I felt great in them on vacation and knew I was keeping the most sensitive part of my skin safe from the intense Riviera Maya sun. They are also very quick sewing projects!

There is a FIRST Time for Everything

I had never owned a rash guard until I made my first one last month. After making that one, I really wanted to see whether it was a style I would actually wear before making another. It was a style I wanted to like on me since my arms and chest really do not need anymore sun exposure. You can find the initial post where I blogged about the Reagan Rash Guard HERE.

The great news is – I LOVED it. I felt so secure and happy in the sun. I went snorkeling for the first time, and I wasn’t constantly worried that I was going to burn and look like a lobster when we got back from the 3.5 hour excursion. I wore a hat, some sunglasses, and used as much sunscreen as I could, but ya’ll, I didn’t get burned AT ALL!! Usually, even with those precautions my arms and chest still are pink, but they weren’t! I was also closer to the equator than ever before so I am now sold on the need for a rash guard when swimming.

Fabric

This was my first time to sew with swim fabric from The Styled Magnolia. I have sewn with their athletic fabrics and just live in them so I bought this fabric last month when looking at their site for something else. This just fell in my cart because it was tropical and had pink – lots of pink.

I am so glad I sewed it up because this print is being RETIRED!!! I can’t believe it, but this print is up for preorder right now (through July 5), and she has no plans of bringing it back. It is being offered on lots of different fabric bases, so if sewing swim is not for you, pick your favorite fabric base, and she probably has it.

My Bottoms and Swim Top

The Reagan Rash Guard does not come with any support underneath or bottoms, so I am wearing it over a bikini. For underneath the rash guard, I am wearing my hot pink full coverage North Shore Swimsuit Top with a swim hook in the back. It has really great support with the cups I added. I think The Styled Magnolia swim is pretty opaque because my top isn’t obvious underneath either.

For my bottoms, I made the North Shore Swimsuit Scoop Bottoms. I made this pair not reversible so that they have swim lining on the inside, rather than a different fabric. They are seriously the quickest bottoms to make.

Resources

• Sew Alongs and Videos: You can find the full video sew along for this swim top and bottoms HERE. You can find the video on how I sewed my bottoms HERE. You can find the video of how I sewed the swim top I am wearing underneath my rash guard HERE.
• The Reagan Rash Guard Pattern can be found HERE.
• The Greenstyle North Shore Swimsuit can be found HERE.
• The fabric for my swim rash guard and bottoms are from The Styled Magnolia. You can find it HERE. I bought the large scale size.

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Photo credit: my sweet 10 year old! She was so excited to jump in the pool when we finished taking photos.