Members of Rose City Quilters, Town and Country Quilters and the Rangitikei Country Quilters made blocks for a stunning raffle quilt, titled ‘Take Time to Smell the Roses’. The following people put in the hard work stitching blocks and putting the quilt together: Heather Easton (Town and Country Quilters), Pat Brazendale (Town and Country Quilters), Ngaire Short (Rangitikei Country Quilters), Lois Goss (Rose City Quilters), Heather Beggs (Town and Country Quilters), Sandie Butcher (Rose City Quilters), Georgina Greenwood (Rangitikei Country Quilters), Sandi Mallinder (Rangitikei Country Quilters), Judith Briant (Rangitikei Country Quilters), Cheryl Shirriffs (Rose City Quilters), Josie Bliss (Town and Country Quilters), Valda Dixon ( Rangitikei Country Quilters), Elaine Butterfield (Rangitikei Country Quilters). Anne Bramley Rangitikei Country Quilters Liz Gates Rose City Quilters Anna Williams Rangitikei Country Quilters

Some members of the original committee from 1987 (from left):

Pam Retter, Elaine Little, Jill Tulloch, Chris Ronchi and Daphne Barrett

Hand appliquéd, machine pieced and hand quilted. Design by Diane Johnston with traditional quilting.

Sandra Collins won 2nd place in the 2006 Challenge.

Frances Johns took 1st place in the 2006 Challenge with this quilt.

Doreen Mudgeway won the 2006 Best in Show for her quilt.

Heather Easton won 2nd Best in Show at the 2006 Rhapsody in fabric exhibition held.

Diane Southey opened the 2006 exhibition Rhapsody in fabric for the Town and Country Quilters, held at Thompson House.

Paula Shailer made this glorious quilt which won the Viewers Choice award in the 2006 Rhapsody in Fabric exhibition, of the Town and Country Quilters.

Lesley Marshall won the novice award in the 2006 Challenge.

A selection of small quilts from the National Quilting Symposium recently held in Palmerston North.

Doreen has been quilting for about 12 years after taking a Community Education programme at Horowhenua College.

Novice quilter Lesley Marshall who won the Novice award in the 2006 challenge

The Horowhenua Mail story about the Town and Country Quilters 2006 Rhapsody in Fabric exhibition at Thompson House.

A 180 degree view of the Town and Country Quilters 2007 exhibition held in the new hall at the Horowhenua Events Centre. This is first time the exhibition was held at the new venue.