O.V. Speaks Quilts

My quilt Racism — the White Elephant in the Room #2 was inspired by an old saying “the elephant in the room”. The saying means there is...

Check out my January 4, 2023 segment on the City Lights program on WABE, the Atlanta affiliate of National Public Radio (NPR). Visit...

Working Happy Kawandi is a small art quilt created using the Siddi method of quilting used by quilters in India of African descent. It is...

Back to work! I am starting the new year with my first solo quilt exhibit still ongoing. “Long Time Coming: A Retrospective of O.V....

January 1st is my birthday!! And as usual, the world is celebrating! I am wearing my invisible crown on my special day and doing queenly...

Easing into 2023 with football and my quilt “Cognac.” Happy New Year!!🏈🥂🍾🍷🍸🍹🙏🏾

Growing up in a small town in Arkansas, we did not have New Year’s Eve parties. We went to First Baptist Church and “watched” the New...

A Woman of Sophisticated Substance #10 was gifted to my niece Brittany Hervey because I want to fill her new home with quilts. She also...

A Good Day to Curl Up With A Book was gifted to my daughter India Kleeman because she runs a candle company named Page Turning Products...

We are having an unusual weather year in Atlanta. Temperatures dropped to 8 degrees before Christmas! That's extremely cold for Atlanta....

Chasing Joy has been sold and gifted to her new owner. I hope her new owner loves her as much as I enjoyed making her. She was a constant...

We celebrate Christmas because Jesus was born on this day. His life and his teachings changed the world. Celebrate by doing something...

MERRY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Santa's on his way. I can't wait.

It seems I keep adding Christmas trees to my collection. I am officially up to 4 Christmas trees in my house with one more on the way....

It's not snowing, but it is cold as hell. We are hunkering down and determined to keep warm as we celebrate Christmas. I hope you and...

How's Your Christmas shopping going? Only one more week to get all those gifts under the tree!

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...

Unseasonably warm weather in Atlanta cannot dampen my Christmas spirit. I just keep reminding myself that it is Almost Christmas, and my...

My quilt Seek the Sun has been sold and shipped to her new home in Tucson, Arizona. I know she will love her new home.