O.V. Speaks Quilts

Not a snowflake in sight but it’s cold in Atlanta! Temperature in the 30’s is reason enough to share Winter Wonderland Wanderlust. A...

IT’S MY BIRTHDAY!! Today I am 70 years old and feeling great about it. When I turned 60, I made a quilt named Serene at Sixty. I was...

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...

Delta Menopause is a traditional fan quilt, quilted entirely by hand. In addition to the fans, the flying geese border adds movement to...

Here's a rare site -- my quilts in the wild. I am not an outdoor girl so neither are my quilts. They were part of a photo shoot by a...

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...

Follow Me to Freedom is part of the traveling exhibit of my solo exhibit of red and white quilts entitled Long Time Coming: A...

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...

We celebrated Jackie Jackson-Harvey's birthday at the Welcome All Quilters meeting this week. She brought her "made from scratch" caramel...

Everything in my store is 25% off until December 11th. Don't miss this opportunity to get your original one-of-a-kind quilt. Gift items...

Brittany is my niece (like a daughter) and my personal media relations assistant for my quilting activities and the Atlanta Quilt...

Exhibiting the 47 red and white quilts in my Long Time Coming exhibit was exciting and busy. I also had two quilts in the Good Trouble...

I don't often post about my quilt A Star Among Stars because in my mind she is imperfect and I still blame her for stressing me out....

I am actually here! It still feels like a dream that I have a solo exhibit of 47 quilts exhibiting at the International Quilt Festival....