G’day all,
Christmas is getting closer and closer. Yesterday and today the local Sydney volunteers had our Christmas lunches. I forgot to take some photos yesterday but I am so pleased I remembered today. From left to right we have Kristie H, Lisa K, Cath Hpr (aka Mrs Claus), Bel P, Keryn M holding my beautiful Charlie, Rachel B holding my gorgeous Bonnie, Philomena H, Lois S, Moi, Lynn F, Toni F, Marianne R and Arthur F.
I wish you could have seen our table, it was just about groaning under all the food. When volunteers gather there is never any shortage of food, laughs or goodwill!
NO REQUEST LIST NEXT WEEK…
coz that would be on Christmas Day!! The next request list will come out on 2 January 24… oh my goodness, next year already.
If you want to take on a request in that time all you need to do is to email me for an updated list and i will be happy to send it to you.
Here is the request list for this week. Happy hunting. I hope you can find something that tickles your fancy.
POST BY DATE
The post by date for all Requests on this list is 22 January 2023 please, or earlier if you can manage this. If you cannot make that date, please let me know. Do reach out if you have any timing issues and we’ll resolve one way or the other. In fact, if you are going to be late posting it please let me know BEFORE you post it. Also, if this time frame is too tight for you, there are options, just email me to discuss, thank you.
POST BY DATE
The post by date for all Requests on this list is 22 January 2024 please, or earlier if you can manage this. If you cannot make that date, please let me know. Do reach out if you have any timing issues and we’ll resolve one way or the other. In fact, if you are going to be late posting it please let me know BEFORE you post it. Also, if this time frame is too tight for you, there are options, just email me to discuss, thank you.
Request Information
When selecting a request, remember, you do not have to include everything they have asked for. Footy quilts do not need to have the logo or even the team’s name. Using the team colours is all that is required. Simple is perfectly acceptable. A number of these requests have given you favourite colours as well as footy teams or other hobbies and interests. It is fine to make a quilt using their favourite colours and include only one of their interests. It is fine to keep it simple.
If there is more than one request on this list that you would be happy to do I suggest that you send me a list of requests and tell me how many you want to be allocated….i.e. one of the following please….There are always a few requests that everyone wants to do (and I can never pick them) so if the first one you ask for is taken then I can allocate another from your list if I have a list.
Any queries you might have, please don’t hesitate to contact via the AHQ email as per usual with any queries and we will assist you from there. We may not know the answer, but it will be our pleasure to research and get back to you.
A reminder, when you are ready to post the quilt or laundry bag you’ve created, please use the PMKeyS number given to you in any correspondence with the admin team. This helps the volunteer admin team keep a track of what’s been sent etc. The PMKeyS number is included in the address details we supply for your recipient e.g. the 7-digit number in bold below.
CPL Wanda Quilt 8765432
TG 3456
AFPO XX
ADF
Sydney NSW 2890
Also, please use the Aussie Heroes PO Box address on your parcel in the event the parcel is Returned to Sender – the PO Box is a safe place in the event of any mishaps with postage.
Aussie Hero Quilts (and Laundry Bags)
PO Box 248
Cherrybrook NSW 2126
Don’t forget to take a photo of your completed quilt or laundry bag to email to AHQ with the name and PMKeyS of the recipient and we can include in the Weekly Dispatches blog and add to the tally of quilts and laundry bags sent off to the troops. I personally love viewing the photos of those projects dispatched – so inspiring.
If you are using a AHQ supplied prepaid satchel please kindly use the AHQ address for the return address– also for your own packaging – if a parcel is Returned to Sender it is likely we can expedite its journey to the recipient from Sydney.
Please also please hold on to the Tracking number (the pink sticker that you should remove before posting – we’ve experienced mail delays lately (haven’t we all?) and having the Tracking number is very reassuring to keep an eye on the parcel’s progress in arriving at its destination.
Don’t forget, if you look at today’s Request List and need help choosing, please feel free to get in touch to discuss, we will be ready to reply and offer guidance by email. Our goal is to help you find a request that you will be comfortable with doing. If you need a crest etc we may be able to post embroideries / printed fabric images or email some of these to you.
Helpful info may be gleaned here from Information For Those That Sew
I look forward to seeing the photos of completed quilts and LBs when they are ready to post off.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE copy the ENTIRE line if you wish to nominate for a quilt or laundry bag.
