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.
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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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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Carving a pattern from paper or textile.
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Buttoning up or zipping up.
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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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Adding decorative or fanciful details such as sequins, beads, crystals, lace etc.
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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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Making a small cut on textile.
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Discovering the exact size or amount of something.
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The act of changing or remaking clothes to fit better.
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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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Putting thread inside a needle.
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Converting fiber (cotton or rayon) into continuous yarn or thread.
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Using a narrow fabric to finish raw edges.
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Copying a pattern on a textile.
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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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Arranging folds formed by doubling fabric (to gather a wide piece of fabric to a narrower circumference).
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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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Getting smaller after washing.
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Sewing small pieces of cloth into patterns.
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Smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
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Tightening cloth during alterations.
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Sewing temporarily with loose stitches.
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Inserting an inner layer of fabric or fur into clothing, hats etc.
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Repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting using needle and thread alone.
