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