I get what you mean about the Rainbow Dash apron. Perhaps redesign the pleats to be more like a Spartan Style skirt, that way the colors underneath peak through more so subtly . As for fluttershy I am not crazy about the yellow i chose and i think perhaps a new choice of yellow may make the apron pop a bit more, i like the butterfly bib on it and the soft curves along the bottom but i agree its kind of meh. my original design for rarity had purple and white lace on a different pattern style, but i scrapped that idea to make it look more like a ver simple and elegantly stated gown which is how i came up with the present design. I will be doing the gala dresses at some point as well but i am running through a couple different plush patterns I just finished a test run on Rarity, I like how it came out but there is defiantly a lot of different things i would change, like making her hair two tone, reshaping her head and a different combination of thread on her eyes. http://morisall.deviantart.com/art/Rarity-plush-441060882