sew to make or repair clothes using a needle and thread mend to repair a tear or hole in a piece of clothing stitch to join pieces of cloth together by sewing them embroider to decorate cloth with a design of colored stitches knit make (a garment, blanket, etc.) by interlocking loops of wool or other yarn with knitting needles or on a machine. alter to make small changes to a piece of clothing so that it fits better tack BRITISH to baste pieces of cloth together turn up to make a piece of clothing or cloth shorter by making a fold along the bottom edge and fastening it with stitches take in to make a piece of clothing more narrow or tight, so that it fits you let out to use the extra cloth in a fold of a piece of clothing to make it wider pin up to make the lower edge of a piece of clothing shorter by using pins |