Hello friends! I actually sat at my sewing machine and sewed last week.
I know! So exciting!
For my project I used 10 Fat Quarters from Pat Bravo's Summerlove collection.
Sa-woon. This palette is so pretty, so end-of-summery, wonderful.
And Art Gallery Fabrics has the same bundle of Summerlove FQ's to giveaway to one of you. To enter leave one comment on this post. You can share a favorite summer memory if you want to.
(To qualify to win you must also follow AGF's rules and follow them on your favorite social media platforms (i.e. Twitter, Pinterest or Facebook) and you must subscribe to the Art Gallery Fabrics blog, so that you can stay up to date on the latest tutorials and collections at AGF. A win-win if you ask me.) Giveaway open until Friday, August 24 at midnight MST. GIVEAWAY CLOSED
Don't forget you can add your Art Gallery Fabric projects to the AGF Flickr page to be eligible for more random prizes as well!
Remember, to see the full Tutorial go here.
If you just can't wait, you can find Summerlove fabrics at the Fat Quarter Shop,
Happy Sewing!
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I just love this fabric! my summer memory isn't a favourite but moving over 2 hours away to a new home in the middle of a new city, church, job and school sure has been an adventure so far!
ReplyDeleteFishing with my grandpa and catching a huge Northern!
ReplyDeleteI can think of several things for which that fabric would be perfect.
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite summer memories is of watching and sometimes catching fireflies. I now live where the altitude is so high that we do not have fireflies, and was thrilled when we were able to vacation where my daughter saw them for the first time.
Best summer memory? A BIG multi-family vacation to the beach (Gulf of Mexico) a few years back. A week of sunning, seafood and games. :)
ReplyDeleteLove this color combination!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite summer memory is spending several weekend in a row at my favorite lake in Northern California. I would wake up to the smell of bacon cooking and the sounds of dogs barking kids splashing and boats running. LOvE. And I LOVE that bundle!!! Sooooo pretty!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great project - maybe I will have a granddaughter to sew for someday - sigh... My favorite summer memory is the fun we had swimming in our parents' pool. Fun, fun times :-)
ReplyDeleteLove these colors! One thing I love is that my daughter still LOVES when I make her things... dresses, bags, quilts, anything.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite summer memory is my 15 month old eating a giant piece of watermelon on 4th of July. It was the cutest mess I have ever seen and she was so happy. I follow Art Gallery Fabrics on twitter and their blog on my google reader.
ReplyDeleteCute Skirt! Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteFavorite summer memory -- water fights with our neighbor friends. And I love these fabrics and this skirt, so pretty!
ReplyDeleteAdorable! What great fabrics! My favorite summer memory was watching my 2 year old get so excited to see Shamu at Sea World this summer. His excitement made me excited!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite summer memories are of the lake and beach with my family! I follow Agf on pinterest and via rss!
ReplyDeleteDone :)! I love the Summerlove color palette! I'm a newbie to sewing and uber-newbie to quilting, but my love runs deep :D
ReplyDeleteMy best summer memory is of camping with my family.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite SUmmer memory is anytime I'd go to the lake house that my grandparents owned. Swimming all day and delicious food! You get so hungry when you swim all day. :)
ReplyDeleteI love summer especially thr fresh fruit!
ReplyDeleteDuring the summer we used to slide down the grass-covered hill behind our house on pieces of cardboard. It was so much fun. And summer lasted forever in those days. Now summer is over in a blink.
ReplyDeleteIt's lovely Amy! These are some of my favorite colors, and they look soo great all together. I would totally wear this. You know, a bit longer :)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite summertime memory was having $.25 snow cones from Mendoza's store which was behind the city park which was across from my home. They were extra large with cherry and banana flavors and the best.
ReplyDeleteAdorable skirt! This summer's favorite memory - my daughter's wedding. :)
ReplyDeleteLove the fabric! My favorite summer activity is hanging out with my kids!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous skirt! Fav childhood memory is hay-making time on the farm, I still remember the smell of the fresh hay and how it felt when the sun was shining!
ReplyDeleteSo cute! One of my favorite memories was spending a summer with my cousin on the farm in Minnesota, so much fun!
ReplyDeleteLovely giveaway! Such pretty fabrics!! Going to look at your tutorial! :) Happy Monday!xx Holly
ReplyDeleteLove this fabric! I can't wait to start making summer memories with my new son! <3
ReplyDeleteOh how cute! Heading over there now Amy.
