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Introducing My Quilt Justice Delayed
Justice Delayed, 49 X 52 inch law quilt by O.V. Brantley, 2025. Machine quilted by Maxine Moore. For Sale. $900. I began this quilt at my quilt guild retreat with a batik charm pack of browns grays and creams, I was not sure where this quilt was headed. After returning from retreat and searching through my stash, the justice fabric was a perfect match for the batik charm patch center. The border fabric defines Justice Delayed. I appliquéd the word “Justice” on a red backgroun
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Nov 171 min read


Introducing My New Quilt “Look Good. Feel Good. Do Good. #10”
Look Good. Feel Good. Do Good. #10, 25 X 28 inch affirmation quilt by O.V. Brantley, 2025. For sale. $350. Look Good. Feel Good. Do Good #10 is the final quilt in my new affirmation series. I believe that you do your best work (whatever that work is) when you look good and feel good. Each of the quilts in this series starts with a center panel of an African woman looking her best. Her dress inspires the color of each quilt. Look Good. Feel Good. Do Good #10 measures 25 X 2
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Nov 131 min read


Introducing My New Quilt “Look Good. Feel Good. Do Good. #8”
Look Good. Feel Good. Do Good #8 is the eighth quilt in my new affirmation series. I believe that you do your best work (whatever that work is) when you look good and feel good. Each of the quilts in this series starts with a center panel of an African woman looking her best. Her dress inspires the color of each quilt. Look Good. Feel Good. Do Good #8 measures 26 X 29 inches and is created from bright red, blue and yellow fabrics captured in the African border. I quilted t
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Nov 31 min read


Introducing Resist Rest Resolve Repeat
Resist, Rest. Resolve Repeat, 75 X 75 inch red and white log cabin quilt by O.V. Brantley, 2025. Machine quilted by Maxine Moore. NFS. My new red and white quilt series celebrates women who are bodacious, beautiful and brilliant. I call that the total package. The series is inspired by barn quilts because I am a country girl at heart, and I love barn quilt art. For each quilt, I imagine one tradition quilt block in red and white that must be very big, so all of the quilts in
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Nov 12 min read


Introducing “Woman’s Work is Never Done #2”
Woman’s Work is Never Done #2, 68 X 68 inch red and white quilt by O.V. Brantley, 2025. Machine quilted by Maxine Moore. For sale. $5000....
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Sep 62 min read


Introducing My New Quilt “Look Good. Feel Good. Do Good. #7”
Look Good. Feel Good. Do Good. #7, 24 X 27 inch affirmation quilt by O.V. Brantley, 2025. For sale. $350. Look Good. Feel Good. Do Good #7...
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Aug 262 min read


Introducing My New Quilt “Look Good. Feel Good. Do Good. #6”
Look Good. Feel Good. Do Good. #6, 30 X 31 inches affirmation quilt by O.V. Brantley, 2025. For sale. $350 Look Good. Feel Good. Do Good...
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Aug 191 min read


SOLD! My Quilt “Look Good. Feel Good. Do Good. #5”
Look Good. Feel Good. Do Good. #5, 30 X 34 inches affirmation quilt by O.V. Brantley, 2025. SOLD! My quilt Look Good. Feel Good. Do Good....
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Jul 271 min read


Introducing My Quilt “Never a Handmaid”
Never a Handmaid, 44 X 56 inch banned books quilt by O.V. Brantley 2025. Machine quilted by Maxine Moore. For sale. $7500. Inspired by...
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Jul 242 min read


Introducing My Quilt “Original Sin”
Origin Sin, 53 X 70 inch traditional quilt inspired by the book “1619” by O.V. Brantley, 2025. For sale. $7500. The 1619 Project: A New...
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Jul 112 min read


Celebrating Independence Week With My Quilt “Racism — the White Elephant in the Room”
Racism — the White Elephant in the Room #1, 26 X 28 inch red and white quilt by O.V. Brantley, 2020. NFS Happy Independence Week! What a...
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Jul 101 min read


Celebrating Independence Week With My Quilt “Finding Fortitude”
Finding Fortitude, 56 X 58 inch red and white quilt, by O.V. Brantley, 2019. NFS. Happy Independence Week! What a great time to share...
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Jul 51 min read


Happy Juneteenth!
Celebrating Freedom Fearlessly, 54 X 66 inch Juneteenth quilt by O.V. Brantley 2024. For sale. $3000. Time does not stand still. Every...
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Jun 191 min read


My Quilt “Celebration Under the Freedom Tree” Celebrates Juneteenth at the Mason Fine Art Gallery
Celebration Under the Freedom Tree, 48 X 58 inch Juneteenth quilt by O.V. Brantley, 2024. For sale. $3000. You still have time to see my...
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Jun 181 min read


NEW QUILT SERIES! Bodacious Beautiful and Brilliant
Forever Bound By Delta, 66 X 78 inch red and white Irish chain quilt by O.V. Brantley 2001. NFS. I am always thinking of ways to use the...
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Jun 161 min read


Media Alert! My Quilt “Good Trouble Library” is in Quiltfolk Magazine
“Good Trouble Library” in Quiltfolk magazine. Often life can be full of nice surprises. The kind that make you say, “I never saw that...
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Jun 141 min read


Introducing My Quilt “Celebrating the Beauty of Freedom”
Celebrating the Beauty of Freedom, 44 X 49 inch Juneteenth quilt by O.V. Brantley, 2025. For sale. $2000. The City of South Fulton ,...
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Jun 101 min read


Introducing My New Quilt “Look Good. Feel Good. Do Good. #5”
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...
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Jun 21 min read


Speaking Good Trouble Quilts at the Shrine of the Black Madonna
Speaking about the “Good Trouble Quilts” book at the Shrine of the Black Madonna Saturday I was thrilled and honored to present a talk...
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May 251 min read


Celebrating Jazz in Atlanta with My Quilt “Jazz Festival Backup Singers”
Jazz Festival Backup Singers, 46 X 50 inch art quilt by O.V. Brantley, 2018. For sale. $3000. It’s jazz festival weekend in Atlanta! Jazz...
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May 241 min read
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