O.V. Speaks Quilts

The right to be free is an inalienable right. Happy Independece Day!

I love everything about the Christmas season so years ago I started a Christmas quilt collection. Each year I try to add a new quilt. My...

Surprisingly, the United States Supreme Court handed down a decision that upholds the idea of one person one vote. The Court directed the...

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

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...

Rooted in the Beloved Community is an art quilt that measures 41 X 45 inches. It starts with 4 house blocks in the middle of the quilt....

I Believe in Ancestral Angels has been sold and shipped to her new home in New Jersey. She loves her new home where she is loved and...

I recently gifted my quilt Be Happy! to my former boss at the Southern Poverty Law Center. She mentioned that she loved it, and I loved...

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

My first solo exhibit Long Time Coming: A Retrospective of O.V. Brantley's Red and White Quilts has been juried into the 2023...

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 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...

Olivia Victoria (my fur baby) and I took a relaxing stroll around the neighborhood. There is nothing more beautiful than spring in...

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...

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...

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...

Follow Your Dancing Star follows in the tradition of the friendship star quilts that danced in the ceiling of my solo exhibit “Long Time...

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...

After exhibiting in many quilt shows to wide acclaim, Jazz Festival Backup Singers is now listed for sale. The annual jazz festival in...