Is it a bird... is it a plane... no it's a top!

I wasn’t sure what to make for my sister’s birthday and decided to try making a top similar to one I have. So I used my top for the main shape of the top, by folding it and drawing around it onto the fabric. This is probably one of the trickiest things I’ve made as I didn’t have much experience of making clothes and I was just making it up. I was pretty pleased with the out come. A couple of things that bothered me were 1) I didn’t attach the straps at the front of the top to the very outside edge of the top (but at least I know to change that if I make similar top) and 2) it looks quite boxy (I did put some elastic in the back to pull it in but I didn't do it tight enough. Plus when the top is on it doesn't look so boxy). Apr 2010