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Introducing My New Quilt “Look Good. Feel Good. Do Good. #2”
Look Good. Feel Good. Do Good. #2, 28 X 32 inches by O.V. Brantley, 2025. For sale. $350. Look Good. Feel Good. Do Good #2” is the...
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2 days ago2 min read
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Introducing My Quilt “Original Sin” Inspired by the Banned Book “The 1619 Project”
My quilt “Original Sin” was inspired by the banned book “The 1619 Project”.
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3 days ago1 min read
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Introducing My Quilt “Addison’s Christmas Numbers”
Addison’s Christmas Numbers, 49 X 56 inch Christmas quilt by O.V. Brantley, 2025. Machine quilted by Maxine Moore. Baby Addison will find...
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7 days ago2 min read
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Wishing You a Happy Easter!
Angel of Ancestral Joy, 23 X 28 inch red and white angel quilt by O.V. Brantley, 2022. Embroidery and machine quilting by Maxine Moore....
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Apr 201 min read
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Tea and Talk at the EmpowerHer Exhibit
Tae Earl-Jackson and Tisha Smith Curator Tisha Smith and Center Director Tae Earl-Jackson out did themselves with Tea and Talk , an...
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Apr 141 min read
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Donated! My Quilt “The Drum Beat of Africa”
The Drum Beat of Africa, 46 X 52 inch African quilt by O.V. Brantley, 2021. Donated! $700. My quilt The Drum Beat of Africa will be...
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Apr 111 min read
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Happy 404 Day!
Hotlanta Nights, 39 X 48 inch art quilt by O.V. Brantley, 2024. For sale. $700. I love living in Atlanta. I have travelled to many...
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Apr 41 min read
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Speaking Quilts at the Civil Rights Memorial Center
India and I are getting ready to record my video for the Southern Poverty Law Center. “March For Black Maternal Health” is in the...
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Mar 281 min read
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Celebrating Women’s History Month with my Quilt “Strength and Grace”
Strength and Grace, 36 X 36 inch hand quilted digital art quilt by O.V. Brantley, 2013. NFS. Of all the quilts I have made, Strength and...
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Mar 151 min read
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Remembering Bloody Sunday
Although Congressman John Lewis did many brave things in his life, he is best known for what happened on the Edmund Pettus Bridge March...
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Mar 111 min read
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I Am Black History — Colored Girl Lawyer Rocks
Colored Girl Lawyer Rocks!, 56 X 68 inch red and white quilt by O.V. Brantley, 2022. Machine quilted by Maxine Moore. NFS. When I was...
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Feb 281 min read
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Introducing My Quilt “The Creativity of Africa”
The Creativity of Africa, 42 X 47 inch African quilt by O.V. Brantley, 2025. For sale $700. The Creativity of Africa is the 12th quilt in...
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Feb 241 min read
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I am Black History — “Crossett Courthouse Steps”
Crossett Courthouse Steps, 78 X 68 inch courthouse steps quilt by O.V. Brantley, 2001. NFS. When I arrived at Vanderbilt Law School in...
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Feb 171 min read
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I Am Black History — “Sharing Sisterhood”
Photo Shoot of “Sharing Sisterhood” for Quiltfolk Magazine Black History Month allows me to pause and reflect on my personal journey....
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Feb 121 min read
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I Am Black History — My Quilt “Stand Out in the Crowd”
Stand Out in the Crowd, 53 X 69 inch traditional black and white quilt, 2018. For sale. $1500. I am celebrating Black History Month and...
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Feb 91 min read
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I Am Black History — My Quilt “From Africa to Atlanta By Way of Arkansas”
From Africa to Atlanta by Way of Arkansas, 72 X 72 inch memory quilt by O.V. Brantley, 2000. NFS. Never forget where you came from as you...
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Feb 71 min read
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Kicking Off Black History Month With a New Book!
The cover of “Good Trouble Quilts.” I wrote a book! Well, wrote a book is a small exaggeration. 😂 Technically, I curated and edited a...
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Feb 11 min read
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Introducing My Quilt “The Fragility of Africa”
The Fragility of Africa, 36 X 42 inch African art quilt by O.V. Brantley, 2025. For sale. $700. The Fragility of Africa is the 11th...
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Jan 281 min read
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Martin’s Dream
Martin’s Dream, 74 X 87 traditional sampler quilt with pieced border by O.V. Brantley, 2002. NFS. Never forget Martin’s Dream . Do your...
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Jan 201 min read
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Celebrate MLK Weekend With Renewed Belief in the Dream
Finding Fortitude, 56 X 58 inch red and white quilt by O.V. Brantley, 2019. NFS. On MLK weekend I take time to reflect and say a prayer...
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Jan 191 min read
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