Possible Clues:

• Joined with stitches
• Joined by a thread from all quarters
• In the bag, with ''up''
• The Feeling song that patched things up?
• Embroidered, spreading news
• With backstitches, say
• Like an armpatch, with "on"
• Joined in thread broadcast on radio
• That had one in stitches, even when one sounded seedy
• Tacked, choosing directions in sequence