ReplyDeleteI really want to learn how to sew my own
skirts and other garments. :o)
Have a great week. Love ya! Trish
ps. Will be playing with the Tapestry
mini real soon. Thanks so much!!
Very cute! I have subscribed and following on Pinterest! Thanks for the chance to win this great fabric.
ReplyDeleteLove this summery fabric! I follow them on FB and subscribe to their blog.
ReplyDeleteThis is so adorable Amy!!! You just blow me away with all of your amazingly adorable tutorials!!
ReplyDeleteJust started following AFG on FB, and I will definitely be making this skirt. Maybe for the first day of school?!
ReplyDeleteMy strongest memory of summer is my grand mother sitting in her blue rose patterned dress picking black currents. Sunshine and summer at its best!
ReplyDeletethis fabric is so pretty! thanks for the giveaway! :)
ReplyDeleteThe skirt looks divine. My favourite summer memory is spending endless hours in the surf with my brother at our annual summer holiday up the coast.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful fabric and great tutorial. My fondest summer memory is water skiing on the glassy water as the sun goes down over the bay (hearing the jaws music in my head and hoping I won't fall off the ski)
ReplyDeleteMy favourite part of every summer is the Festival of Quilts, and now it's over for another year :( Thanks for the chance x
ReplyDeleteLovely fabrics and a great tutorial :) My favorite part of summer is time with my kids on a more relaxed schedule (and no preparing school lunches)
ReplyDeleteI love this skirt...super cute. Just so happens I have a 10 year old DD who would love it! The fabric is amazing. My favorite summer memory is every year as a kid we'd travel from California to Montpelier, Idaho. We'd drive all night long (15 hours) and arrive at Bear Lake in the morning. I could hardly wait to crest Logan canyon and see the sparkling blue lake. Even to this day (I'm now 41) I still feel the same excitement as we reach the top and catch the first glimpse of the lake.
ReplyDeleteSuch a cute skirt and gorgeous bundle! My best memory from this summer so far will be going swimming in the river with my dog on Saturday. The water was gorgeous but her reaction was the best part. She was so stressed! She's supposed to swim, mum and dad are supposed to stay out of the water. I think I kind of blew her mind!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway.
I loved making sno cones in the summer when I was a kid.
ReplyDeleteOh goodness, that looks like a breath of fresh air!
ReplyDeletelovely pattern, i think i might have to sew one up tomorrow!! favorite summer memory...being at the lake with my whole family ♥
ReplyDeleteWas thinking of you yesterday....as I perused the Antique Emporium in Frederick! Wasn't as fun as when we went there!! Sorry...no cool Pyrex!xoxo
ReplyDeleteLovely skirt - my favorite memories are the time spent with my three little grandsons.
ReplyDeleteADORABLE!!! If only I had a daughter!
ReplyDeleteSmiles~Beth
Lovely skirt. I loved swimming with my siblings :)
ReplyDeleteLove the fabric collection. My favorite summer memory is my son's wedding. It was a beautiful day!!
ReplyDeleteGreat combo of fabrics! My memories of summer-walking to the playground for craft classes. Braiding gimp!
ReplyDeleteCute, cute, cute fabrics! What a great way to end the summer! When I think back to my childhood summers, I remember running out after dinner to play with the other neighborhood kids until my dad whistled us home. He had this amazingly loud and distinct whistle, something like "whee-you-WEEEEEEEE-you!" and when we heard it, no matter what we were doing, we were to head home. Other kids had to rely on when the streetlights came on, for us it was "Mr. Rink's whistle."
ReplyDeleteCute fabrics - One of my favorite summer memories is the 4th of July - we have such a great tradition and the kiddos are really starting to enjoy it and look forward to it every year.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite summertime memory is camping at Devils Lake and taking breaks from swimming to snack cubes of cheddar cheese and strawberries on a blanket on the beach!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite summer memory is going to the movies with my dad. I saw some great movies back then. Also, a favorite summer memory was going to the Central library with my dad. Those trips were the reasons I love to read so much.
ReplyDeletean ongoing favorite summer memory would have to be going to the pool here on the farm with our 9yr old grandson :-)Luv these fabrics and your cute skirt, Thank You!
ReplyDeleteThat fabric is wonderful. My favorite summer memories are all the great vacations I took with my family growing up.
ReplyDeleteWe follow AGF on FB and Pinterest (under Margaret W. and Margaret Quilts), and subscribe to the Art Gallery Fabrics blog. This is a cute skirt and does look like would be quick and easy to make. Thanks for the chance to win AGF fabrics, and the tutorial.
