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Announcing the Marie Osmond Quilting Challenge

Marie Osmond is known the world over as a singer, actress, author and philanthropist as well as an avid quilter. To celebrate Marie’s love of quilting, Janome America, Inc., Quilting Treasures, and Advantus have joined forces to create one of the most exciting quilting contests ever. With $17,000 worth of prizes, including Janome sewing machines, Marie Osmond Quilting Treasures fabric and storage and organizational products from Advantus, the contest is every quilter’s dream.

“I am thrilled that Janome, Quilting Treasures and Advantus have come together to create this amazing contest,” said Marie. “With such fabulous prizes up for grabs, I can’t wait to see the creativity and enthusiasm the contest is going to generate. And I’m so pleased that the winning quilts are going to benefit the Children’s Miracle Network, a charity so near and dear to my heart.”

Using Marie Osmond Quilting Treasures fabric, the contest challenges quilters to create an original quilt and bring it to a participating Janome dealer by April 3, 2009. The Janome dealer will automatically enter the quilt into a drawing to win a Marie Osmond Quilter’s Companion (MOQC) machine from Janome. One quilt from each dealer will then be selected for the national round, where Marie herself will pick the 10 quilts as finalists. On April 27, the 10 finalists’ quilts will be posted on www.marieosmond.com, for public voting. The winners will be announced on May 17. The 10 finalists’ quilts will be auctioned on eBay Giving Works all proceeds of which will be donated to Children’s Miracle Network, the charity Marie co-founded. All other contestants have the option of donating their entry to their local Children’s Miracle Network affiliated hospital as well.

The First Place winner of the contest will receive over $9,000 worth of prizes including the new, revolutionary Janome Memory Craft 11000 Special Edition. The winner will also receive a $750 assortment of storage and organization products from Advantus, $750 worth of assorted Marie Osmond Quilting Treasures fabric and product as well as a Marie Osmond Baby Adora Belle Holiday porcelain doll with a coordinating quilted table runner. 

The Second Place prize package will include the new Janome MOQC, an assortment of storage and organizational products from Advantus worth $500, $500 in assorted Marie Osmond Quilting Treasures fabric and product and a Marie Osmond Adora Butterflies Belle doll for a total value of over $2,400.  

The Third Place prize package includes a Janome MOQC, in addition to an assortment of storage and organizational products from Advantus worth $250, $250 of Marie Osmond Quilting Treasures fabric and product as well as a Marie Osmond Friendship Rose Tiny Tot doll amounting to over $1,800. 

Each of the 10 finalists that are hand picked by Marie will also receive a prize package of product worth $400.

Additional details regarding the contest, including the official entry form can be found online at www.janome.com.

Reprinted from the SQE Professional, January 2009