Related Clues:

• Use patterns, perhaps
• Use thread
• Work on a patchwork quilt
• Fashion clothes
• Darn something
• Work as a tailor
• Darn, say
• Patch up, perhaps
• Baste, in a way
• Tie up some loose ends?
• Hem, e.g
• Mend with a needle
• Use a needle and thread
• Work on a hem, say
• Secure, with 'up'