When you make teddy bears and other stuffed animals, you have to leave an opening in the arms, legs and the back of the teddy bear so you can stuff him and assemble him.  When you are all done putting your teddy together and stuffing him,  then you need to close up the seams.  Here is how I close the seams of my stuffed animals with an invisible ladder stitch.

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