Janome Reveals the Ideal Crafting Companion for Marie Osmond

Internationally Renowned Singer, Actress, Author, Philanthropist
and Crafter Backs Quality Machine with Janome America
MAHWAH, N.J.--(Business Wire)--
Since announcing their partnership in May 2008, Janome America,
Inc, a leading manufacturer of sewing machines, and Marie Osmond have
been hard at work developing the perfect creative tool for Marie's
life-long passion of quilting. As an experienced crafter, Marie has a
good idea of what quilters are looking for to fully unleash their
creativity with a professional looking finish. The Marie Osmond
Quilter's Companion (MO200) embodies the characteristics that quilters
desire with the benefits of the high quality features and convenience
of a Janome machine.

"After learning to quilt from my mother, I have always believed
that busy hands are happy hands," said Marie. "As an avid crafter, I
want to be sure a machine has all the convenience factors and advanced
features to produce high quality projects without any frustration.
Janome's MO200 Quilter's Companion is that perfect machine."

"The design of the Marie Osmond Quilter's Companion exudes the
style and versatility that are key to crafters like Marie," said Jiro
Hagiwara, president and CEO Janome America, Inc. "With an abundance of
unsurpassed features and over 200 actual stitches, this machine packs
the advanced precision with Memory Craft ease-of-use and power."

In support of the release of Marie Osmond Quilter's Companion
machine, Janome and Marie Osmond are working on a quilter's dream
contest that will be announced this fall on www.marieosmond.com. More
than $17, 000 worth of prizes from Janome, and other Marie Osmond
sponsors including the MO200, will be awarded.

The Marie Osmond Quilter's Companion features the new Automatic
Straight Stitch Needle Plate, a function original to Janome, and
Marie's favorite. The Automatic Straight Stitch Needle Plate switches
automatically between straight and zig zag stitches without changing
the needle plate. Showcasing the ease-of-use for which Janome is
known, the Marie Osmond Quilter's Companion enables sewists to edit,
customize and save stitch combinations to five on-board memory banks
for easy touch-button recall when returning to a project or starting
anew, after life's many potential interruptions. With 200 utility and
decorative stitches, 10 automatic buttonholes and three fonts, there
are a multitude of options that are sure to inspire optimal creativity
in all quilters.

Adding to its sleek and styling design, The Marie Osmond Quilter's
Companion also features the Superior Feed System, Auto-Tension System,
fully automatic sensor buttonholes and a one-hand needle threader as
well as adjustable foot pressure for sewing a greater variety of
fabrics with different thicknesses. This machine is packed with
automatic functions for extra time-saving convenience.

For more information about Marie Osmond visit www.marieosmond.com.

Janome America is the largest subsidiary of Janome Sewing Machine
Company of Japan, which produces nearly two million sewing machines
annually as well as a line of related sewing products and embroidery
software. Janome is a category leader in innovation and Janome sewing
machines are recognized throughout the industry for their ease-of-use
and unsurpassed stitch quality. For more information, please visit:
www.janome.com.

Freeman Public Relations
Sue Murphy/Maggie Davis, 973/237-0623
smurphy@freemanpr.com
mdavis@freemanpr.com

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