Children grow. Teenagers grow even quicker. This shirt had already been re-fashioned from the original long sleeve, to a short sleeve when the child's arms grew too long. A favorite, he wanted to keep it. The white stuff used to be a pillow -- the outer cover gave out, but the fiberfill seemed worth saving. So I stiched the hems closed, stuffed the shirt through the neck opening, pinned and stitched -- which yielded a crooked seam. Lesson learned: If I do this again ( likely ) Stitch the neck opening shut first, then stuff through the bottom hem. I chose to do exposed seams, and used a triple zigzag for them. The stuffing stays, and it looks nice. I don't have a picture of smiling son, but he has cuddled it daily since it was finished. A success!
