O.V. Speaks Quilts

30 Days of 30 Red and White Quilts: I love learning new quilting techniques. Be Kind Kawandi was created using the technique Indian women...

30 Days of 30 Red and White Quilts: It’s not Christmas, but it feels like it to me. I am so excited that my solo exhibit of red and white...

As most of you who follow me know, I premiered my first solo exhibit last year at the Emma Darnell Aviation Museum and Conference Center....

I love speaking quilts! Today I was part of the Artist Talk for the Good Trouble Quilts — Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Congressman...

I was honored when the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, KY asked me to design a block for its Block of the Month program. I thought...

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...

Recently the Welcome All Quilt Guild took a road trip to the Atlanta Quilt Festival and to the Arts Clayton Gallery to see the Good...

Good Trouble Quilts -- Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Congressman John Lewis opened at Arts Clayton Gallery August 11th and daughter...

I want my sorors in the East Point College Park Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta to see the ad I placed in the Atlanta Quilt Festival...

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

Sharing Sisterhood was created for an exhibit honoring Congressman John Lewis entitled “Thank You John Lewis! I Am Your Wildest Dream!”...

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...

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...

Surprisingly, the United States Supreme Court handed down a decision that upholds the idea of one person one vote. The Court directed the...

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...

This week I shipped 47 red and white quilts to the International Quilt Festival office in Houston via UPS. It took me forever to decide...

I am so excited to have my quilts featured in the Summer 2023 issue of Art Quilting Studio magazine. I was looking forward to seeing some...

My first solo exhibit Long Time Coming: A Retrospective of O.V. Brantley's Red and White Quilts has been juried into the 2023...