Peplum Top - Delivered!

So my sister received the peplum top!  We Skyped and I saw how it fit, how it looked, and how she liked it.  Here are the results:

• It fits!  This gives me confidence to use the sister'd up dress form again. 
• The peplum works well to accentuate her hips, but it would work better in a fabric with less "stickiness", since the woven cotton tends to catch up on her back as she moves, and not go back down.  Best to wear it with a slippery skirt.
• On the other hand, the more I see it on her, the less I like its ruffly look.  Though the peplum was fun to drape and I liked the look in the abstract, I could also tell it wasn't right for her personality.  And maybe the horizontal effect is too much for her height. 
• The sleeves were a mistake.  I could remove them, but since the rest of the top is just wrong enough that she still wouldn't wear it, why bother? 
• The pattern was a good color and good level of busy-ness for her skin coloring, if a bit too floral for her taste.
  

Here are some pictures of the shirt being worn...  She is hiding her face behind her phone, but that's okay.  I choose to celebrate the fact that it fits in the torso and that I learned a bunch from making it! 

With sleeves...

...sleeves folded up

I think I will take the bodice pattern pieces and extend them lower, with an A-line spread at the bottom, to make a new top. 

(Okay, Sis, you are now free to give the peplum top to the thrift store!)