It’s Kona week here at Lola Pink Fabrics and we’ve got 2 great dresses to show you. Both are made by one of our super, sweet customers. She’s been sewing for years and years and absolutely raves about the Kona cotton solids.
I just love how you can take something as plain as a piece of solid fabric and turn it into something so pretty!
So why does she love Konas so much? She loves how bold and saturated the colors are. She also loves the weight of the material saying that pleats hold their shape making Konas a dream to smock with. 
I wish I had a fraction of this woman’s talent and skill. I keep hoping that if she comes in to the shop often enough maybe some of her skill will brush off onto me 
And what better fabric for visiting an aquarium than Patty Young’s Gold Fish? I ask you that!
I used Pink Figs The Lily Top pattern. A very cute pattern indeed! I made it long so that it would be a full length dress. The most notable thing about this dress is the shirring. It’s a technique that many are afraid to tackle, but it was very easy. You hand wind elastic thread onto your bobbin, lengthen a straight sticth to a 4 and sew like normal. There are 4 rows of stitching spaced about 1/4 inch apart. When you’re done sewing, you tie off the elastic ends, and then blast the area with steam from your iron. It shrinks the elastic thread and the material gathers up. Very cute, don’t you think? It has shirring around the neck, the waist and the sleeves. I’ll be doing more shirring for sure. Very fun! (And easier than casing elastic if you ask me!)
