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.
Creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn or thread using a special hook.
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Sewing small pieces of cloth into patterns.
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Converting fiber (cotton or rayon) into continuous yarn or thread.
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Interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such as yarn, wire, hair etc.
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Making garments different in some particular, as size, style, length etc.
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Finishing hem by using overlock.
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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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Repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting using needle and thread alone.
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Making lines by pressing, folding, or wrinkling.
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Making a decorative stitch on the top of material.
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Getting smaller after washing.
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Forming a fabric by looping a continuous yarn.
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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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Forming by interlacing threads, yarns, strands, or strips of some material.
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The act of changing or remaking clothes to fit better.
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Making a small cut on textile.
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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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Inserting an inner layer of fabric or fur into clothing, hats etc.
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Removing seams with a ripper.
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Carving a pattern from paper or textile.
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Discovering the exact size or amount of something.
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Using a narrow fabric to finish raw edges.
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Buttoning up or zipping up.
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Tightening cloth during alterations.
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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.
