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9 Days Until “Long Time Coming” Opens at the International Quilt Festival
30 Days of 30 Red and White Quilts: My exhibit includes 7 angel quilts that hung from the ceiling during the premier exhibit. Each angel...
O.V. Brantley
Oct 22, 20231 min read


10 Days Until “Long Time Coming” Opens at the International Quilt Festival
30 Days of 30 Red and White Quilts: My exhibit includes 7 angel quilts that hung from the ceiling during the premier exhibit. Each angel...
O.V. Brantley
Oct 21, 20231 min read


13 Days Until “Long Time Coming” Opens at the International Quilt Festival
30 Days of 30 Red and White Quilts: VOTE!! Every time all the time. No excuses. I am so excited that my solo exhibit of red and white...
O.V. Brantley
Oct 18, 20231 min read


15 Days Until “Long Time Coming” Opens at the International Quilt Festival
30 Days of 30 Red and White Quilts: Always the crowd favorite when she comes out to play. She is my personal favorite because I love...
O.V. Brantley
Oct 16, 20231 min read


16 Days Until “Long Time Coming” Opens at the International Quilt Festival
30 Days of 30 Red and White Quilts: Sometime simple is the most beautiful. I am so excited that my solo exhibit of red and white quilts...
O.V. Brantley
Oct 15, 20231 min read


17 Days Until “Long Time Coming” Opens at the International Quilt Festival
30 Days of 30 Red and White Quilts: Success can mean different things at different times of your life. After a successful legal career, I...
O.V. Brantley
Oct 14, 20231 min read


22 Days Until “Long Time Coming” Opens at the International Quilt Festival
30 Days of 30 Red and White Quilts: Tessellaton quilts create the same pattern repeated with no spaces. This is my version in red and...
O.V. Brantley
Oct 9, 20231 min read


24 Days Until “Long Time Coming” Opens at the International Quilt Festival
30 Days of 30 Red and White Quilts: My version of an Underground Railroad Quilt placed in a landscape setting. I am so excited that my...
O.V. Brantley
Oct 7, 20231 min read


My Quilts are in the Worldwide Quilt Parade
The American Quilter's Society is hosting a Worldwide Quilt Parade. I have three quilts in the parade in the state of Georgia section. If...
O.V. Brantley
Oct 3, 20231 min read


28 Days Until “Long Time Coming” Opens at the International Quilt Festival
30 Days of 30 Red and White Quilts: Of course there had to be a lawyer quilt in the exhibit. I am so excited that my solo exhibit of red...
O.V. Brantley
Oct 3, 20231 min read


30 Days Until “Long Time Coming” Opens at the International Quilt Festival
30 Days of 30 Red and White Quilts: It’s not Christmas, but it feels like it to me. I am so excited that my solo exhibit of red and white...
O.V. Brantley
Oct 1, 20231 min read


It’s Porch Season
Many mornings Olivia Victoria and I awaken our creative juices by having coffee on the back porch. Fall is perfect porch season! It's our...
O.V. Brantley
Sep 28, 20231 min read


Oprah’s Quilt is 4 Years Old!
I can’t believe it’s been 4 years since the magical moment of seeing Oprah on stage holding her quilt gift. I was commissioned by the...
O.V. Brantley
Sep 25, 20231 min read


Friday Night
Happily home alone on a Friday night sipping wine and savoring the week. 🍷 It's important to learn to be ok being alone -- dreaming,...
O.V. Brantley
Sep 16, 20231 min read


Speaking Quilts at Arts Clayton Gallery
I love speaking quilts! Today I was part of the Artist Talk for the Good Trouble Quilts — Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Congressman...
O.V. Brantley
Sep 10, 20231 min read


Introducing Flying Free Over the Allure of the Seas
Flying Free Over the Allure of the Seas was started on a quilt cruise that I took with my best friend Rosalind and my daughter India. The...
O.V. Brantley
Sep 5, 20231 min read


Introducing Back Yard Star Gazing
Who doesn’t love laying on a blanket looking up at the stars on a summer night? I can almost hear the crickets and see the lightening...
O.V. Brantley
Sep 4, 20231 min read


Introducing Stars Over the Allure of the Seas
Stars Over the Allure of the Seas was started on a quilt cruise that I took with my best friend Rosalind and my daughter India. The...
O.V. Brantley
Sep 2, 20232 min read


Follow Me to Freedom in Art Quilting Studio Magazine
I was pleasantly surprised to see my quilt Follow Me to Freedom in the Autumn issue of Art Quilting Studio. Several of my red and white...
O.V. Brantley
Aug 31, 20231 min read


Looking Back at the Kuumba Award
I want my sorors in the East Point College Park Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta to see the ad I placed in the Atlanta Quilt Festival...
O.V. Brantley
Aug 9, 20231 min read
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