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Ombré and Big Floral Mash Up!

9/30/2021

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​Patty Murphy makes a super quilt with a few tossed in recos from an ombré nut (me!) who can't keep her mouth shut...Yup, this post is about Patty Murphy's Aether Quilt which will dazzle the honey bees and make rainbows jealous! She is a gem of a human and a color maven- once you study this quilt, you'll see why! 
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Patty working out the Orange Peels on the wall to ombre the florals.
Patty and I are cofounders of Create and Sustain. We talk a lot via Zoom about the environment, how to help our industry be greener, be more conscious about our impact on the earth and important issues like that. So she had this WIP Orange Peel quilt in the background for a few of our sessions that kept morphing around as WIPs do.  One day, I asked her, "Hey Patty, are you putting white in the background or doing something different?" I waited for a reply as my mind was dancing seeing those big bold florals of  Kaffe Fasset/Anna Maria Horner types.
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Watch our recent IGTV on Instagram. The Q&A where she tells us the story of her process. The Batik she was pondering before I dropped the SKY bomb!
She says, "I am not doing a traditional white background, but pondering a batik" I say, "What batik?" and she shows me. "Oh" I squeaked. I was literally sitting on my hands and biting my tongue until I couldn't take it anymore...My mind was swirling in SKY ombre (shocker). I had to restrain myself from just blurting out SKYYYYYY: So I took a pause and said, "Hey Patty, remember those 30 half yard cuts of my SKY Ombrès I sent you, have you thought about using those? They may be really something mixed with those florals". I had been wondering for months when someone out there might start mixing big bold prints with my SKY and here it was right on Patty's design wall. She had something else planned and confessed that opening up the special bundles was a big deal. But we now know she did and the results are much more than the sum of two parts. My jaw dropped to the floor next time I saw her design wall. Seriously...
The M A G I C is real! 
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Off and running Patty is slicing and dicing and designing!
Watch this cute clip of Patty and Kermit moving around the pieces to get it just right. Watch the IGTV interview to hear about her process, get her pattern on Etsy and the fabric from my shop (Sunrise and Sunset HTHI towers)
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close up of floral and ombres
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She uses various Aurifil threads to do her topstitching of raw appliqué onto the SKY background
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She started with hand appliqué and wanted to finish it before she turned 97 so opted for alternate method of machine appliqué.
So that is how the story goes and from there, she was like a wildfire with the cutting up of ombre, playing and placing and having a grand ole time being so so creative. It's all about that juice! 
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get your peels figured out and then your background after.
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The top is done. 70x70 We are all wondering how she's going to quilt it! Stay tuned :)
There you have it. It's stunning and has had a HUGE response on Instagram so if you are just on my email list and don't give a mice's butt about that stuff, don't feel like you're missing out (except the videos, they are fun)
Finally, drum roll please: I have very exciting news that also makes me bite my tongue and sit on my hands because OCTOBER 8th MY NEW 16 SKY OMBRES LAUNCH with Robert Kaufman! I have a few videos and a 34 page lookbook that is dropping and it's drop dead gorgeous! Lots of very special makers showing their talents with new SKY. Can't wait to share. I will be posting about that next week! Off to Madeline Island to teach next week, you'll hear from me via IG. Be well and keep the ombre fire sparkling.
​xo 
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10 Comments
Lynn Elkinton
10/1/2021 04:02:33 am

Absolutely stunning! And the Ombres are the key. I would love to see how the top was quilted, as it's not clear in these photos. Really great example of how a simple block can be complex and spectacular by using color!

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Jennifer Sampou link
5/7/2022 10:24:22 am

HI Lynn,
The top was quilted with a long arm by Hello Stitch in Berkeley. Long S wave which is a signature look for me. Modern yet a bit soft. Hope this helps and thanks for posting :)

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Karen Cooperstein
10/1/2021 05:57:51 am

Absolutely blown away and WANT! Lol. Technical question about peels…do you use a template. If so, what size and do you recommend a brand?
Totally waiting on October 8th!!!

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Patty Murphy link
10/1/2021 01:58:59 pm

Hi Karen!

I designed the pattern and drafted a template for the Orange Peels. You can buy it in my Etsy shop. However, if you have or find an acrylic template you like, you can cobble the bits together using it.

Hope that helps.
Patty

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Karen Cooperstein
10/1/2021 02:43:21 pm

Hi Patty!
I’m sorry I don’t know your store name: Would love to buy peels templates!

Patty Murphy link
10/1/2021 02:52:30 pm

Hi Karen,

Quite alright. The pattern and template can be purchased here. The template is just a print out but you can glue, trace, etc. to an old cereal box or other sturdy material. https://www.etsy.com/listing/1083198141/aether-quilt?ref=hp_rv-1

Feel free to email me at patty@tyderia.net if you have questions.

Patty

Claudia
10/1/2021 07:53:30 am

Oooooooooh, there was a reason to get out of bed this morning! Absolutely love this quilt. Absolutely! It could come live with me too.

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Sondra Borrie link
10/1/2021 10:55:18 am

Stunning! I love Sky and AMH fabrics, and of course, Jennifer Sampou's other collections. Two of my favorite designers. Amazing quilt.

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Kim Voss
10/4/2021 09:18:49 am

I had a hunch new fabric was coming! I bought the pattern and can’t wait to get started!

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Laurie Jacobs
2/27/2022 06:19:40 am

Hi, I am a program co-chair for a quilt guild. Do you do ZOOM lectures for guilds?
Thanks for considering. Our guild is just north of Milwaukee,WI.
We are looking at dates of 2023-2024.

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