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