O.V. Speaks Quilts

Now that I am home from the International Quilt Festival where I exhibited three of my quilts, I have had time to reflect on the many...

As you know, I have 3 quilts hanging in the George Brown Convention Center at the International Quilt Festival! “Finally Home”, Finally...

This week I am headed to the International Quilt Festival in Houston, TX. This will be the first time I will have been on a plane since...

“You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” ― Martin Luther King Jr., August 4, 2012. That quote is the...

Today is my daughter India’s formal wedding day! (We had a small intimate wedding last year during Covid, but today is the big...

3 days and counting until the Brantley/Kleeman formal wedding day. Today’s red and white quilt is Seeking Strength. We were devastated...

5 days and counting until the Brantley/Kleeman formal wedding day! Today’s red and white quilt is Have a Changed Heart. It is a simple...

One of the convenient aspects to exhibiting a quilt at a national quilt show is that you can easily get your quilt appraised. It is often...

Please forgive me if you get this twice. There was a technical glitch when I sent it before that caused most of my mailing list not...

I am a traditional quilter at heart. I love traditional blocks and hand quilting best. But some days I am in a mood to take that love to...

Two years ago I was in the room when the Charlotte, NC Chapter of the United Negro College Fund (UNCF)presented Oprah the quilt they had...

Although anyone reading my blog probably loves to make quilts, we all know that there are certain parts of the process we HATE. I hate to...

Someone said it’s Harriet Tubman month. That’s a good enough reason to share my quilt Hallelujah! Finally Free as a Bird. This quilt...