hair etc.
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Carving a pattern from paper or textile.
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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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Arranging folds formed by doubling fabric (to gather a wide piece of fabric to a narrower circumference).
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Sewing temporarily with loose stitches.
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Smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
