O.V. Speaks Quilts

I love thread. I have many different collections because the right thread for the right quilt can make all the difference. Since I could...

As part of the activities of Long Time Coming: A Retrospective of O.V. Brantley's Red and White Quilts, I will participate in an Artist...

Follow me to Freedom started with 6 inch Underground Railroad blocks in red and white. I wanted an Underground Railroad quilt made with...

I hope you enjoy the exhibit.

Installation of my red and white quilt exhibit was creative and fun. I was determined to have quilts hanging from the ceiling, so my...

Colored Girl Lawyer Rocks! documents my lawyer life in cloth. Somehow I managed to make it from my little segregated town of 6000 people...

After taking a class taught by Aleathia Chisolm at the 2022 Atlanta Quilt Festival to learn the Siddi Kawandi technique and finishing my...

I spent this week taking 20 years of red and white quilts out of storage. I caressed them and reminisced about why I made them. I gave...

I love thread. I have many different collections because the right thread for the right quilt can make all the difference. Since I could...

Daughter India and I made the trip to the National quilt Museum in Paducah, KY to attend the opening reception for Say Your Piece --...

My quilt Begin Again has been sold and shipped to her new home in Lawrenceville, NJ. I really hated to see her go because I loving...

The latest addition to my red and white quilt collection is Stop Disappearing! Show Up and Speak Up! My quilt is composed of red and...

The Kendeda Fund booked my Leadership Memory Quilt Workshop which includes the creation of a commissioned quilt. During the workshop, I...

The Wonders of Africa is the 8th quilt in what has turned into my “About Africa” series. First I made The Joys of Africa. I liked it so...

Are you working on a project that requires a lot of half square triangles? If so, the easiest way to make them is to use half square...

My quilt Potion to Cure Racism will exhibit at the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, Kentucky. It will be part of an exhibit entitled...

I love thread. I have many different collections because the right thread for the right quilt can make all the difference. Since I could...

Why not celebrate coffee day with a quilt? I love coffee, so coffee often finds its way into my quilts. Whenever I travel out of the...

When you have secret plans for your red and white quilt exhibit that are too big to be completed alone, you call in your best creative...

Is it ever too late to present the happy couple their wedding quilt? No! My daughter India and son-in-law Eric officially married October...