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O.V. Brantley
May 25, 20231 min read
I Want It All At Once
This week I shared my t-shirt quilt I Want it All at Once with the Welcome All Quilters because t-shirt quilts have been the topic of...
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O.V. Brantley
May 25, 20231 min read
Exploring Illusion Quilts
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...
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O.V. Brantley
May 19, 20231 min read
My Long Time Coming Exhibit Shipped to Houston
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...
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O.V. Brantley
May 16, 20231 min read
My Quilts Featured In Art Quilting Studio Magazine
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...
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O.V. Brantley
May 16, 20231 min read
Introducing Reveal Your Inner Star
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....
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O.V. Brantley
May 13, 20231 min read
Introducing Rooted in the Beloved Community
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....
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O.V. Brantley
May 10, 20231 min read
A Resource for Hanging Your Quilts
I use decorative curtain rods to hang my quilts. I don't consider my quilts finished until I add a 4 inch hanging sleeve on the back. I...
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O.V. Brantley
May 8, 20231 min read
Recipient of the 33rd Kuumba Award for Creativity
I was honored to be awarded the 33rd Kuumba Award by my sorors in the East Point College Park Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta. May...
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O.V. Brantley
May 7, 20231 min read
SOLD! I Believe in Ancestral Angels
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...
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O.V. Brantley
May 6, 20231 min read
High Museum of Art Explores African American Quilts
This week the High Museum of Art in Atlanta held a groundbreaking Convening to discuss black quilts. The High Museum is planning an...
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O.V. Brantley
May 1, 20231 min read
Gifted! Be Happy!
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...
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O.V. Brantley
Apr 30, 20231 min read
Introducing Follow Your Kind Star
Follow Your Kind 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
Apr 26, 20231 min read
Speaking Quilts at the High Museum
I am pleased to share that I will be part of a panel discussion entitled Black Quilts: Katherine Jentleson in Conversation with O. V....
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O.V. Brantley
Apr 23, 20231 min read
Sunday Morning
Sunday Morning. I love the tranquility of Japanese taupe quilts. “Sunday Morning” is not obviously a flower quilt, but it is based on the...
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O.V. Brantley
Apr 23, 20231 min read
Embellishments Give My Quilts Personality
Do you embellish your quilts? I love adding embellishments to my quilts to give them their own special personality. My favorites are...
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O.V. Brantley
Apr 20, 20231 min read
My Red and White Quilts Will Exhibit at the International Quilt Festival
My first solo exhibit Long Time Coming: A Retrospective of O.V. Brantley's Red and White Quilts has been juried into the 2023...
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O.V. Brantley
Apr 20, 20231 min read
Choose to Bloom
I continue to be joyfully inspired by the flowers popping up in my neighborhood. My quilt Choose to Bloom is the queen of my flower quilt...
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O.V. Brantley
Apr 18, 20231 min read
Special Recognition by Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
I am humbled and honored by this recognition from my sorors of the East Point/College Park Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta sorority....
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O.V. Brantley
Apr 15, 20231 min read
Block 8 of Winter Wonderland Wanderlust
Saturday is a work day, and I have finished my Winter Wonderland Wanderlust house blocks! Block 8 of 8 is composed of 3 different...
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O.V. Brantley
Apr 14, 20231 min read
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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