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New Year! New Energy! New Quilt Adventures!
Church Angel #1, 32 X 36 inch angel quilt by O.V. Brantley, 2026. For sale. $600. I am so excited about 2026! I have a feeling it is going to be my best quilt year yet. My quilt calendar is already full! Here are some things I will be doing in 2026: Warp, Weft and Wonder , my first exhibit in 2026, opens January 16th and continues until March 1st. I will be exhibiting my angel quilts in a group exhibition with three other fiber artists at the First Existentialist Congregation
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Jan 122 min read


A Quilted Farewell: Stars Over the Allure of the Seas
A Special Gift for a Special Friend Stars Over the Allure of the Seas, 55 X 55 inch quilt by O.V. Brantley, 2023. Gifted! When one of your best work friends retires, you simply must send her home with a quilt! I recently had the joy of gifting my friend and former co-worker, Benita Ransom , a quilt as she stepped into her new chapter of life. Benita served as the Human Resources Director of DeKalb County, GA , and her dedication and warmth will surely be missed. The quilt, ti
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Dec 23, 20251 min read


Introducing Woman’s Work is Never Done #3
Woman’s Work is Never Done #3, 68 X 68 inch Christmas quilt by O.V. brantley, 2025. Machine quilted by Maxine Moore. NFS. My new red and white quilt series celebrates women who are bodacious, beautiful and brilliant. I call that the total package. The series is inspired by barn quilts because I am a country girl at heart, and I love barn quilt art. For each quilt, I imagine one tradition quilt block in red and white that must be very big, so all of the quilts in the series ar
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Dec 21, 20252 min read


Introducing My New Quilt “Look Good. Feel Good. Do Good. #10”
Look Good. Feel Good. Do Good. #10, 25 X 28 inch affirmation quilt by O.V. Brantley, 2025. For sale. $350. Look Good. Feel Good. Do Good #10 is the final quilt in my new affirmation series. I believe that you do your best work (whatever that work is) when you look good and feel good. Each of the quilts in this series starts with a center panel of an African woman looking her best. Her dress inspires the color of each quilt. Look Good. Feel Good. Do Good #10 measures 25 X 2
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Nov 13, 20251 min read


Introducing My New Quilt “Look Good. Feel Good. Do Good. #8”
Look Good. Feel Good. Do Good #8 is the eighth quilt in my new affirmation series. I believe that you do your best work (whatever that work is) when you look good and feel good. Each of the quilts in this series starts with a center panel of an African woman looking her best. Her dress inspires the color of each quilt. Look Good. Feel Good. Do Good #8 measures 26 X 29 inches and is created from bright red, blue and yellow fabrics captured in the African border. I quilted t
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Nov 3, 20251 min read


Introducing Resist Rest Resolve Repeat
Resist, Rest. Resolve Repeat, 75 X 75 inch red and white log cabin quilt by O.V. Brantley, 2025. Machine quilted by Maxine Moore. NFS. My new red and white quilt series celebrates women who are bodacious, beautiful and brilliant. I call that the total package. The series is inspired by barn quilts because I am a country girl at heart, and I love barn quilt art. For each quilt, I imagine one tradition quilt block in red and white that must be very big, so all of the quilts in
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Nov 1, 20252 min read


Introducing My New Quilt “Look Good. Feel Good. Do Good. #7”
Look Good. Feel Good. Do Good. #7, 24 X 27 inch affirmation quilt by O.V. Brantley, 2025. For sale. $350. Look Good. Feel Good. Do Good #7...
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Aug 26, 20252 min read


Introducing My New Quilt “Look Good. Feel Good. Do Good. #6”
Look Good. Feel Good. Do Good. #6, 30 X 31 inches affirmation quilt by O.V. Brantley, 2025. For sale. $350 Look Good. Feel Good. Do Good...
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Aug 19, 20251 min read


SOLD! My Quilt “Rooted in the Beloved Community”
Rooted in the Beloved Community Rooted in the Beloved Community has been sold and delivered to her new home where she will be loved. She...
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Aug 11, 20251 min read


SOLD! My Quilt “Look Good. Feel Good. Do Good. #5”
Look Good. Feel Good. Do Good. #5, 30 X 34 inches affirmation quilt by O.V. Brantley, 2025. SOLD! My quilt Look Good. Feel Good. Do Good....
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Jul 27, 20251 min read


Introducing My Quilt “Life is a Beautiful Symphony” Donated to the Atlanta Quilt Festival
Life is a Beautiful Symphony, 38 X 38 inch traditional quilt by O.V. Brantley, 2025. Donated to the Atlanta Quilt Festival. My “Sunday...
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Jul 26, 20252 min read


Introducing My Quilt “Never a Handmaid”
Never a Handmaid, 44 X 56 inch banned books quilt by O.V. Brantley 2025. Machine quilted by Maxine Moore. For sale. $7500. Inspired by...
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Jul 24, 20252 min read


Celebrating Independence Week With My Quilt “Racism — the White Elephant in the Room”
Racism — the White Elephant in the Room #1, 26 X 28 inch red and white quilt by O.V. Brantley, 2020. NFS Happy Independence Week! What a...
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Jul 10, 20251 min read


Celebrating Independence Week With My Quilt “Roses are Red”
Roses are Red, 71 X 92 inch red and white quilt by O.V. Brantley, 2007. NFS. Happy Independence Week! What a great time to share some of...
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Jul 6, 20251 min read


Happy Juneteenth!
Celebrating Freedom Fearlessly, 54 X 66 inch Juneteenth quilt by O.V. Brantley 2024. For sale. $3000. Time does not stand still. Every...
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Jun 19, 20251 min read


My Quilt “Celebration Under the Freedom Tree” Celebrates Juneteenth at the Mason Fine Art Gallery
Celebration Under the Freedom Tree, 48 X 58 inch Juneteenth quilt by O.V. Brantley, 2024. For sale. $3000. You still have time to see my...
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Jun 18, 20251 min read


NEW QUILT SERIES! Bodacious Beautiful and Brilliant
Forever Bound By Delta, 66 X 78 inch red and white Irish chain quilt by O.V. Brantley 2001. NFS. I am always thinking of ways to use the...
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Jun 16, 20251 min read


Media Alert! My Quilt “Good Trouble Library” is in Quiltfolk Magazine
“Good Trouble Library” in Quiltfolk magazine. Often life can be full of nice surprises. The kind that make you say, “I never saw that...
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Jun 14, 20251 min read


Introducing My Quilt “Celebrating the Beauty of Freedom”
Celebrating the Beauty of Freedom, 44 X 49 inch Juneteenth quilt by O.V. Brantley, 2025. For sale. $2000. The City of South Fulton ,...
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Jun 10, 20251 min read


Introducing My New Quilt “Look Good. Feel Good. Do Good. #5”
Look Good. Feel Good. Do Good. #5, 30 X 34 inches art quilt by O.V. Brantley, 2025. For sale. $350. Look Good. Feel Good. Do Good #5 is...
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Jun 2, 20251 min read
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