Today’s Affirmation: Be Confidently Daring
I continue to be obsessed with flowers this week, big and small. This quilt is named Be Confidently Daring. It is part of my “Be” series...
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O.V. Brantley
Apr 13, 20231 min read
Flowers and Tea For Me
Olivia Victoria (my fur baby) and I took a relaxing stroll around the neighborhood. There is nothing more beautiful than spring in...
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O.V. Brantley
Apr 13, 20231 min read
Block 7 of Winter Wonderland Wanderlust
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...
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O.V. Brantley
Apr 10, 20231 min read
Missing Sarasota — My Island City
Sarasota may not technically be an island city, but there is enough water around to make me share my quilt Island City. I made this quilt...
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O.V. Brantley
Apr 9, 20231 min read
Happy Easter!
Happy Easter from my quilt I Believe in Ancestral Angels. On Easter Sunday I can’t help but remember the years I was coached by my Mom to...
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O.V. Brantley
Mar 25, 20231 min read
Introducing Follow Your Dancing Star
Follow Your Dancing Star follows in the tradition of the friendship star quilts that danced in the ceiling of my solo exhibit “Long Time...
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O.V. Brantley
Mar 21, 20231 min read
Happy Spring!
I prayed for spring and my prayers were answered. Happy First Day of Spring! My quilt Praying For Spring is a study of traditional quilt...
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O.V. Brantley
Mar 16, 20231 min read
Jazz Festival Backup Singers Listed For Sale
After exhibiting in many quilt shows to wide acclaim, Jazz Festival Backup Singers is now listed for sale. The annual jazz festival in...
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O.V. Brantley
Mar 14, 20231 min read
Introducing the Abundance of Africa
The Abundance of Africa is the 9th quilt in what has turned into my “About Africa” series. First I made The Joys of Africa. I liked it so...
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O.V. Brantley
Mar 13, 20231 min read
Potion to Cure Racism Returns Home from National Quilt Museum
My quilt “Potion to Cure Racism” has returned home. She exhibited at the @nationalquiltmuseum in Paducah Kentucky from October -...
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O.V. Brantley
Feb 24, 20231 min read
Every Defiant Woman is at QuiltCon!
My quilt Every Defiant Woman is part of the Brown Sugar Stitchers Quilt Guild at QuiltCon. QuiltCon is the annual national show sponsored...
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O.V. Brantley
Feb 12, 20231 min read
Happy Super Bowl Sunday
I love football. There was a time when no matter who was playing, I rooted for the black quarterback. Why? Because for most of my life, a...
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O.V. Brantley
Feb 5, 20231 min read
Block 2 of Winter Wonderland Wanderlust
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...
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O.V. Brantley
Jan 31, 20231 min read
Artist Talk for Say Your Piece Exhibit
My quilt Potion to Cure Racism is part of the exhibit Say Your Piece -- Black Women: Mothers, Martyrs and Misunderstood at the National...
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O.V. Brantley
Jan 30, 20231 min read
I Believe in Legal Angels is a TV Star
Imagine my surprise and pleasure this week when I glanced up at MSNBC and saw one of my quilts! The quilt hanging behind Attorney...
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O.V. Brantley
Jan 29, 20231 min read
Winter Wonderland Wanderlust Underway
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...
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O.V. Brantley
Jan 20, 20231 min read
And Just Like That, It’s Over!
India and I de-installed Long Time Coming: A Retrospective Of O.V. Brantley’s Red and White Quilts, my first solo red and white quilt...
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O.V. Brantley
Jan 15, 20231 min read
Have a Changed Heart on MLK Weekend
Martin Luther King weekend is a time for inner reflection. "What can I do to be a better person?" Reimagine, Resolve and Recreate. My...
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O.V. Brantley
Jan 13, 20231 min read
“Circles of Sisterhood” Listed For Sale
My quilt Circles of Sisterhood is listed for sale in my studio store.
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O.V. Brantley
Jan 8, 20231 min read
“Racism — the White Elephant in the Room #2” Listed For Sale
My quilt Racism — the White Elephant in the Room #2 was inspired by an old saying “the elephant in the room”. The saying means there is...
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