O.V. Speaks Quilts

Stitch, the documentary that features the Atlanta Quilt Festival, premiered at the 2023 Atlanta Quilt Festival. It received rave reviews...

Floating on Sunshine is an illusion quilt. Hopefully, the blocks look like they are tumbling in space. It is inspired by a pattern...

My quilt A beautiful Day in Rome will be part of the Thank You John Lewis! I Am Your Wildest Dream! exhibit at the Atlanta Quilt...

SAVE THE DATE! The Good Trouble Quilts -- Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Congressman John Lewis returns to the Atlanta area just in...

Daughter India and I kicked off Black History Month with one of our epic mother/daughter road trips, this time to Montgomery, AL., the...

Stitch, the documentary on the Atlanta Quilt Festival was screened last week at the Plaza Theater in Atlanta. South Fulton Institute...

My quilt Potion to Cure Racism will exhibit at the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, Kentucky. It will be part of an exhibit entitled...

I took a Kawandi class last month at the Atlanta Quilt Festival. Kawandi is the quilting technique used by women of African descent in...

Quilters are some of the most caring and generous people in the world. That is why I should not have been surprised when my friend Joyce...

If you follow my quilts, you know that my “go to” long arm quilter is Maxine Moore. I am convinced she makes my quilts look better than...

Deidre Johnson of CW Atlanta TV did a great news piece on the Atlanta Quilt Festival, and I was interviewed.🎥 Check it out here....

Quilt Artist Lola Jenkins was the featured Master Quilter at the 2022 Atlanta Quilt Festival. That means I had the pleasure of spending...

The Atlanta Quilt Festival, now in its 14th year, premiered the Good Trouble Quilts — Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Congressman John...

“You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” ― Martin Luther King Jr., August 4, 2012. That quote is the...

Please forgive me if you get this twice. There was a technical glitch when I sent it before that caused most of my mailing list not...

Although anyone reading my blog probably loves to make quilts, we all know that there are certain parts of the process we HATE. I hate to...

August is my happy month because it is the month when the Atlanta Quilt Festival is held. If you follow me, you know that I co-founded...

My quilt Be Confidently Daring has returned home from the Atlanta Quilt Festival. It is now listed for sale in my Etsy store and on my...

My quilt Begin Again has returned home from the Atlanta Quilt Festival. It is now listed for sale in my Etsy store and on my web site.

This is the first quilt in my “Give Yourself Flowers” series. The point of the series is be a reminder that I should do what makes me ...