Usha International Ltd, one of India’s leading household consumer durables company today announced Ms. Marlin Turner as the winner of the Usha Award for Excellence in Quilting at the Quilt Show Competition during the first India Quilt Festival (IQF 2019) at Chennai.

The award comprised a Certificate and the wi-fi enabled sewing-cum-embroidery machine with digitizer, the Usha Janome Memory Craft 15000, that was handed over to Ms. Marline Turner by Mr. K.P. Achutan, Regional Manager, South India , USHA and in the presence of IQF dignitaries. The Quilt Show Competition at IQF witnessed 290 plus quilts from India and overseas taking part in the competition across various categories. The categories for this section included Traditional, Modern, Art, Novice, and Theme quilts.

Usha international has redefined the industry by consistently introducing technologically advanced sewing machines for consumers. The state-of-the-art machine Usha Janome Memory Craft 15000 is an advanced computerized stitching cum embroidery machine with Japanese technology. The Hi-tech Wi-Fi enabled machine, Memory Craft 15000 is iPad compatible and is capable of making embroidery designs up to 230 X 300 mm with a stitching width of 9 mm. It has one of the biggest screen size in the industry. Other features include iPad® Connectivity via Wi-Fi & iPad® applications for specialized editing; The Horizon Link™ Suite enables connectivity between window enabled laptop and the machine via Wi-FI. This suit also includes AcuFil™ Quilting Suite, Stitch Composer™ and AcuFeed Flex™. This machine allows users to do stitching through multiple thick layers with perfect precision taking quilting to a new level. With an aim to provide ultimate sewing experience and enhance efficiency and creativity, the machine comes with a free powerful designing software; Digitizer MBX for creating customized professional embroidery designs.