ReplyDeleteSummer = sun = fun. Thanks for the opportunity. I've liked AGF for awhile on FB already!
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My favorite memory is picking blackberries with my sisters and bringing tons (well, not literally) of them home to my mom who made blackberry pies. Mmmmmm
ReplyDeleteFavorite memories are just spending the summer in MN with my grandchildren! Live in the south all winter so this is fun! Have 2 Little girls to make skirts for.....great tutorial!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I love spending time with friends. Random adventures.
ReplyDeleteRecent summer memory: an evening swim in a lake just 4 minutes walk from my home. The woods surrounding the lake, the eater soft and refreshing... Love it!
ReplyDeleteRunning through the sprinkler, with the grass all crispy under my bare feet because we didn't usually water the lawn. I follow AGF on Facebook as well as their blog (and yours, do I get bonus points?)
ReplyDeleteCute skirt. :) I am curious, on the inside seams, you didn't mention you used a serger or zig zag over them. Are you concerned that they will fray over time or will it be okay not to? It's such a cute skirt. The fabric is perfect! I would love to win and make my own. :) Thank you for the give away! I follow Art Gallery's block and Facebook.
ReplyDeleteWith Spring/Summer looming around the corner in the southern hemisphere I can imagine so many uses for this soft summery range of fabrics, gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteSuch lovely fabrics. My favorite summer memory is hunting shells on the beach with my family. I follow the Art Gallery Blog and follow them on twitter. Thanks for the nifty tutorial. So cute!
ReplyDeleteVery cute skirt! Love the fabric! My favorite summer memory is spending the day at Golden Gate park feeding the ducks and walking through the gardens.
ReplyDeleteLove Art Gallery fabrics Pat Bravo & Bari J. so thank you for this giveaway. My favourite summer memory is the beach, walking in the shallow water to feel crabs hidden under foot or trying to get worms from the sand which were yards long. I never got the knack but some would just extract them taller than they were. Amazing. Hot sand, cold water, sun setting, kids again,
ReplyDeleteThank you for the giveaway follow blog, Pininterest & Facebook. Cheers.
cute skirt, love the fabrics, I follow AGF on Twitter and their blog. My favorite summer memory...12 years old, laying on the driveway at 10 pm getting a "moon tan".
ReplyDeleteThose fabrics are just beautiful and my favorite summer memory when I was a child is riding a bike with friends and eating ice cream,going to the pool.Now I love go to the beach ,walking and tapas with.
ReplyDeleteyour skirt is just elegant and beautiful!!
I`m a happy follower of you and Art Gallery Fabrics.Thanks for the giveaway!!
I follow Art Gallery Fabrics on my yahoo page and follow your blog as well. Oh, and I follow AGF on Twitter, too.
ReplyDeleteLOVE the skirt! It's so cute!
My favorite summer memory is of the years before the recession hit us so badly and we were able to go home to the US and visit my side of the family and all of our friends. Sigh... Please God we'll get to that point again!
My favorite memory of summer is staying out late and catching fire flies. I am a follower.
ReplyDeleteI've been enjoying your blog. Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI follow art gallery on fb. & now also their blog.
ReplyDeleteI love going camping in the summer!
honestly, my favorite thing about summer is being to just relax with my kids at the pool. they get worn out, i get a tan. everyone's happy. i follow AGF on FB and pinterest, as well as follow their blog in reader. thanks!
ReplyDeleteI thik that skirt is adorable and I love the fabrics you used. Thanks for having a giveaway and thanks for the tutorial.
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Thanks for the FQ give away. I love your skirt! My fav summer memory is wading in a cool creek with my brother and sisters,(that we were told not go near to by our parents). Of course one of us fell in so we were busted.
ReplyDeleteGreat tutorial...My favorite summer memory is making clover chains and wearing them on our heads or around our necks.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the give away - my favorite summer memory is waking up and having the whole day ahead of me to do what I wanted - no school! I would usually end up walking to the neighborhood pool and go swimming.
ReplyDeleteI follow AGF blog and on Facebook.
ReplyDeleteI subscribe to agf.
ReplyDeleteI took a summer vacation in Hawaii this year. I loved snorkeling
I love summer for the lack of schedules! It's nice to kick back and spend time together. Thank you for the chance, I am a follower.
ReplyDeleteI love to work in the garden in the summer, but only until it gets too hot, then its indoors for quilting!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite summers were spent at the city pool. The smell of chlorine and cracker jacks still takes me back...
