TWENTY-two people came together in Quambatook for a sewing session to assist animals impacted by Australia's bushfires on Sunday.

With an estimated loss of over a billion native animals and countless animals injured and left homeless, large quantities of pouches, blankets and other care items are urgently needed by people looking after orphaned and injured wildlife.

"They are getting a daily influx of animals," organiser Brooke O'Grady said.

"And the pouches don't necessarily last very long.

"They still need so much."

The informal group, which met in the back room of the Quambatook Hotel, focussed on making medium and large-sized pouches.

"They're for kangaroos, koalas and wombats - they'll be used for a range of animals," Ms O'Grady said.

"At the moment, the carers need those ones the most."

Thirteen of the 22 craftspeople present worked on sewing machines on Sunday, while the others cut up fabric and patterns.

The patterns, which are available from the Facebook page of the Australian Animal Rescue Craft Guild, are designed in close consultation with wildlife rescuers around the country, Ms O'Grady said.

"They have their own approved patterns, specific to our Australian animals, so they don't get their claws caught," she said.

"You have to use cotton or 100 per cent flannelette. You can use wool on some pouches but not for the innards."

The 21 women and one young male who attended produced 198 pouches on Sunday.

Quite a few of them also took home materials to make more, with the final haul due to be picked up by Ms O'Grady today.

The young mother, who grew up in Quambatook but now lives in Western Australia, has been back in the district on holidays.

She said the initiative had come out of a simple urge to help.

"I'd already made some bat wraps and hanging kangaroo bags and I was going to make some more pouches," she explained.

"My mum said, 'I'll give you a hand' and I started thinking about it.

"It was organised within a week."

Ms O'Grady sourced donations of material from op shops and individuals and asked people to bring their own sewing machines to the event.

She said while hundreds of thousands of people around the world are now involved in producing items for wildlife care in the wake of the bushfire crisis, there was still a need for more.

"Every bit helps," she said.