News & Updates

Welcome to the Aussie Hero Quilts (and Laundry Bags) Blog. You can keep up to date with all the news and events that occur at Aussie Hero Quilts. Our regular blog features are:

Weekly Dispatch 31st October 2025

by | 30 October 2025 | AHQ Default | 0 Comments

Hello Friday!!! Another week of Amazing Quilts and Laundry Bags sent off to our ADF pers!! I think we can all agree, a great display of quilts and laundry bags, yet again from our amazing volunteers.... Please enjoy!!! 🌟🌟🌟 This week we dispatched 12 Quilts which takes...
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Grati-Wednesday 29th October 2025

by | 29 October 2025 | Grati | 0 Comments

Happy Wednesday Friends! Grab a cuppa, sit back and relax while you soak up some well-deserved gratitude! *** Hi Joy H, I got back from leave last weekend and upon my return your wonderful quilt and laundry bag were waiting for me here; I love it, and it's everything...
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New Naval Ships Mailing Address

by | 28 October 2025 | General Information, News | 0 Comments

  Hi All There is a new mailing address coming for all Naval ships. If you are working on a request for a member on a ship, can you please not send your parcel off until we contact you. We want to make sure the new process is up and running smoothly before we...
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Request List 28 October 25

by | 28 October 2025 | Request List | 0 Comments

Hi all, For all of those who were able to make it to the AHQ Volunteer Thank You Dinner weekend in Canberra hope you have arrived home safely. For those who normally come but couldn't make it, you were thought of and missed. Welcome to our newbies, hope it was special...
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Weekly Dispatch 24th October 2025

by | 24 October 2025 | Weekly Dispatches | 0 Comments

Hello Friday!!! Another week of Amazing Quilts and Laundry Bags sent off to our ADF pers!! I think we can all agree, a great display of quilts and laundry bags, yet again from our amazing volunteers.... Please enjoy!!! 🌟🌟🌟 This week we dispatched 17 Quilts which takes...
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Grati-Wednesday 22nd October 2025

by | 22 October 2025 | Grati | 0 Comments

Happy Wednesday Friends! Grab a cuppa, sit back and relax while you soak up some well-deserved gratitude! *** Hi Heather B! You made my laundry bag with the fighter jets and helicopters on it. I only received it today as I've just come home from Europe! I just wanted...
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Request List 21 October 25

by | 21 October 2025 | Request List | 0 Comments

Hi all, It is down to only a few sleeps till Aussie Hero Quilts converges on Canberra for the Annual Thank You Weekend. For those that can’t make it, please know that you will be missed and we would love you to join us next year if you can. We will do our best to...
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Weekly Dispatch 17th October 2025

by | 17 October 2025 | Weekly Dispatches | 0 Comments

Hello Friday!!! Another week of Amazing Quilts and Laundry Bags sent off to our ADF pers!! I think we can all agree, a great display of quilts and laundry bags, yet again from our amazing volunteers.... Please enjoy!!! 🌟🌟🌟 This week we dispatched 9 Quilts which takes...
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Request List 14 October 25

by | 14 October 2025 | Request List | 0 Comments

Hi all, Raffle tickets will be four for $10 OR 10 for 20. In addition, every volunteer attending will be given one free ticket. Your names will already be written on the raffle ticket list before the dinner and winners will be chosen using a random generator. Ticket...
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Weekly Dispatch 10th October 2025

by | 10 October 2025 | Weekly Dispatches | 0 Comments

Hello Friday!!! Another week of Amazing Quilts and Laundry Bags sent off to our ADF pers!! I think we can all agree, a great display of quilts and laundry bags, yet again from our amazing volunteers.... Please enjoy!!! 🌟🌟🌟 This week we dispatched 8 Quilts which takes...
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Grati-Wednesday 8th October 2025

by | 8 October 2025 | Grati | 0 Comments

Happy Wednesday Friends! Grab a cuppa, sit back and relax while you soak up some well-deserved gratitude! AHQ Thank You Dinner is only 17 sleeps!Don't forget to buy your tickets. *** We received a beautiful hand written letter from the 11 year old daughter of a...
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Request List 7 October 25

by | 7 October 2025 | Request List | 0 Comments

Hi all, 2026 AHQ Calendars are now on Sale! Thanks to the very clever Bel, we have a new calendar for this year. For the very low cost of only $20 you can purchase a 2026 AHQ calendar. You can check it out here if you want to see what it looks like....
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Grati -Tuesday 16th November 2021

by | Nov 16, 2021 |

      We do hope that everyone's week has started of well. The sun is shining where I am!                             Here is this weeks wonderful collection of gratitude...

Request List 15 November 2021

by | Nov 15, 2021 |

 Monday 15 November  2021 Good morning,  I am writing this week’s list from snowy Thredbo in the Snowy Mountains National Park. Here for two weeks’ bushwalking, we are indoors today due to gale force winds and intermittent snowstorms. So...

Weekly Dispatches – 12th Nov 2021

by | Nov 12, 2021 |

  Happy Friday!!!With only 6 weeks till Christmas, it is so nice to see that we are still making time for what is important. Here is this weeks collection of creative and skilful quilts and laundry bags that are on thier way to making someones holiday...

Grati -Tuesday 9th November 2021

by | Nov 9, 2021 |

Hey Friends! As always some absolute treasures in these notes, I can't get enough of them. Its always so fascinating to me what brings someone to choose their laundry bag or request a particular design, it's awesome. And even more so, how you creative souls turn words...

Request List 08 November 2021

by | Nov 8, 2021 |

Good morning, Are you already counting down the weeks to Christmas? Some shops have started decorating for the festive season and the hint of surprise is in the air. Looking forward this week to helping our amazing AHQ volunteers whizz up fabric creations of colour...