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Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Charming Baby Quilts Sew Along Week 1


Charming Baby Sew Along with the Fat Quarter Shop - found on A Bright Corner blog


It's week ONE of the Charming Baby Sew Along*!  I'm sewing along with Melissa Corry and The Fat Quarter Shop to celebrate the launch of Melissa's new book, Charming Baby Quilts  - and you're invited to sew along with us!

Each week for six weeks we'll be making a block or two from each quilt pattern in the book:

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Charming Baby Sew Along with the Fat Quarter Shop - found on A Bright Corner blog

And then we'll be sewing them together into a sampler quilt:

Charming Baby Sew Along with the Fat Quarter Shop - found on A Bright Corner blog - Charming Baby sampler quilt

 For my quilt I'll be sewing with Gypsy Soul, a new line by Basic Grey (Moda Fabrics).

Gypsy Soul fabric by Basic Grey for Moda Fabrics found on A Bright Corner blog

To get started you'll need the Charming Baby Quilts book, and this PDF printable from The Fat Quarter Shop that lists the fabric requirements.  You'll also need to download each week's pattern (week 1 is here).  

All of the info for the sew along is on the Fat Quarter Shop's blog here.  

Charming Baby Quilts book by Melissa Corry  - found on A Bright Corner blog - Charming Baby sew along

This is the first week for the sew along and we'll be making a block from the 'A Star is Born' quilt, and the 'Color in the Lines' quilt.  Here are my blocks for this week:

Be sure to download this week's pattern sheet here! You'll still need the book for measurements and construction details, but each week's pattern sheet tells you how many of each size piece to cut.  

Quilt blocks for the Charming Baby Sew Along with the Fat Quarter Shop - pattern from the Charming Baby Quilts book by Melissa Corry

I'm loving the soft spring-like colors in the Gypsy Soul line - so perfect for this time of year!  

This is the block from the 'A Star is Born' quilt.  The fabric placement in this block is designed to be scrappy, but I decided to use just the coral prints for the block corners and the blues for the star points.  It adds a fun secondary design to the block!

Quilt blocks for the Charming Baby Sew Along with the Fat Quarter Shop - pattern from the Charming Baby Quilts book by Melissa Corry - from the A Bright Corner blog

And these are the blocks from the 'Color in the Lines' pattern.  Nice and quick and easy!

Quilt blocks for the Charming Baby Sew Along with the Fat Quarter Shop - pattern from the Charming Baby Quilts book by Melissa Corry

So grab your charm packs (or scraps!) and get sewing!  

I'll be back next week to share my next two blocks for the sew along.  And if you follow me on Instagram (@abrightcorner) be sure to enter the giveaway of two Gypsy Soul charm packs and a spool of Aurifil thread - courtesy of the Fat Quarter Shop (all details are in my Instagram post)

Gypsy Soul fabric by Basic Grey for Moda Fabrics found on A Bright Corner blog

Here's who will be sewing along with us:

Amanda Castor, Material Girl Quilts
Andy Knowlton - Me!
Beverly McCullough, Flamingo Toes
Melissa Corry, Happy Quilting
Melanie Call, A Bit of Scrap Stuff
Pat Sloan, Pat Sloan


Grab a copy of Charming Baby Quilts book here

See all charm packs currently available at the Fat Quarter Shop here




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