For example….
| Marvel Theme. Ironman | M | LB | 1 |
This is really important to make sure that neither you nor I copy the wrong number which could lead to me giving you the wrong details for specific request. If you find it hard to copy and paste, please copy or write the line out as above as:
Marvel Theme. Ironman M LB 1
Decoding The Columns:
The first column is the theme or preferences requested.
The second column indicates the gender of the recipient:
F = female
M = male
The third column is as follows:
B = both quilt and laundry bag (feel free to nominate to JUST do the laundry bag if you wish)
Q = just a quilt
LB = just a laundry bag
The fourth column is the number of the request.
Please let the Admin crew know if you have any other questions….Just email co*******@au**************.au
Looking forward to seeing what you want to make this week. Happy stitching!
Cheers,
Jan-Maree
P.P.S. Don’t forget to check out AHQ on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.
| Navy crest Port Adelaide AFL supporter (we can provide the crest) | M | Q | 1 |
| RAAF crest and Tri-service crest Enlistment date Red, green, blue, turquoise I like Motorcycle Racing, Kayaking, Road Cycling, Gym, Flying Aircraft and Surfing My NRL Team is the Cronulla Sharks. (We can provide the crests and can have the date embroidered) | M | Q | 1 |
| Rising Sun, Rising Sun, RAANC Badge, RAN crest, UN Flag, To err is Human, to Arr is to Pirate. surf lifesaving as well as skateboards. Also loves his coffee! (We can provide the service crests and the UN flag plus an embroidery of the text) | M | B | 2 |
| Star Wars the clone wars (Cartoon TV Show) | M | Q | 3 |
| Green/Black, North QLD Cowboys (rugby league team), Lord of the Rings | M | Q | 4 |
| Green, Skiing, Shetland Sheepdogs, Cheese, Lord of the Rings | M | Q | 5 |
| Blue, Rugby Union, Exeter Chiefs (UK Rugby Union Team), NSW Waratahs. | M | Q | 6 |
| Star Wars , NFL (USA National Football League) | M | Q | 7 |
| “Magic the Gathering” – Lord of the Rings themed | M | Q | 8 |
| South Sydney Rabbitohs NRL | M | Q | 9 |
| Pirates Of The Caribbean Themed | M | Q | 10 |
| Adelaide Crows themed (AFL) | M | Q | 11 |
| Sydney Roosters NRL Team | M | Q | 12 |
| Crossing the line, Neptune, Golden Shellback Turtles, Black Bears, | M | Q | 13 |
| Melbourne Storm | M | Q | 14 |
| RAAOC badge, Rising Sun badge, Rugby player for Defence, Canberra Raiders, loves mountain biking, diving and snorkleling and fishing. He just loves the ocean, also a Knifemaker/Cutler making and sharpens knives. Montague Island. Ordinance Corps colours are Scarlet and Royal Blue (We can supply the badges) | M | Q | 15 |
| Dragonball super, Lord of the rings, Jedi from starwars | M | Q | 16 |
| RAN crest on Navy blue Served April 87 – Feb 1995 Thank you for your service. 1959 Holden Convertible called Suzzette We have photos of the car that can be printed on fabric. (We can provide the RAN crest with personal details) | M | Q | 17 |
| Red and Black, Liverpool Football Club (soccer), LA Lakers (US National Basketball Association) | M | Q | 18 |
| Purple, Western Bulldogs | M | Q | 19 |
| Purple, Melbourne Storm, Lightning Bolts | M | Q | 19 |
| Blue, Sydney Roosters | M | Q | 20 |
| Black and Silver, Spartans and Samurai | M | Q | 21 |
| Blue Marvel, 4 wheel driving, Dirt bikes | M | Q | 22 |
| Fav colours Purple and dark green/blue. Star Wars (Jedi), Batman, Moon Knight (Marvel)/Science Fiction | F | Q | 23 |
| Penrith Panthers (NRL) | M | Q | 24 |
| Red, Blue, Yellow (Adelaide crows) | M | Q | 25 |
| Black and Gold, Video games (Halo) | M | Q | 26 |
| Purple, Car Engines, 4wding (79 Series), Spearfishing | M | Q | 27 |
| Ginger and White Shortbread cats | M | Q | 28 |
| RAN crest, Marvel / DC, 4WD / Camping, Video games (We can supply RAN crest) | M | Q | 29 |
| Food (Watermelon, Dumplings) | M | Q | 30 |
