The colourful quilts and throws, created in a range of sizes, will be presented in gift bags to families with children in hospital who are staying at Ronald McDonald House, and to new mums and babies.

Lindy Randall of Trundle CWA says members made many of the quilts during their weekly meetings at the CWA rooms this year.

Among the creators was lifelong Trundle resident and long-time CWA member, Mary Collier, 92, who made some of the woollen throws.

"We have a challenge each year, and this was ours - quilts for charity", said Lindy Randall of Trundle CWA.

"We just wanted to do it for the children, and see them happy," she said.

"We're hoping to keep on doing it. If we could all do one a year each, that would be fantastic."

The donation follows a call out from Ronald McDonald House Orange earlier this year to residents who knit, crochet or quilt to help replenish depleting donation stocks.

Executive officer of Ronald McDonald House Orange Rebecca Walsh said the quilts would be a welcome gift for the families who stay at Ronald McDonald House Orange.

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