DIY High Low Button-Up Crop Top

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Hello everyone!! I'm finally back with another revamping project. I got this dainty button up from Salvation Army (only place I can find good second-hand stuff in my town so like..) for only $3. It is a bit, I mean very outdated, but I was really attracted to the color and the lace high neck. The shirt is a very fancy for me and if you know me, I usually go casual/street-style. That is why I went with a high low cropped top and added the folded sleeves for a more relaxed look. 

To begin my revamping, I cut off the sleeves because they were gathered at the top to create a poofy affect (totally out of fashion). I just want a regular sleeve.

After doing that, I folded the shirt so that the middle of the front and back were the edges ( shown below because I know that didn't make a lot of sense). I then cut the bottom front to the length I wanted the crop to be and then continue cutting in a slanted fashion towards the middle back.

This is how it turned out/looked when I flipped it back to the front. 

Now to the sleeves. I cut off the cuff and trimmed the excess shoulder fabric off of the arm pattern. 

After making sure the arm pieces were okay to sew onto the shirt, I sewed them on and ended up cutting 11cm off of the sleeve for the folded sleeves. To create the folded sleeves, I just folded the sleeve up twice and sewed them down.

For the bottom hemming, I copied the old hem and sewed an blind stitch/invisible stitch. It was my first time doing it instead of observing my mom do it but the seam turned out to be okay. I showed my mom and she was like "you did it so ugly, are you going to redo it" -- ahhaahha no mum. No one will see it but you. 

Thank you for you time! 

Here is the final look!