| Disney Princesses and Disney Villains | M | Q | 31 |
| Red and Blue (Newcastle Knights) Motorsports (F1) | M | Q | 32 |
| Red and Black – Lord of the rings | M | Q | 33 |
| Red and Black Starwars (Siths and Darthvader) | M | Q | 34 |
| Red and White (St George Ilawara Dragons) | M | Q | 35 |
| McLarren F1 team with LN4 and OP81 in big bold letters on the front with the McLaren logo silhouette in the background | F | LB | 36 |
| Silver Subaru WRX race car themed, nickname | M | LB | 37 |
| GuildWars2 theme | M | LB | 38 |
| 4×4 Driving Theme | M | Q | 39 |
| Blue Beach, Sunset, Turtles, Broome/Kimberley | F | Q | 40 |
| TV Show, Paw Patrol, Character Skye, Pink | M | Q | 41 |
| Black and Red, Star Wars | M | Q | 42 |
| Rising Sun, Engineering Corp Service dates (over 50 years) Thank you for your service Geelong Supporter (We can supply the badges with the text added) | M | Q | 43 |
| West Coast Eagles (AFL) and F-111 Aircraft | M | Q | 44 |
| Australian working dogs. Country sunset. Beach to bush | M | Q | 45 |
| Tiger and a voodoo doll Flight Logo with a black and purple mottled background (can supply image of flight logo) | M | LB | 46 |
| A kelpie on a beach side setting | M | Q | 47 |
| Essendon AFL Football (Red and Black) | M | Q | 48 |
| Ocean, Fishing, Spearfishing, Waves | M | B | 49 |
| Pirate theme (One Piece anime) prefer the One Piece jolly roger in the centre of quilt (we can supply the image of One Piece Jolly Roger) | M | Q | 50 |
| Brisbane Broncos themed | M | LB | 61 |
| Brisbane Broncos themed | M | Q | 62 |
| Grass themed | M | LB | 63 |
| Sydney Swans | M | Q | 64 |
| NSW Blues State Of Origin | M | Q | 65 |
| Seahawk MH-60R theme and Ocean theme | M | Q | 66 |
| Sailor Jerry/Traditional Tatoo and/or Gaming | M | Q | 67 |
| Rising Sun Royal Australian Artillery (RAA) deployed to Afghanistan twice. enlisted 25 Mar 1997 currently still serving (ie. 27 years service). postings to 16 Air Defence Regiment, Combined Arms Training Centre, 20 Regiment, Headquarters 1st Brigade, School of Artillery Army Knowledge Centre. married with two adult children Blue with red zigzags | M | Q | 68 |
| XBox | M | B | 69 |
| Holden V8 Cars | M | B | 70 |
| Harry Potter | F | LB | 71 |
| Kelpies (Dog), Cars (Disney), Camping, Navy RAN crest (We can provide the service crests) | M | B | 72 |
| Peter Rabbit | M | Q | 73 |
| RAN crest HMAS Huon Crest, Maritime Mines, Navy (we can provide the crests) | M | Q | 74 |
| Submarines and Ice Hockey | M | Q | 75 |
| Chicken Burger | M | LB | 76 |
| Outdoor, Adventure | M | B | 77 |
| Star Wars, Darth Vader, Red Light Saber | M | LB | 78 |
| Chicken Little | M | LB | 79 |
| DJ Turn Table / Disco | M | LB | 80 |
| Would like to use Navy Distruptive Patterned Uniforms to make quilt and LB. Recipient happy to mail uniforms to volunteer | M | B | 81 |
| Harry Potter and Softball | F | Q | 83 |
| Quolls, Penguines & Tasmanian Devils | F | Q | 84 |
| Golden Retrievers | F | LB | 85 |
| RAN crest, Lawyer (scales of justice anchor) and new badge Favourite colour is blue, Real Madrid supporter, loves Belgian chocolate and coffee. (image can be provided of new badge) | M | B | 86 |
| Beach, Surfing, Camping and supporting the Collingwood Football club in the AFL. | M | LB | 87 |
| Rising Sun with personal details, poppies and Army camouflage. Was in the Catering Corps (We can provide the Rising Sun and some Army camo as well as the catering corps badge) | F | LB | 88 |
| Navy Crest with personal details – Navy or Beach Themed. Has a yatch named Tango and raced Ducati motorbikes (we can provide an embroidered Navy Crest with details) | M | B | 91 |
| RAAF crest, RAAF Pilot, RAAF/Planes/Blue Camo. Flew C130H and C27J Spartans. Nickname “XXXX” (we can provide images of silhouettes of aircraft) | M | LB | 92 |
