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Winners of Marie Osmond’s Quilting Challenge!

After receiving hundreds of beautiful, handmade quilts from all over the country, Janome America, Inc., Marie Osmond, Quilting Treasures and Advantus announced the winners of Marie Osmond's Quilting Challenge: First Place winner Dean Deerfield of Midland, TX, Second Place winner Natalie Moun of Wheaton, IL, and Third Place winner Gretchen Stumme of Rochester, NY.

Using Marie Osmond Quilting Treasure fabric, the contest challenged quilters to create an original quilt and bring it into a participating Janome dealer where it was entered into a drawing to win a Marie Osmond Quilter's Companion from Janome. One quilt from each dealer was selected for the national round, where Marie picked the 10 quilts as finalists. The 10 finalists received $400 worth of prizes. The quilts were posted on Marie’s site, www.marieosmond.com, in April where online voters selected the first, second and third place winners. The 10 finalists' quilts were auctioned on eBay Giving Works, all proceeds of which were donated to the Children's Miracle Network, the charity Marie co-founded. All contestants had the option of donating their entry to their local Children's Miracle Network affiliated hospital.

First place winner Dean Deerfield won a quilter's dream prize package including the Janome Memory Craft 11000 Special Edition, a $750 assortment of storage 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.

Second place winner Natalie Moun won the Janome Marie Osmond Quilter's Companion Machine, an assortment of storage products from Advantus worth $500, $500 in assorted Marie Osmond Quilting Treasures fabric and product and a Marie Osmond Adora Butterflies Belle doll.

Third place winner Gretchen Stumme received a Janome Marie Osmond Quilter's Companion Machine, in addition to an assortment of storage 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.

Reprinted from SQE Professional, October 2009