Sisters from all the wards, under the leadership for the Singapore Stake Relief Society Presidency, demonstrated their quilting skills at the week long Women’s Exhibition organized by Jamiyah Singapore on 28 July to 3 August 2005 at the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts building. Themed ‘Women : Past, Present and Future’, the exhibition was opened by Dr Balaji Sadasivan, the Senior Minister of State for Information, Communications and the Arts and Health.

The objective of the exhibition was to highlight the contributions of women to society. More than 100 women of different nationalities from the past and the present who have made significant contributions to the advancement of humanity were featured. Jamiyah Singapore, a Muslim Missionary Society, well known for their work in promoting understanding and harmony of the different races and cultures in Singapore, had invited the church to take part in the exhibition because they were aware of the unique contributions of the Mormon Church’s Relief Society.

Sisters from all the wards took turns to man the church’s exhibition booth. A quilting frame was displayed and visitors were invited to try their hand in quilting.
“The people who stopped by were very interested in what we were doing,” said Sister Leann Allen, the Stake Relief Society President. “Many, including men and children wanted to try their hand at quilting. They were very interested in the scrapbook of pictures we had on display showing our 100 quilt project, and in who we were. We had good response from sisters in the wards. Even though we had to change scheduling plans on them after the first day. They were all excited to quilt again.”

Visitors to the exhibition came from all walks of life. Some were foreign visitors.
“A large number of visitors visited the one week exhibition. Visitors included members of interfaith organisation, foreign diplomats in Singapore, junior college students, secondary school students, kindergarten students as well as foreign tourists from Australia, Ireland, America, Holland, Japan, Hong Kong, Serbia,” said Ms Aishah Mohamed, Research and Development Specialist, Jamiyah Singapore. The sisters who were at the booth really enjoyed themselves demonstrating their quilting skills. According to Sister Alice Chiu, First Councilor in the Stake Relief Society, the sisters were able to complete one quilt a day.