Hi friends! I have a song in my mind … but first things first … I have finished the quilt top with solid triangles … the one I didn’t know to choose the arrangement …
It has been over the fence on my attic now few days and anytime I watch it, I Smile! It chose the name by itself “Happy Days”! Those words went around in my mind … then came the song …
… sunday, monday Happy Days … tuesday, wednesday Happy Days … thursday, friday Happy Days …
… do you know what was the most difficult part … to arrange the colours … there is still some repeating but I am relly, really happy with this …
You have to remember The Cunningham family and Fonzie! Usually I don’t google much but now I thought to see if I find something … there it is THE SONG! …. FIRST EPISODE! … that was so fun and I had a good laugh! I want so see more of them! There are lots of links and videos – enjoy!
Today was a happy day … after rainy days, sun was shining and we were out with Nero and Hanna. They enjoyed so much and Nero was sitting on his guarding hill!
Hanna was searching something else …
I can’t believe that this is my first time making a quilt with solids?! Now I’m really hooked – I neede more more more solid bundles! This bundle is Kona solids and I bought it from ‘Fluffy Sheep Quilting’.
You can see HERE how I started to arrange these triangles. I liked the pinwheeles very much but for some reason they were ‘too much in order’ now. I wanted something more random … like messy but of course still some order … I don’t think I could make something without some kind of order.
I have tried to find out how to quilt this sweet baby … I think perhaps I shall stitch straight horizontal lines following the seam allowances. And perhaps using only white … and then the next question is the binding … could that be also white?
Yesterday I were in the harbour – after ages! We were eating in a fish restaurant …nam nam! As you can see it was rainy day and this was the only photo I took, because when we left it was raining too much. This photo features well how the ancient and modern as the old and new appears every where in Greece!
If you need a happy moment hop to see those Happy Days!
I’m linking at ‘WIP wednesday‘, ‘Made By Me wednesday’,‘Really Random Thursday’, ‘Friday Felicities’, ‘Show Off Friday’
Thank you so much for your visit and all your sweet messages! I have been so happy to read how you like the ‘Baby Stars’ quilt and those blue, green turquoise colours!
Sunny wishes and see you soon again!
TEJE
January 30, 2013 at 14:12
It looks great! Very pretty and cheerful.
January 30, 2013 at 19:23
Thank you Mel! x Teje
January 30, 2013 at 14:15
That is a beautiful quilt. I am inspired!
January 30, 2013 at 19:23
Thank you Katie! I’m happy you found inspiration! x Teje
January 30, 2013 at 14:37
I love it.
January 30, 2013 at 19:24
Thanks Heather! x Teje
January 30, 2013 at 14:42
This really makes your day happy. I don’t use solids that much myself, but maybe I should do this more often: it reall looks great.
January 30, 2013 at 19:25
Thank you Dorien! I thought I like more prints but now this is my favourite! x Teje
January 30, 2013 at 14:45
That is just gorgeous!! I love the happy colors of it! I really like how you arranged them in parallelograms, too! Very sharp!
January 30, 2013 at 19:27
Thank you so much! I’m happy with this but I love also the triangle quilt you are making now! x Teje
January 30, 2013 at 14:54
Such a stunning use of colours and whites, I’m so inspired. Looking forward to seeing the completed quilt. Your harbour is lovely.
January 30, 2013 at 19:29
Thank you Gail! I would love to start the quilting but some works go ahead now. Till I have time to quilt, I enjoy watching this as a top! The harbout in Chania is especially beautiful and the other side is full of restaurants and cafeterias – full of people all the summer. x Teje
January 30, 2013 at 15:02
This is such a stunning quilt – happy days to you all
January 30, 2013 at 19:30
Thank you Janine! Happy time to you, too! x Teje
January 30, 2013 at 15:02
Gorgeous Teje. I love the sense of movement in it.
