craftgrrl | small t-shirt --> big? (Reply)

i bought an awesome 'free tibet' shirt at a music festival in april. the guy selling it told me that the sizes were all wrong so i decided to ignore them and just hold the shirt against another one i had bought (that fit me!) to see which size would be better. it was raining and the ground was muddy, i was wet and cold and couldn't be bothered trying one on. as a result, the shirt is far too small for me.

so i decided to attempt to make it bigger. i unstitched the seams on the sides and under the arms and sewed extra stretch fabric in the sides. but i think i did it back to front because now i have the dilemma of trying to sew the arms back together with some extra material to make them bigger and i have no idea what to do! everything i try seems to make the material bunch up or just look strange when it is put on.

i know there are directions for making big shirts smaller but does anyone know of any for making small shirts bigger? i checked the faq's and couldn't find anything. any help would be appreciated! i'm considering just shoving it in the back of my cupboard, unfinished. i'm going out of my mind!