Turn a beloved T-shirt into a huggable pillow
Recently, one of my granddaughters was dismayed because a nightshirt/T-shirt of mine that she loved to wear when she stayed at grandma's house had reached the point where there were too many holes worn in it to be useful anymore. I was ready to toss it into the rag bag when she pleaded to save "at least the cute bear on the front".

As it turned out, the bear on the front and areas around it did not have any holes, so we cut out a square of fabric that included the bear and also a matching square from the back of the shirt. We turned the picture to the inside and pinned the two pieces of fabric together. My granddaughter, who is 10, used the sewing machine (while I watched carefully) to sew three sides of the squares together. Then we turned it right-side out. She stuffed it with polyester filling and we pinned the final side closed. With a needle and thread, my granddaughter used a simple overhand stitch to sew the last side closed. In a matter of about 20 minutes, we had a precious teddy bear pillow.