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.
Discovering the exact size or amount of something.
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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.
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Undoing twisted, knitted, or woven threads.
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Interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such as yarn, wire, hair etc.
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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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Getting smaller after washing.
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Sewing small pieces of cloth into patterns.
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Forming by interlacing threads, yarns, strands, or strips of some material.
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Making a decorative stitch on the top of material.
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Buttoning up or zipping up.
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Tightening cloth during alterations.
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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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Carving a pattern from paper or textile.
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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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Adding decorative or fanciful details such as sequins, beads, crystals, lace etc.
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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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Shortening the garment.
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Sewing temporarily with loose stitches.
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Converting fiber (cotton or rayon) into continuous yarn or thread.
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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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Making garments different in some particular, as size, style, length etc.
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Forming a fabric by looping a continuous yarn.
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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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Removing seams with a ripper.
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Copying a pattern on a textile.
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Finishing hem by using overlock.
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Creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn or thread using a special hook.
