After reading of fellow Dubbo woman,Virginia Carter's, efforts, Mrs O'Brien went to work with her knitting needles and crafted up a whopping 110 poppies.

A retired teacher, Mrs O'Brien said she had a lot of time on her hands to knit the poppies, and while doing so she reflected upon its personal meaning.

"Although it's a humble contribution to the community and their Anzac Day celebrations, it also reflects on my husband's contribution to his country," Mrs O'Brien said.

Her late husband, Ken O'Brien, enlisted at West Wyalong and saw overseas service in Borneo.

The red poppy is a symbolic feature of war, Mrs O'Brien said, making reference to the famous In Flanders Field poem by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae.

"It's what we all read about, In Flanders Field," she said.

After seeing the broadcast of the red poppy memorial at the Tower of London last year, Mrs O'Brien said she hoped Dubbo could reach the same moving effect on April 25.

"If we can get the masses together who knows what the memorial could look like," she said.

Adding a further sentimental twist to the tale, Mrs O'Brien said the buttons she had used for the centre of the poppies had come from her own mother's button jar.

"Some of those buttons are probably older than I am," she said.

Although Mrs O'Brien has hung up her knitting needles for the project, there was still plenty of time to get involved before Anzac Day.

"I got the pattern off Virginia and it actually only took only one hour to make each poppy," she said.

"Anyone who can knit can quite easily make a contribution to the Anzac Day centenary."