January 30, 2013 at 19:32
Thank you! I like that, too! This time I prefered something else that continuing lines as chevron is for example. x Teje
January 30, 2013 at 15:09
I am hopping over from Freshly Pieced….your quilt caught my eye and I’m so glad that I did. I’m going to have a look around at all of your colorful qulits…my favorite. Your Happy Day quilt looks a bit like herringbone design to me…love it!
January 30, 2013 at 19:33
Thank you Carla! I’m happy you like my colourful works! You have it right, this reminds herringbone. x Teje
January 30, 2013 at 15:16
Love those solids. I have been doing so much with the Kona Medium Gray solid and loving it. Using it as a ‘neutral’. Will have to check out your “source” for the bundle. Straight stitching in white and white binding. So perfect, clean, fresh….just like your photos. So glad that you, Hannah and Nero have sun to enjoy. At the moment we, here, are in the middle of a winter storm. Quilt group is supposed to meet tonight and the storm is supposed to be done by afternoon. I will wait to see. Several of us live up on high ‘ridges’ and the roads can be quite treacherous, especially at night. Keep those warm pictures coming!!!!!! Blessings, Doreen
January 30, 2013 at 19:36
Thank you Doreen! I wish I could join your quilt group! Kona solids are very nice and you can see that the white is different. My only worry is how this quilt will act in the washing, because the white is pre-washed and of course those pre-cut solids are not. I hope I won’t get any unpleasant surprise. x Teje
January 30, 2013 at 16:02
You’re right! This is a really happy quilt! I’m not into using solids yet, but I always admire other people’s! Jxo
January 30, 2013 at 19:39
Thank you Judith! I have also used mainly prints till now. Then I saw this bundle when I was ordering some other fabrics and thought now I want to try Kona solids and I’m so happy I did! I love the colours! But I think that when I work with solids I do need to have lots of colours like these, to get ‘painted’ result. x Teje
January 30, 2013 at 16:58
I’ve started using solids in my quilts also and it was a Kona fabric! Love what you did with this. I can see a use for my stash!
January 30, 2013 at 19:40
Thank you Sage! Please show your quilts! And give hugs to Sage! x Teje
January 30, 2013 at 18:15
Your top and your scenery are gorgeous!
January 30, 2013 at 19:40
Thank you for your sweet comment! x Teje
January 30, 2013 at 18:17
Love this quilt. Am sooo motivated to make a similar one .
Leena
January 30, 2013 at 19:42
Thank you! I like this quilt so much and all the happy colours! Make one – you shall have fun! x Teje
January 30, 2013 at 18:57
Pretty quilt! I love the way you laid out the HST so the bright colors and whites create a new kind of zig zag pattern.
January 30, 2013 at 19:44
Thank you Terri! I’m happy to hear you like this! I’m 100 % sure that there are so many quilts made like this, but I don’t remember seeing any. I just turned the blocks around – didn’t want to make zik zak or lines – so this is what it became! I’m waiting to get this on my wall to see it better! x Teje
January 30, 2013 at 19:14
I really like your arrangement of HSTs! The colors are so cheerful.
January 30, 2013 at 19:45
Thank you Tina! I think the colourful surrounding here makes me use bright colours and I do enjoy them! x Teje
January 30, 2013 at 19:27
Oh, those Kona bundles, they are addictive, no? Lovely quilt top, the name fits perfectly. And yes, I think white binding would be great. Thank you also for stopping by my blog today!
January 31, 2013 at 19:53
Thank you Kerstin! I have been thinking about the binding and Zooperson had a good idea for navy checked – then I thought stripy fabric which I have with rainbow colours – but at the end I’m quite sure it’s going to be white! Thanks for your support! x Teje
January 30, 2013 at 19:43
It´s lovely! I´ve wanted to make a herringbone quilt for so long and I like your way a lot!
January 30, 2013 at 19:46
Thank you so much! I’m happy to hear that! x Teje
January 30, 2013 at 20:33
So lovely; both the quilt and the background for the quilt. I love all solids quilts too!
