Makers: Moira, Linda, and Yvonna Hofsteede

Panel number: 545

Petition sheet number: Did not sign 1893 petition

Person honouring: Ethel Therese Hofsteede

Relationship to makers: Mother

Ethel Therese Hofsteede came to New Zealand in 1954 from England, aged 20 years. She married and raised six daughters on a hobby, and then dairy, farm in Dunedin.

Ethel was a church server, singer in the church choir, and a volunteer at Saint Vincent de Paul in Dunedin and Motueka. She was a helper in the museum and a devoted spinner, dyer, and knitter until her death in 2018.

Panel materials: Brought 100% cotton sheet for $5. Paper, doily, thread, paua buttons, woollen blanket, wooden rosary beads, knitted old jersey piece, printed flag, and sock $10, screen printed picture $25, shortened knitting needles, paper picture.