O.V. Speaks Quilts

Give Yourself a Thoughtful Floiwer has been sold and shipped to her new home in East Point, GA. I know she is gone to a good home. Give...

I hope you enjoy the exhibit.

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

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...

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

We all work on our individual projects at the weekly gathering of the Welcome All Quilters. The meeting format allows plenty of...

I took a Kawandi class last month at the Atlanta Quilt Festival. Kawandi is the quilting technique used by women of African descent in...

Anticipation builds. Fall is my favorite time of the year. My quilt Almost Fall has plenty of summer yellow, but those fallish golds are...

The newest edition to my red and white quilt collection is Praise Team Praising. This one took a while because it is all done by hand....

I am spending the day reflecting on how far African Americans have come since being freed from slavery. I am reflecting on my own arc of...

Whispers From My Angels #6 has been sold and delivered her new owner. She was purchased as a retirement gift. I hope this quilt will...

There are 8 quilts in my Whispers From My Angels series, but #5 is really speaking to me today. She says “Your time as a caterpillar has...

Sometimes it's fun to play pretend. Recently I got to pretend to be a celebrity for a few hours. The AJC, my local newspaper, sent a...

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

I absolutely love hand quilting. It relaxes me and gives me time to think. To make the experience even more special I buy beautiful hand...

Spring has finally arrived and I could not be happier. I love spring because plants that you thought were dead are suddenly new again....

During the last few months, I have been hand quilting a large quilt that is a commissioned fund raising project for the Atlanta Quilt...

When your newest collector sends you a picture of The Joys of Africa hanging in her home in the Netherlands, all you can do is smile (and...

Some people complain about Wednesdays and call it Hump Day, as if it is an obstacle to be overcome. For me Wednesdays are joyful days...