For me...........

 Here's the first top that I have made for myself since.............uh????????????? I don't remember when!
This is some really cheap inexpensive fabric I bought at Walmart!  I didn't want to take a chance on an expensive piece of fabric for my first top for myself, in case it didn't turn out so well.  I loved the watercolor look about it.  The colors are really pretty, I thought.  I used a shirt that I already had to get the basic size, etc.... Then, I played with it on my dress form.   I cut the ruffles on the front on the bias and draped them from the top to the bottom overlapping them.  As you can see, they have a curve to them.  I zigzagged the edges while stretching the fabric on the hems on the top and the sleeves, as I went, so that it gives the fluted ruffled look.

I guess you can tell that this is the back view.  It fits me a little too tightly snuggly around the arm scye in the back.

The part I like the least about this top is the sleeves.  They are too short and too full for my taste, but I actually copied the sleeve on the top that I used as a pattern.  Somehow, they didn't turn out exactly the same.  I look like a linebacker butterfly about to take off.

I do like the neck.  I made a bias binding from the same fabric.  After applying it, I went around the edge with my hem stitch from my sewing machine.  I reversed the stitch and adjusted the width so that the swing stitch would go JUST off the edge.  I also tightened the tension on my top thread so that it would pull in just a little, making the shell effect.

So, even though it isn't perfect, it is wearable.  I will make longer sleeves next time(probably 3/4 length) and take fullness out. That is, if I ever make another top similar to this one.  The next project for my self is a shrug to wear to a couple of weddings I have coming up for 2 nephews and a niece.  I'm not really sure what I'm going to wear to these weddings, but I have 2 sleeveless dresses that I like a lot, except I DO NOT wear sleeveless anything!!!!  I have a pattern for a shrug that has several views.  I'll have to decide which I like best.  Hum?????????  I also thought about cutting off the long dress that I wore to my daughter's wedding almost 6 years ago, and make new sleeves from what I cut off.  I really like the dress, but will probably never wear it the length it is again.  Plus, I don't like the sleeves on it either.  They were ok at the time, but that was 6 years ago!!  Can you tell I have issues with sleeves?  I don't have the pretty,  smooth, firm arms that I once did in my youth.