O.V. Speaks Quilts

A Legacy to Love, 66 X 82 inch red and white quilt by O.V. Brantley 2015. My sorority Delta Sigma Theta inspired my love of red and...

Today is my ride or die daughter’s birthday! India and I have had many wonderful Mother/Daughter adventures over the years as we explored...

Girls Trip! India, Baby Addison and I are headed to the International Quilt Festival in Houston this week. My quilt Winter Wonderland...

I remember vividly the opening of my first solo exhibit Long Time Coming — A Retrospective of O.V. Brantley’s Red and White Quilts . I...

My quilt A Star Among Stars has been acquired by the High Museum of Art  in Atlanta, GA for their permanent collection. It is a part of a...

My quilt Purses of Plenty has been acquired by the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, GA for their permanent collection. I donated it to the...

My quilt Stop Disappearing. Show Up and Speak Up! was juried into Georgia Celebrates Quilts, the East Cobb Quilt Show. The bi-annual...

Although I was admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court in 2001, I never had the opportunity to argue before the...

Check out my interview on the Quilt Show conducted by Lilo Bowman. I talked about my life, my quilts, the Atlanta Quilt Festival and the...

I spent most of 2022 hand quilting My Christmas Wish and visualizing how my solo exhibit of red and white quilts would look in a gallery...

Colored Girl Lawyer Rocks! is my way of documenting my legal career. After graduating from Vanderbilt Law School, I enjoyed a high...

Angels are out in force during the holiday season. I imagine they are enjoying the smiles, the music and the smells from the kitchen all...

I am ending November the same way I started it -- with a red and white quilt. November was an amazing time in my life, and I will be...

During my visit to the University of Michigan for the big football game against rival Ohio State, the boyfriend gave me a tour of the...

Now that the 47 quilts that comprise my solo red and white quilt exhibit Long Time Coming have returned home safely, I am taking a moment...

My solo exhibit of red and white quilts, formally entitled Long Time Coming: A Retrospective of O.V. Brantley's Red and White Quilts, is...

Sorors of Delta Sigma theta are drawn to red and white like a moth to a flame, so it was no surprise to me that many of my sorors showed...

India and I always build in some down time on our trips. After presenting four Gallery Talks each day for three straight days for both my...

I was very busy at the International Quilt Festival. Each day of the festival, I presented four Gallery Talks: two each day for my red...

A Star Among Stars is part of the traveling exhibit of my solo exhibit of red and white quilts entitled Long Time Coming: A Retrospective...