ReplyDeleteMy favorite summer memories always involve family vacations. The two that stand out are a 3 week long road trip throughout all of California's great sights, and the others are all of our Disney vacations. I've been to Disney World too many times to count...
ReplyDeleteI love to take my little boy to the splash pools or the beach in summer, lots of good memories of doing that :)
ReplyDeleteLove the skirt :)
I follow and subscribe to AGF too!
My favorite summer memory was two years ago when we took my then two-year old daughter to the ocean for the first time. She loved it! :-) Thanks for the chance to win - this fabric is so lovely!
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My favourite summer memories are of the beach
ReplyDeleteI had a fun summer memory the other day when a pod of dolphins surfaced just yards away when I was dipping my feet in the ocean.
ReplyDeleteIt's such a great skirt Amy...and the fabrics are beautiful! My favorite summer memory is chasing fireflies as a little girl while visiting my Grandparents in Iowa! They were such a magical thing that we didn't have in Nevada!
ReplyDeleteSuch a cute skirt. I have a 12 year old girl that I could possibly convince to actually wear a skirt if she had one like this. We could also make a mini version for her 2 year old sister. My favorite summer memory is watching my dad's face turn red after I see him looking at a pretty girl on the beach and informing him that she was in my class at school. So funny!
ReplyDeleteI adore fat quarters! Especially the ones you picked. Cute! My favorite summer memories involve southeastern Idaho - miserable in the winter, but absolutely incredible during the summer (a season I never appreciated while living in so. NV). When you could see the Tetons clearly, they were absolutely breathtaking! Even though summer lasted for just a couple of months, hiking at the Palisades in Swan Valley/Kelly Canyon, the gardens at BYUI, and being able to walk a couple of miles to the park in the afternoon when it was only 80 degrees, made for some picturesque memories!
ReplyDeleteOur little local water park, "Cherry Hill" in Farmington Utah, is our memory making location. Fun in the Sun! I love the colors of this current giveaway. So warm and sunny. I would be tickled pink to win.
ReplyDeleteCloud watching by the river near my house would be my favourite summer memory. I'd love to make something bright and beautiful from these fabrics!
ReplyDeleteThat is a beautiful skirt! And the fabrics are wonderful!
ReplyDeleteCute tut, Amy! I always love seeing the fun quick projects you come up with for fat quarters- you have a gift my friend! XO
ReplyDeletePS- I am loving the note on your comment form and I couldn't possibly agree more. BLOGGER IS MAKING ME INSANE! Don't they hear the 1000s and 1000s of bloggers griping all over the net about this problem? It's maddening. Hoping an easy solution is found soon, for all of our sakes! XO
ReplyDeletelovely skirt and fabrics! my favorite summer memory is glastonbury festival! (all of them, haha). I am hoping to add to my favourite summer memories with the birth of my little girl in a couple of weeks :)
ReplyDeleteMy favourite summer memory is hanging out with friends and family for a trip:)
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Great skirt. My favorite summer memory? Popsicles.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite summer memory is camping at the lake and spending the entire day in the water!
ReplyDeleteThe skirt is so beautiful! Thank you for sharing! My favorite summer memory would be toes in the sand, planted on a towel next to my husband!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite summer memory is sitting in a cabin in the mountains while the rain is falling and the fog is rolling in! Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteAhhh... I just can't get enough of Art Gallery. Nothing better than their silky soft feel. And your stack of fq's with those soft tones...to die for! Love love love! Thanks Amy and Art Gsllery Fabrics
ReplyDelete-Amber!
Love this fabric! My favorite summer memory is of visiting relatives in beautiful western NY. It was always so much fun hanging out with everyone and being in the country for a while.
ReplyDeleteI love your projects! Thank you for sharing your talents!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite summer memory this summer was getting to go to a work related seminar in historic Leiscter England and getting to tour London on the weekend.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite summer memory is spending two weeks in Michigan with our family. We are military and we only get to see them twice a year. Not enough! Ice cream, cook outs, country life, swimming, cousins, kayaking, and kittens. Hugs and kisses... oh the memories! Shuttermom77 at gmail dot com
ReplyDeleteI really love the pinks in this collection. One of my favorite summer memories was camping in the Dells.
ReplyDeleteLove the Summerlove collection!!
ReplyDeleteLove these fabrics! My favorite summer memory is seeing Lady Antebellum in concert. Such a fun night!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance to win!
Both the fabrics and the skirt so nice! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI've got mye best summer memories being at my grandparents house by the sea, fishing and bathing and doing all kinds of fun stuff.