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5 Days Until “Long Time Coming” Opens at the International Quilt Festival
30 Days of 30 Red and White Quilts: My exhibit includes 7 angel quilts that hung from the ceiling during the premier exhibit. Each angel...
O.V. Brantley
Oct 26, 20231 min read


7 Days Until “Long Time Coming” Opens at the International Quilt Festival
30 Days of 30 Red and White Quilts: My exhibit includes 7 angel quilts that hung from the ceiling during the premier exhibit. Each angel...
O.V. Brantley
Oct 24, 20231 min read


10 Days Until “Long Time Coming” Opens at the International Quilt Festival
30 Days of 30 Red and White Quilts: My exhibit includes 7 angel quilts that hung from the ceiling during the premier exhibit. Each angel...
O.V. Brantley
Oct 21, 20231 min read


13 Days Until “Long Time Coming” Opens at the International Quilt Festival
30 Days of 30 Red and White Quilts: VOTE!! Every time all the time. No excuses. I am so excited that my solo exhibit of red and white...
O.V. Brantley
Oct 18, 20231 min read


14 Days Until “Long Time Coming” Opens at the International Quilt Festival
30 Days of 30 Red and White Quilts: A family heirloom made for daughter India to commemorate her initiation into the Mu Chapter of our...
O.V. Brantley
Oct 17, 20231 min read


20 Days Until “Long Time Coming” Opens at the International Quilt Festival
30 Days of 30 Red and White Quilts: This Praise Team is ready to fire up the church. I am so excited that my solo exhibit of red and...
O.V. Brantley
Oct 11, 20231 min read


23 Days Until “Long Time Coming” Opens at the International Quilt Festival
30 Days of 30 Red and White Quilts: This is the oldest quilt in the exhibit. It was made in 2001. I am so excited that my solo exhibit of...
O.V. Brantley
Oct 8, 20231 min read


24 Days Until “Long Time Coming” Opens at the International Quilt Festival
30 Days of 30 Red and White Quilts: My version of an Underground Railroad Quilt placed in a landscape setting. I am so excited that my...
O.V. Brantley
Oct 7, 20231 min read


29 Days Until “Long Time Coming” Opens at the International Quilt Festival
30 Days of 30 Red and White Quilts: I love learning new quilting techniques. Be Kind Kawandi was created using the technique Indian women...
O.V. Brantley
Oct 2, 20231 min read


Speaking Quilts at Arts Clayton Gallery
I love speaking quilts! Today I was part of the Artist Talk for the Good Trouble Quilts — Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Congressman...
O.V. Brantley
Sep 10, 20231 min read


SOLD! Queen of Nobody!
My quilt Queen of Nobody has been sold and delivered to her new owner. She was purchased as a gift. I hope her new owner loves her.❣️
O.V. Brantley
Sep 6, 20231 min read


Follow Me to Freedom in Art Quilting Studio Magazine
I was pleasantly surprised to see my quilt Follow Me to Freedom in the Autumn issue of Art Quilting Studio. Several of my red and white...
O.V. Brantley
Aug 31, 20231 min read


Learning to Tell My Story
I took a class taught by Fiber Artis Wendy Kendrick at the Atlanta Quilt Festival. The class was designed to help quilters imagine their...
O.V. Brantley
Aug 20, 20231 min read


Good Trouble Quilts Exhibit opens at Arts Clayton Gallery
Good Trouble Quilts -- Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Congressman John Lewis opened at Arts Clayton Gallery August 11th and daughter...
O.V. Brantley
Aug 13, 20231 min read


Introducing Sharing Sisterhood
Sharing Sisterhood was created for an exhibit honoring Congressman John Lewis entitled “Thank You John Lewis! I Am Your Wildest Dream!”...
O.V. Brantley
Jul 29, 20232 min read


SOLD! The Adventures of Africa
My quilt The Adventures of Africa has been sold and shipped to her new home in Miami Florida. Her new owner says she had her eye on her...
O.V. Brantley
Jul 25, 20231 min read


Good Trouble Quilts Return to Atlanta
SAVE THE DATE! The Good Trouble Quilts -- Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Congressman John Lewis returns to the Atlanta area just in...
O.V. Brantley
Jul 22, 20231 min read


Happy Independence Day!
The right to be free is an inalienable right. Happy Independece Day!
O.V. Brantley
Jul 4, 20231 min read


Opening Reception for Juneteenth Quilt Exhibit
The City of South Fulton, GA will host the Opening Reception for its Juneteenth Quilt exhibit Saturday, June 19th from 2 - 5 p.m. The...
O.V. Brantley
Jun 16, 20231 min read


Introducing Finally! It’s Freedom Day!
A picture is worth a thousand words in my new Juneteenth quilt Finally! It’s Freedom Day. This applique quilt shows a trio of birds...
O.V. Brantley
Jun 10, 20231 min read
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