O.V. Speaks Quilts

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...

Imagine my surprise while browsing the new issue of American Craft magazine, I saw my own name!! Atlanta quilter Dawn Boyd was featured,...

Jazzy Stars, 84 X 84 inch traditional batik quilt by O.V. Brantley, 2010. NFS. The Atlanta Jazz Festival in Piedmont Park ends tonight. ...

Speaking about the “Good Trouble Quilts” book at the Shrine of the Black Madonna Saturday I was thrilled and honored to present a talk...

Feeling like Cinderella! Opening night for a new exhibit Old Friends and New was May 16th at the Mason Fine Art Gallery. Three of my...

Colored Girl Dreams, 80 X 80 inch traditional quilt by O.V. Brantley, 2011. NFS. I was born January 1, 1954. Later that year on May 17th...

Finally Found Freedom, 67 X 74 inch Underground Railroad quilt by O.V. Brantley, 2021. Machine quilted by Maxine Moore. For sale. I am so...

I have returned to my “Give Yourself Flowers” series with Give Yourself a Flower That Lives Free. This series is my reminder to always...

My quilt A Star Among Stars has been acquired by the High Museum of Art  in Atlanta, GA for their permanent collection. It is a part of a...

My quilt Delta Menopause has been acquired by the High Museum of Art  in Atlanta, GA for their permanent collection. It is a part of a...

Today I am celebrating the 70th anniversary of the landmark United States Supreme Court decision “Brown V. Board of Education”. The...

Sizzling Soulful Sunset was inspired by the beautiful flower panel by Stephanie Brandenburg. The vibrant colors in the flower made me...

My Mother’s Day celebration took “My Team” and me to Enzo Restaurant because I wanted to see my quilt Be Confidently Daring hanging in...

We are blessed with great weather in Atlanta so we have great porch days year round, but May is one of the best. Many flowers are in full...

My quilt Stop Disappearing. Show Up and Speak Up! was juried into Georgia Celebrates Quilts, the East Cobb Quilt Show. The bi-annual...

The time To be happy is now! It's 5 p.m. the Day Before Vacation!

For the last few weeks I have been exploring illusion quilts. What I have learned so far is that you must cut and sew precisely. There is...

This week I shipped 47 red and white quilts to the International Quilt Festival office in Houston via UPS. It took me forever to decide...

I am so excited to have my quilts featured in the Summer 2023 issue of Art Quilting Studio magazine. I was looking forward to seeing some...

Reveal Your Inner Star is a new addition to my red and white quilt collection. It is a very simple illusion quilt using only two colors....