| Pink & White or Flower Themed with my initials SWC, RAN crest and Boatswains Mate patch (we can supply embroider of RAN crest and image of Boatswains Mate patch) | F | LB | 93 |
| RAN Crest, Navy themed with hydrograhpic/navigational symbols (eg. compass, wheel, sexton). Creative colour scheme with initials (We can provide the RAN crest) | M | LB | 95 |
| Air Force crest and theme and Air Force + E-7A Wedgetail Themed, Black and Red (We can provide the RAAF crest and the aircraft silhouette) | M | LB | 96 |
| Air Force crest and theme and Air Force + E-7A Wedgetail Themed (We can provide the RAAF crest and the aircraft silhouette) | M | LB | 97 |
| Air Force crest and theme and Air Force + E-7A Wedgetail Themed (We can provide the RAAF crest and the aircraft silhouette) | M | LB | 98 |
| Air Force crest and theme and Air Force + E-7A Wedgetail Themed (We can provide the RAAF crest and the aircraft silhouette) | M | B | 99 |
| Air Force crest and theme and Air Force + E-7A Wedgetail Themed (We can provide the RAAF crest and the aircraft silhouette) | M | B | 100 |
| Air Force crest and theme and Air Force + E-7A Wedgetail Themed, Black and Red (We can provide the RAAF crest and the aircraft silhouette) | M | B | 101 |
| Air Force crest and theme and Air Force + E-7A Wedgetail Themed (We can provide the RAAF crest and the aircraft silhouette) | M | LB | 102 |
| Air Force crest and theme and Air Force + E-7A Wedgetail Themed (We can provide the RAAF crest and the aircraft silhouette) | M | B | 103 |
| Field Radio, Satellite and Communications with E-7A Themed | M | Q | 104 |
| Satellite and Communications with 2SQN E-7A Wedgetail Themed (We can provide the RAAF crest and the aircraft silhouette) | M | B | 105 |
| Electricity, Radar and E-7A Wedgetail Themed (We can provide the RAAF crest and the aircraft silhouette) | M | B | 106 |
| Air Force crest and theme and Air Force + E-7A Wedgetail Themed (We can provide the RAAF crest and the aircraft silhouette) | M | B | 107 |
| Air Force crest and theme and Air Force + E-7A Wedgetail + German Themed (We can provide the RAAF crest and the aircraft silhouette) | F | B | 108 |
| Air Force crest and theme and Air Force + E-7A Wedgetail Themed (We can provide the RAAF crest and the aircraft silhouette) | M | B | 109 |
| Paddington Bear | M | B | 110 |
| Electricity, Radar and E-7A Wedgetail Themed (We can provide the aircraft silhouette) | M | LB | 111 |
| Germany Themed | M | B | 112 |
| Bluey + E-7A Wedgetail Themed (We can provide the RAAF crest and the aircraft silhouette) | M | B | 113 |
| Harry Potter + Air Force crest and RAAF Themed (We can provide the RAAF crest) | F | B | 114 |
| Air Force crest and theme and Air Force + E-7A Wedgetail Themed (We can provide the RAAF crest and the aircraft silhouette) | M | B | 115 |
| Air Force crest and theme and E-7A Wedgetail Themed (We can provide the RAAF crest and the aircraft silhouette) | M | B | 116 |
| Electricity, Radar and E-7A Wedgetail Themed (We can provide the RAAF crest and the aircraft silhouette) | M | B | 117 |
| Air Force crest and theme and E-7A Wedgetail Themed (We can provide the RAAF crest and the aircraft silhouette) | F | LB | 118 |
| 2SQN + E-7A Wedgetail Themed (We can provide the RAAF crest and the aircraft silhouette) | M | B | 119 |
| Air Force crest and theme and E-7A Wedgetail Themed (We can provide the RAAF crest and the aircraft silhouette) | M | LB | 120 |
| Studio Ghibli Themed (Japanese animation studio – Wikipedia page shows feature films ‘poster’ images) | M | B | 121 |
| Air Force crest and theme and E-7A Wedgetail Themed (We can provide the RAAF crest and the aircraft silhouette) | F | B | 122 |
| Fishing and hunting (deer) | M | B | 123 |
| Automotive/Mechanic Themed | M | LB | 124 |
| Pokemon / Eevee (Pokemon character) | M | B | 125 |
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