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.
Inserting an inner layer of fabric or fur into clothing, hats etc.
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Sewing temporarily with loose stitches.
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Making a decorative stitch on the top of material.
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Creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn or thread using a special hook.
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Carving a pattern from paper or textile.
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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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Interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such as yarn, wire, hair etc.
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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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Bringing together a piece of fabric to manage fullness e.g. when a skirt is attached to a bodice.
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Making a small cut on textile.
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Undoing twisted, knitted, or woven threads.
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Smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
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Making lines by pressing, folding, or wrinkling.
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Sewing small pieces of cloth into patterns.
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Getting smaller after washing.
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Finishing hem by using overlock.
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Buttoning up or zipping up.
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Putting thread inside a needle.
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Shortening the garment.
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Forming by interlacing threads, yarns, strands, or strips of some material.
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The act of changing or remaking clothes to fit better.
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Discovering the exact size or amount of something.
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Forming a fabric by looping a continuous yarn.
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Removing seams with a ripper.
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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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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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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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Repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting using needle and thread alone.
