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.
Adding decorative or fanciful details such as sequins, beads, crystals, lace etc.
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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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Bringing together a piece of fabric to manage fullness e.g. when a skirt is attached to a bodice.
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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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Forming by interlacing threads, yarns, strands, or strips of some material.
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Converting fiber (cotton or rayon) into continuous yarn or thread.
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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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Putting a small piece of fabric to finish fabric edges (usually in necklines, armholes, hems and openings).
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Making a small cut on textile.
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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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Using a narrow fabric to finish raw edges.
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Carving a pattern from paper or textile.
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Buttoning up or zipping up.
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Shortening the garment.
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Making a decorative stitch on the top of material.
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Removing seams with a ripper.
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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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Finishing hem by using overlock.
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Tightening cloth during alterations.
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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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Sewing temporarily with loose stitches.
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Making garments different in some particular, as size, style, length etc.
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Copying a pattern on a textile.
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Forming a fabric by looping a continuous yarn.
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Getting smaller after washing.
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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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Discovering the exact size or amount of something.
