Related Clues:

• Stitched edges of cloth or garments
• Stitched garment edges for Shem
• Bottom edges turned under and sewn
• Pressed lines or crinkles
• The crescendo slackens to get them into the fold
• Sounds as if he has them sown over the writing
• Perhaps the way the century gets less stressful in the fold (7)
• Sounds as if one sows them round the edge
• The crescendo becomes many-fold less
• Lines of fashion?
• Hmm ... clothes lines, perhaps
• Turns a maxi into a mini, e.g
• Does a tailoring job
• Certain bottom lines
• Baseball stitching