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