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Hang Ten Rash Guard Pattern GIVEAWAY

I have a super fun giveaway for you today that is PERFECT for summer.

I’m celebrating BLUE for Color Your Summer and giving away Peek-a-boo Pattern Shop’s Hang Ten Rash Guard pattern to THREE winners!

This pattern is a fast sew too, so you could easily whip them up the night before you head out for the pool. Which I happened to do myself. 🙂

Owen’s rash guard got a little fabric painted shark emblem. I was a little worried it wouldn’t hold up that well, but so far so good.

I kept Natalie’s rash guard really basic. No side stripe or anything. I also opted for long sleeves to give her super fair skin extra protection.

We don’t use it all the time, but it’s nice to throw it on when the sun is super intense.

It took a while for Reid to warm up to his “swim shirt.” I mean “seal skin”… 🙂 as we decided to call it. Once he did though, he couldn’t help but tell everyone about how cool it is that he has a shirt that he is supposed to wear in the water! Ha. We are obviously late to the rash guard party over here.

As always, Amy’s patterns have great fit, are true to size and are easy to understand. She has pattern making down to a science folks!

You may be thinking. Can’t I just go buy a rash guard for about the same price as the pattern? Which is true. But that is just ONE rash guard. I love that I made rash guards for all my kids for less then buying three at the store, and I have a pattern to make more year after year. The size range is up to 12 years!

Her fabric allowances give you a lot of scraps you can use for contrasting sleeves, neckbands and side stripes later. The fabric may seem pricey but once you get a stock of swim fabric on hand, you can come up with all sorts of combos and make that fabric go far.

Another thing I love about this pattern in particular? There is very minimal printing. The way Amy set up the pattern layout makes it so you only need to print a handful of pages for each size. If you are printing out three sizes like me that is a HUGE bonus! Less printing, taping, and cutting makes me super happy. 🙂

Also…I can’t help but also love this crazy, just got out of the pool, baby swim hair. 🙂 (tangent…)

Amy has a lot of other great summer patterns in her shop as well. This cute cute tankini pattern is a.dor.able. Check out this nautical sailor dress too! And don’t worry, she didn’t forget about boy swimsuits. That just scratches the surface too. She has over 100 patterns total in her shop!

*Disclaimer: I did not receive this pattern for free. I bought this pattern and asked Amy to do a giveaway because I thought it would be awesome for this series.

Now (rubs hands together) Are you ready to win some Hang Ten Rash Guard patterns?!

All you need to do is follow me and leave a comment. 

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*There will be three winners winning one pattern each.

The giveaway runs from today through Sunday, July 14, 2013 at midnight EST.
GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. Thanks to all who entered!
Sound good?

Alright! Have a great weekend and good luck! 🙂

Oh and of course stop by Kojodesigns for this cool blue picnic organizer from Organize & Decorate everything!

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Comments

  1. Oh wow! I was just saying that I need to plan to make swim suits and rash guards for my super skinny kiddos next summer! This would be so awesome.

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  6. never thought to make my own rash guards! so fun! I follow you through feedly 🙂 (My email is SayonadaT at gmail dot com) Thanks, Delia!

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  7. I LOVE rash guards. We are one fair skinned family with skin cancer in our genes, so rash guards are mandatory in our house. And I would love to win this pattern. I follow you on bloglovin.
    dandeliondrift (at) gmail (dot) com

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  8. I follow you on feedly.

    Hallelujah for a way to cover up my baby girl! Why are there long-sleved rash guards all over the place for boys, but NOTHING for girls?!? I definitely need this pattern.

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  14. I just bought a rash guard for the little buy, but thinking ahead to next year and baby number 2! I follow you on pinterest (email annecrotty at gmail dot com).

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  20. I follow you on feedly. I have been looking for rash guards this summer and haven’t liked any that I have found. I would love to sew some for my kiddos!

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  33. Why did it never occur to me that I could make my own rash guards?? I would love to win this pattern. Would you mind sharing where you find your swimsuit fabric? I love the stripes and polka dots you used! I follow you on BlogLovin’.

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  111. That is adorable! I would love to make one of these for my little guy. He has a short sleeved one, but I’d love a long sleeved one too for intense sun. I follow you on FB 🙂

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  116. both my kids wear rash gaurds the majority of the time and I’ve not been brave enough to dive into swimwear yet, but this might be a great pattern to do that with! I follow you right now through daily e-mails.

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  120. What a great idea!!! I’m with previous commenters about never having thought of this before! It’s something I buy every summer and yet every time I sit in my craft room, it’s never crossed my mind when thinking up the next thing to make for my kids!

    I follow you here on Blogger and now also on Pinterest!

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  136. So very cute! We live a mile from the beach so we get a lot offf use from our rash guards, and we are due for some new ones 🙂 I "liked" you on Facebook

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  138. I have been looking for a good rash guard for my little guy, this would be perfect! I am following you on pinterest

    emilee underscore haines at yahoo.com

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  164. I would love to win this to make rash shirts for our super strong new Zealand sun over summer! sarajspeight(at)yahoo(dot)co(dot)nz

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