embroider

bedeck decorate embellish knit stitch

beautify braid color deck garnish gild ornament pattern quilt work

cross-stitch fix up gussy up spruce up weave pattern

harm

embellish

aggrandize amplify color distend dramatize elaborate enhance enlarge expand falsify fudge heighten hyperbolize lie magnify overdo overemphasize overestimate overstate pad puff romanticize stretch

blow-up build up make federal case make mountain out of molehill overelaborate overembellish play up spread on thick stretch the truth yeast

abridge compress condense contract curtail decrease diminish lessen lower reduce shorten shrink simplify