Related Clues:

• Mistruth
• Minor untruth
• Innocuous falsehood
• Subtract a year or two from one's age, say
• Bit of fudge?
• Put on a button, say
• Put a Singer to work
• Affix some buttons, say
• Assemble with thread
• Mend things
• “I’m five minutes away,” often
• Fix a rip
• Attach a patch, e.g
• Make a dress, say
• Be a seamstress