More DGD Black White Red

 
I was eager to see the fabric combinations I had planned made up into blocks. So I made one of each. I have plans to make four each of these color combinations, but I wanted to see the blocks next to each other. These are the three combinations in the last photo from yesterday's post.

These are some darker blocks I had planned to make.

I always tell my students not to get too hung up in sorting, organizing or shopping for fabrics by category. I think making categories is a bad idea because things could get "stuck" there. I found this fabric above in the Christmas section of my local LQS. The Christmas section is often a great place to look if you want reds or greens, but often you have to hunt through the store to find it. XOXO! I mean Hello! Do you not think this is a perfect fabric to include in a quilt for someone you love?

(Incidentally ALL fabric in my stash is sorted by COLOR and COLOR only.)

I needed more red blocks, so this is what I selected when I was planning all this the other night.

But then I remembered I have a big bin full of black and white scraps. Very often fabrics in this bin wasn't of sufficient quantity to make the outer edge of the blocks, but it was a perfect place to find fabrics for the centers or even the middle section.

The XOXO red became this, which I like very much...

But I found a better option for the center of this red block. I bought and used that black and white cat fabric back in 2017...? 

You may have noticed a preponderance of cat fabrics in this quilt.

Because, like, duh!