Charming Baby Quilts Sew Along Week 1

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

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

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.  

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.  

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!

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

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)

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