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Welcome to the Spooky Scary Season!
Welcome to the Spooky Scary Season from my witches who have come out to play. There are good witches and bad witches at my house. Which...
O.V. Brantley
Oct 25, 20231 min read


Available! Ancestral Delta Star Coffee Mug and Coaster
The quilts in my Long Time Cming: A Retrospective of O.V. Brantley's Red and White Quilts exhibit are not currently for sale. However,...
O.V. Brantley
Oct 24, 20231 min read


SOLD! Bazaarly Big and Beautiful #4
Bazaarly Big and beautiful #4 has been sold and shipped to her new home in Texas. I know she is gone to a good home because she will join...
O.V. Brantley
Oct 23, 20231 min read


Available! Racism — the White Elephant in the Room Coffee Mug and Coaster
The quilts in my Long Time Cming: A Retrospective of O.V. Brantley's Red and White Quilts exhibit are not currently for sale. However,...
O.V. Brantley
Oct 22, 20231 min read


16 Days Until “Long Time Coming” Opens at the International Quilt Festival
30 Days of 30 Red and White Quilts: Sometime simple is the most beautiful. I am so excited that my solo exhibit of red and white quilts...
O.V. Brantley
Oct 15, 20231 min read


17 Days Until “Long Time Coming” Opens at the International Quilt Festival
30 Days of 30 Red and White Quilts: Success can mean different things at different times of your life. After a successful legal career, I...
O.V. Brantley
Oct 14, 20231 min read


Honoring Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Hoping those who are fighting this terrible disease get stronger and stronger.🙏🏾
O.V. Brantley
Oct 13, 20231 min read


18 Days Until “Long Time Coming” Opens at the International Quilt Festival
30 Days of 30 Red and White Quilts: The smallest quilt in the exhibit with a powerful message. I am so excited that my solo exhibit of...
O.V. Brantley
Oct 13, 20231 min read


Follow Me Listed For Sale
I am a traditional quilter at heart so I love log cabins. This red and white log cabin goes round and round making the quilt 72 X 78...
O.V. Brantley
Oct 12, 20231 min read


19 Days Until “Long Time Coming” Opens at the International Quilt Festival
30 Days of 30 Red and White Quilts: Financial security is an important key to a joyful life. I am so excited that my solo exhibit of red...
O.V. Brantley
Oct 12, 20231 min read


Wishing You a Happy October From My Porch!
We are blessed with great weather in Atlanta so we have great porch days year round, but October is perfect porch season in Atlanta, Ga....
O.V. Brantley
Oct 1, 20231 min read


It’s Porch Season
Many mornings Olivia Victoria and I awaken our creative juices by having coffee on the back porch. Fall is perfect porch season! It's our...
O.V. Brantley
Sep 28, 20231 min read


Fall is Here!
Fall is my most creative and happy time of the year. I love everything about fall, especially the colors, football and the cool...
O.V. Brantley
Sep 24, 20231 min read


September Sparkles in Atlanta
It's not quite fall yet, but Atlanta is beginning to sparkle. My quilt Three Sisters captures the vibrant colors of fall that I love so...
O.V. Brantley
Sep 20, 20231 min read


I Want It All At Once
This week I shared my t-shirt quilt I Want it All at Once with the Welcome All Quilters because t-shirt quilts have been the topic of...
O.V. Brantley
May 25, 20231 min read


Exploring Illusion Quilts
For the last few weeks I have been exploring illusion quilts. What I have learned so far is that you must cut and sew precisely. There is...
O.V. Brantley
May 25, 20231 min read


Introducing Reveal Your Inner Star
Reveal Your Inner Star is a new addition to my red and white quilt collection. It is a very simple illusion quilt using only two colors....
O.V. Brantley
May 16, 20231 min read


A Resource for Hanging Your Quilts
I use decorative curtain rods to hang my quilts. I don't consider my quilts finished until I add a 4 inch hanging sleeve on the back. I...
O.V. Brantley
May 10, 20231 min read


High Museum of Art Explores African American Quilts
This week the High Museum of Art in Atlanta held a groundbreaking Convening to discuss black quilts. The High Museum is planning an...
O.V. Brantley
May 6, 20231 min read


Gifted! Be Happy!
I recently gifted my quilt Be Happy! to my former boss at the Southern Poverty Law Center. She mentioned that she loved it, and I loved...
O.V. Brantley
May 1, 20231 min read
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