O.V. Speaks Quilts

After creating and exhibiting 47 quilts in my Long Time Coming exhibit at the International Quilt Festival, you would think I have enough...

Had a wonderful creative time in Jan Hollins' Landscape Class at the Welcome All Quilt Club meeting. It’s always fun to learn a new...

I was honored when the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, KY asked me to design a block for its Block of the Month program. I thought...

I took a class taught by Fiber Artis Wendy Kendrick at the Atlanta Quilt Festival. The class was designed to help quilters imagine their...

Producing the Atlanta Quilt Festival is a full time job for about 2 months. Once the opening weekend is over, I exhale, knowing that I...

I have used many irons over the years. For the most part, they are all the same, and I am not that picky about irons anyway. However, I...

I travel with a hand quilting project even on a quilt cruise. On this trip I worked on Block 8 of my year long applique project Sensuous...

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...

Do you embellish your quilts? I love adding embellishments to my quilts to give them their own special personality. My favorites are...

Saturday is a work day, and I have finished my Winter Wonderland Wanderlust house blocks! Block 8 of 8 is composed of 3 different...

I can see the light at the end of the tunnel on my Winter Wonderland Wanderlust house blocks! Block 7 of 8 is composed of 3 different...

Back from a spring break trip to Sarasota, FL, I am back to work on my “Winter Wonderland Wanderlust” quilt. Block 6 of 8 is composed of...

Saturday is a work day and I am making progress on my Winter Wonderland Wanderlust quilt. Block 4 of 8 is composed of 3 different houses...

Block 2 of Winter Wonderland Wanderlust only has two houses so it came together really fast. I am really feeling like I am on a roll. I...

As I finish My Christmas Wish, I already have a new red and white house quilt underway. I love house quilts. ❤️ I named it Winter...

While I am immersed in red and white, I must report that I finished hand quilting My Christmas Wish. To finish hand quilting a quilt is...

I love thread. I have many different collections because the right thread for the right quilt can make all the difference. Since I could...

I love thread. I have many different collections because the right thread for the right quilt can make all the difference. Since I could...

I love thread. I have many different collections because the right thread for the right quilt can make all the difference. Since I could...

Are you working on a project that requires a lot of half square triangles? If so, the easiest way to make them is to use half square...