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.
The act of changing or remaking clothes to fit better.
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Making a small cut on textile.
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Undoing twisted, knitted, or woven threads.
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Getting smaller after washing.
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Inserting an inner layer of fabric or fur into clothing, hats 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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Carving a pattern from paper or textile.
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Removing seams with a ripper.
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Putting thread inside a needle.
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Forming a fabric by looping a continuous yarn.
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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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Adding decorative or fanciful details such as sequins, beads, crystals, lace etc.
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Making a decorative stitch on the top of material.
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Sewing temporarily with loose stitches.
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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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Finishing hem by using overlock.
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Making garments different in some particular, as size, style, length etc.
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Smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
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Repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting using needle and thread alone.
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Using a narrow fabric to finish raw edges.
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Discovering the exact size or amount of something.
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Forming by interlacing threads, yarns, strands, or strips of some material.
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Shortening the garment.
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Making lines by pressing, folding, or wrinkling.
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Copying a pattern on a textile.
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Interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such as yarn, wire, hair etc.
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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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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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Creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn or thread using a special hook.
