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