Related Clues:

• Work on a hem, say
• Fix stitching
• Secure, with 'up'
• Do some basting
• Darn, e.g
• Do some more stitching
• Thus announced work on repair
• Join together with needle and thread
• Fasten thus to the ear
• Do some stitching
• Tack everywhere except north
• Baste, e.g
• Practice darts, maybe
• Embroider, perhaps
• Make a cuff