Related Clues:

• Hem but not haw
• Fix socks
• Use a Singer
• "Oh, rats!"
• Convalesce
• Tailor-make
• Mend, in a way
• "Rats!"
• Repair tears
• Darn socks
• Buttonhole, in a way
• Carton's counterpart in 'A Tale of Two Cities'
• Remedy
• Replace a button
• Follow a pattern, perhaps