If Darwin was alive today he'd probably write about this evolution

Holy moly, guys... I only made the final four in the Spring Top Sewalong! I totally wasn't expecting that. I don't want to totally spam my blog talking about this top ALL OF THE TIME, but please forgive a tiny bit more navel gazing... The Train To Crazy mentioned on Twitter that it might be interesting to post the Evolution of The Never-ending Dress Quest (which culminated with the Spring Top) so here goes:

It all started with this Jamie dress, straight off the printer with no alterations:

After rotating the straps to vertical and removing most of the gathers along the neckline, I had this:


Then I removed all of the elastication from the neckline and lowered it heaps:


I didn't like the gathers, so I draped it to form darts. I also made it a v-neck instead of a scoop neck:


For my final(ish) dress I took it in as far as my body would allow without asphyxiating. I then failed to take proper pictures:


Don't worry this one is pretty much identical:


And, finally, I made it into a top with a lot more ease and greater neckline modesty:


So there we go then. Go forth and cast your votes! The other tops are fantastic so it's a real privilege being a finalist :)

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