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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Removing seams with a ripper.
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Buttoning up or zipping up.
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Adding decorative or fanciful details such as sequins, beads, crystals, lace etc.
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Carving a pattern from paper or textile.
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Forming a fabric by looping a continuous yarn.
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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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Finishing hem by using overlock.
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The act of changing or remaking clothes to fit better.
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Sewing temporarily with loose stitches.
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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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Converting fiber (cotton or rayon) into continuous yarn or thread.
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Repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting using needle and thread alone.
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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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Forming by interlacing threads, yarns, strands, or strips of some material.
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Smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
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Discovering the exact size or amount of something.
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Making lines by pressing, folding, or wrinkling.
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Undoing twisted, knitted, or woven threads.
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Shortening the garment.
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Sewing small pieces of cloth into patterns.
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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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Putting thread inside a needle.
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Inserting an inner layer of fabric or fur into clothing, hats etc.
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Using a narrow fabric to finish raw edges.
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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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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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Copying a pattern on a textile.
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Making a decorative stitch on the top of material.
