Otago Embroiderers' Guild members have finished the Dunedin panel for the Tapestry Trust of New Zealand project A Stitch In History.
Trust president Barry Clarke, of Dunedin, said when the project was finished there would be 120 panels from guilds across New Zealand outlining the history of New Zealand, from early Maori to the present day.
The University of Otago history department was designing the 120 panels, he said.
Trust secretary Jeanette Trotman said about 20 Otago guild members began stitching the Dunedin panel about two years ago and the final stitch was made last month.
Guilds in Otago, Whakatane, Central Hawkes Bay, and Marlborough had sewn panels and guilds in Thames Valley, Ashburton, Manawatu, Rotorua were stitching panels and another was being privately stitched.
Another 20 guilds were waiting to start stitching and three panels were in the designed by the university for guilds in South Waikato and Timaru.
When completed, the 120 panels could be displayed in Dunedin and Toitu Otago Settlers Museum would store the panels until a decision was made on its future.
Doreen Haslam put the first stitch in the panel, in memory of her husband Fred Haslam, and began the 300 hours' of work to complete the panel.
Mrs Trotman said Mr Haslam had the idea for the project after seeing the Bayeux Tapestry in France, which depicts the Norman conquest of England.
Mrs Haslam presented the Dunedin panel to Mr Clarke at the Otago guild's annual meeting in Dunedin on Thursday.
Mrs Haslam said the ''beautiful'' Dunedin panel made her proud because her husband's vision was coming together.
''If he were here, he would be so proud and he would thoroughly enjoy watching it progress, so on behalf of Fred and me - a big thank you.''
