Last fall I bought four T-shirts on end-of-summer closeout from the Eddie Bauer outlet store near me, two were a gorgeous slate blue, two black. I didn't really care what the second size in each color was because I intended to use the body to cut new sleeves for the ones which did fit me.
Today, I removed the sleeves (not difficult if you know which threads of the 4-thread serging to pull) from the good blue shirt, used a sleeve as a pattern to cut new 2" longer sleeves from the body of the extra shirt, serged them in place, et voila! I have a V-neck T-shirt in a lovely color which fits the way *I* like...and for under $6.00 total. Can't buy decent knit yardage for that price. ;-) I'll get the black one done next week.
Beverly