O.V. Speaks Quilts

Do I look happy? Recently, I spent three days at the Welcome All Quilters annual retreat. For the uninitiated quilt retreats offer...

International Super Star Baby Addison loved Carolyn White’s quilt featuring her granddaughter. The quilt plays music. Rumor has it that...

Origin Sin, 53 X 70 inch traditional quilt inspired by the book “1619” by O.V. Brantley, 2025. For sale. $7500. The 1619 Project: A New...

Daughter (aka) Deputy CEO of the Atlanta Quilt Festival and owner of Page Turning Products ) India and I previewed our soon to be...

Creative Community Crafts Day at the Atlanta Quilt Festival was full of activity, learning and joy . One of the main events was the...

I was honored to welcome quilt lovers to Lynette Warren’ s lecture Clelebrating the Life of Quilt Historian Cuesta Benberry at the...

I invited you to join me on the the Atlanta Quilt Festival’s Road Trip to the High Museum of Art . If you failed to take may advice and...

As you know I am a proud co-founder of the Atlanta Quilt Festival, now in its 16th year. I spend as much time producing the Atlanta...

The Brown Sugar Stitchers Quilt Guild gathered at the Historic Green Manor Restaurant for its annual tea which has been held the third...

Preview night for the East Cobb Quilt Show was June 5th, and I was there to see my quilt Stop Disappearing! Show Up and Speak Up! spread...

I am excited that I have been invited to be a speaker at the 2024 Quilt Africa Summit. I will share my story on July 13th. The entire...

A good time was had by all at the Brown Sugar Stitchers Quilt Guild holiday brunch. We said thank you to outgoing president Peggy Martin...

The Welcome All Quilters gathered this week for its annual holiday brunch hosted by City Councilwoman Helen Willis. Councilwoman Willis...

Now that the 47 quilts that comprise my solo red and white quilt exhibit Long Time Coming have returned home safely, I am taking a moment...

I was very busy at the International Quilt Festival. Each day of the festival, I presented four Gallery Talks: two each day for my red...

I am actually here! It still feels like a dream that I have a solo exhibit of 47 quilts exhibiting at the International Quilt Festival....

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....

Stars Over the Allure of the Seas was started on a quilt cruise that I took with my best friend Rosalind and my daughter India. The...

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

Someone once said, “if you see a turtle on a fence post, you know it did not get there by itself.” That is the way I feel about my life....