January 31, 2013 at 19:54
Thank you Karen! I had a wonderful trip around your beautiful blog! x Teje
January 30, 2013 at 20:36
Lovely! It will be interesting to see how you quilt it.
January 31, 2013 at 19:55
Thank you Patricia! I’m also interested to see how it will look quilted! x Teje
January 30, 2013 at 23:13
This is lovely! I too have never ventured much with just solids, but it looks like fun!
January 31, 2013 at 19:57
Thank you Kimberly! I think I have made so much with prints so it was time to look something new and now I’m happy to say that I love also solids! x Teje
January 31, 2013 at 03:55
That is a happy quilt! And when your wonderful stitches are added it will be more than happy. I love it and the repeats that I finally was able to spot–you shouldn’t have tattler on yourself– : ) look like they belong where you put them. So it is perfect! Maybe a small check in navy and white would be a good binding?
January 31, 2013 at 19:59
Thank you so much! I like your idea for binding! Perhaps blue would be only colour I would like to pick for the binding. x Teje
January 31, 2013 at 08:52
Hi!! I love the combination of solid and white!! It turn always out great!! Love it!! AnneK:-)
January 31, 2013 at 20:00
Thank you Anne! White is so good and I needed always with the colours! x Teje
January 31, 2013 at 10:55
I loved watching the Fonz when I was young Teje, such happy funny shows. I really love these solids you have used, they look stunning in the quilt. Hope you enjoyed your meal and have a lovely weekend, nearly there again!
Jane x
January 31, 2013 at 20:02
Thank you Jane! I was happy to see again Fonz and the others in Happy Days – they look now so funny! It was happy, funny and harmless series! Have a wonderful weekend! x Teje
January 31, 2013 at 14:42
This reminds me of a Herringbone pattern, love that you didn’t go for the easy option and do a chevron, this is much more inventive! I’ve yet to make a solids quilt but I am in a new sampler bee and I’ve specified solids only for this one so soon enough I will have a solids quilt too!
January 31, 2013 at 20:04
Thank you so much! I’m happy to see that also solids can be so fun to work with! I’m looking forward to see yours! x Teje
January 31, 2013 at 21:25
Isn’t it funny, how hard “random” can be.
February 1, 2013 at 07:15
Thank you Stella! It may be more difficult to make random than order! x Teje
January 31, 2013 at 22:03
Hi Teje, Your quilt is really beautiful
A white binding would be perfect but you could also choose any of the solid colours too:-) Whatever you decide will be gorgeous 
I would definitely use several colour catcher sheets when you wash your quilt. The solids will bleed into the white but the catchers help. Avis x
February 1, 2013 at 07:14
Thank you Avis! But now you made me scare of the washing! We don’t have any colour catchers here – I guess I don’t wash this for a long time – anyway I thought to keep it as a wall quilt. Thank you so much for reminding me about the colour bleed!!! x Teje
February 1, 2013 at 16:26
I love these colors! It made me smile too.
February 1, 2013 at 17:53
Thank you Amanda! I’m happy to hear that! x Teje
February 3, 2013 at 06:34
I loved that show. LOVED it! Thanks for linking up this Happy Days quilt to Friday Felicities!
February 3, 2013 at 16:21
Thank you Felicity! x Teje
February 3, 2013 at 08:53
Hello Tege
What a vibrant and happy looking quilt !! I am all new to this quilting obsession, and obsession its becoming ! Cannot stop buying fabric! My day job is very demanding, so it does not give me much time to sew but I am making my fist full bed quilt ! Thank you for your message and your kind words. Love your blog, and look forward to reading your quilting journey,
February 3, 2013 at 16:24
Thank you Carol! I made my first quilt 2009-10 and since then I love to make patchwork and quilt! Have a great week! x Teje
February 6, 2013 at 03:14
I just love this quilt top! Everything–the solids (LOVE solids!) Just beautiful!
February 6, 2013 at 08:41
Thank you so much! I know you love to use solids in happy colours! Do you have good tips to share how to wash these quilts so that we don’t ruin the white parts. x Teje