Woman stitching up tiger, perhaps child's bloomer (5)
I believe the answer is:
vetch
'woman stitching' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how they can define each other.
'up tiger perhaps child's bloomer' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'child' could be 'ch' (abbreviation for child) and 'ch' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'vet' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for vetch that I've seen before include "Wild plant with purple flowers" , "Climber" , "Purple climbing plant" , "Wild climbing plant" , "Tare" .)