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It has been my honor to be a contributor to these award winning quilts. For closer details of each quilt please refer to the online photo gallery.

Honorable Mention, Duet Bed Quilt Category
2008 National Quilting Association's
39th Annual Quilt Show - Columbus Ohio

Brazilian Beauty by Delores Stubbs, quilted by Karen E Overton. See full photo below.

2nd Place Miniature Quilt Category
Lakeview Quilter's Quilt
Mayfest 2008

My Class Sampler - miniature (16" x 16") wholecloth by Karen E Overton quilted during my workshop with award winning longarm quilter, designer, and teacher Sherry Rogers- Harrison

Viewer's Choice
2008 Texas City Museum Quilt Exhibit

By popular vote of exhibit attendees Delores Stubbs' Brazilian Beauty won the Viewer's Choice award and a $75 gift certificate to Cactus Quilts. The Brazilian Embroidery took a year to complete. It was quilted by Karen E. Overton

1st Place Machine-Quilted Pieced
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
2008 Quilt Show

Here We Go 'Round In Circles, pieced and quilted by Karen E Overton, representing Galveston/Mainland in the 2008 Go Texan Quilt Show.

1st Place Traditional Solitaire - Small

Bay Area Quilt Guild
2007 Autumn Splendor Quilt Show

Passion Pink, 20" x 20" wholecloth designed and quilted by Karen E Overton

First Place Ultimate Guild Challenge
American Quilter's Society
Nashville 2007

Lemoncello, pieced by Patricia Mayer, quilted by Karen E Overton. Part of an 8 quilt grouping from Lakeveiw Quilter's Guild

Viewers Choice 2007 Texas City Museum Quilt Exhibit

By popular vote of exhibit attendees, Kathy Medlin's Butterfly Applique' Quilt won the Viewer's Choice Award and a $75 gift certificate from Cactus Quilts. It was quilted by Karen E Overton

Best of Division: Machine Quilted - Pieced First Place Machine Quilted-Pieced Category Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Quilt Show 2007

Mainland Morning Quilt Guild, Texas City Texas, represented Galveston County in the 2007 Quilt Show. Happy Trails was pieced by Peggy Mote, Patricia Wright, and Ruth Marques-Silliman. It was quilted by Karen E Overton. See full photo below.

The quilt was won in the raffle by Pat Wright, one of the contributors to this award winning quilt.

From the Galveston Daily News (above and below)

Second Place

2006 Marcus Brothers Guild Challenge

The Island Quilter's Guild, Galveston Texas, placed second in the Marcus Brother's Guild Challenge. This winning quilt is an original design by Cassandra Bolden and was quilted by Karen E Overton. All quilts submitted to Marcus Brothers were donated to charity.