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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Shortening the garment.
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Finishing hem by using overlock.
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Sewing small pieces of cloth into patterns.
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Making garments different in some particular, as size, style, length 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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Buttoning up or zipping up.
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Converting fiber (cotton or rayon) into continuous yarn or thread.
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Discovering the exact size or amount of something.
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Getting smaller after washing.
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Forming a fabric by looping a continuous yarn.
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Interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such as yarn, wire, hair etc.
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Undoing twisted, knitted, or woven threads.
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Removing seams with a ripper.
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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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Repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting using needle and thread alone.
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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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Putting thread inside a needle.
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Tightening cloth during alterations.
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Copying a pattern on a textile.
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Using a narrow fabric to finish raw edges.
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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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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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Carving a pattern from paper or textile.
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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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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.
