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:

Grati-Wednesday 20th August 2025

by | 20 August 2025 | Grati | 0 Comments

Happy Wednesday Friends! Once again we have a multitude of thank you's from around the globe. Grab a cuppa, sit back and relax while you soak up some well-deserved gratitude! AHQ Thank You Dinner is only 66 sleeps! Don't forget to buy your tickets. *** Dear Jan-Maree,...
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Request List 19 August 2025

by | 19 August 2025 | Request List | 0 Comments

Hi all, Cath here. Thank you all for your words of welcome and words of encouragement, much appreciated. Let me introduce you to one of our volunteers, Marianne. She does the mail on Wednesdays. Marianne posts out the items that you need for your request/s: for...
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Weekly Dispatch 15th August 2025

by | 15 August 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 13th August 2025

by | 13 August 2025 | Grati | 0 Comments

Happy Wednesday Friends! As the Request list has now moved to Tuesday we decided to move the Grati-blog to Wednesday.  It will give us that nice boost to get over the hump of the week!   Once again we have a multitude of thank you's from around the globe....
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Request List 12 August 25

by | 12 August 2025 | Request List | 0 Comments

Hi all, Just wanted to introduce my self to you. My name is Cath Harper. I have met many recipients at the annual AHQ dinner. (Have you got your tickets yet?) I am a volunteer, I make quilts and laundry bags and am the first paid employee of AHQ. I will be primarily...
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Weekly Dispatch 8th August 2025

by | 8 August 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 10 Quilts which takes...
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Grati-Tuesday 5th August 2025

by | 5 August 2025 | Grati | 0 Comments

Happy Tuesday Friends! Welcome to the first blog for August!     Another deluge of thank you's again this week from far and wide so grab a cuppa, sit back and relax while you soak up some well-deserved gratitude!   AHQ Thank You Dinner is only 81 sleeps!  Don't forget...
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Request List 4 August 25

by | 4 August 2025 | Request List | 0 Comments

Hi all, Well, as the picture says, it is Time for a Change. For the last 14 years the request list has gone out every Monday morning for you to peruse and select requests from. This means that I need to prepare the request list on Friday or some time over the weekend...
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Weekly Dispatch 1st August 2025

by | 1 August 2025 | Weekly Dispatches | 0 Comments

Hello Friday!!! Reminder that tickets for our Annual Thank You Weekend 2025 are on sale now for the whole weekend. Friday afternoon tour of ADFA - to be confirmed Friday night Volunteers' Gathering at The Rex Saturday morning breakfast at The Rex for any Newbies...
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Quilts for HMAS Sydney…..

by | 30 July 2025 | News, Update | 0 Comments

The lovely crew from HMAS Sydney put up a great post with photos of some of the quilts they have received recently with a lovely message. Thank you to Aussie Hero Quilts (and Laundry Bags) for their wonderful delivery of quilts for the crew. We will cherish them...
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Grati-Tuesday 29th July 2025

by | 29 July 2025 | Grati | 0 Comments

Happy Tuesday Friends! Welcome to the last blog for July.   On the downward slope to the end of the year. I bet it will be no time at all and we are counting down till Jolly Old Santa visits!!   Another deluge of thank you's again this week from far and wide...
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Request List 28 July 25

by | 28 July 2025 | Request List | 0 Comments

Hi all, Good morning. Since early 2016 we have sent out a weekly email containing Jan-Maree's message to volunteers and the Request List. But on and off our volunteers tell us this email just doesn't arrive. Have you missed out on receiving your weekly Request List by...
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Our Beautful Raffle Quilt

by | Sep 19, 2019 |

We are fortunate to have a beautiful blue and white peacock themed quilt to Raffle on the night of the Aussie Hero Quilts Annual Thank You Dinner. As with many quilts this one has a story. It was made by Mrs Lee Leahy.  If that names sounds familiar, Lee's...

Happy Mail 18th September 2019

by | Sep 18, 2019 |

BLOCKS OF THE MONTHThese are the first of the September blocks to arrive.THANK YOUBOM Squad!I'm looking forward to including them in quilts for our Aussie Heroes.Would you like to make some of these blocks?Please goHEREfor the Tutorial and all you'll need to know...

Grati-Tuesday 17 September 19

by | Sep 17, 2019 |

G'day everyone... well what a funny Spring this is... warm and lovely yesterday and Canberra in particular waking up to snow... lots of strong winds and rain here in Sydney. Hope some of the rain is falling where it is needed. One thing is for sure, a snuggly...

Aussie Hero Quilts Requests 16 Sep 19

by | Sep 15, 2019 |

NOTE- I am having email problems. Please send any emails to djlmball@bigpond.net.au for this week only!Hi all,Please, please, please read this preamble each week as the info does change. I am receiving a lot of questions from people who have not read this info so you...

Weekly Dispatches 13th September

by | Sep 13, 2019 |

Greetings to all Aussie Heroes Quilts supporters.This week we have a great batch of Quilts and Laundry Bags thathave been dispatched to far away places.Thank you to all the generous men and women who have made this happen.This year so far we have sent off 895...

Check these out… How beautiful are these Auction Quilts?

by | Sep 12, 2019 |

Greetings all.With less than two months until our Annual Thank You Dinner I can finally unveil our beautiful Auction and Raffle Quilts.This gorgeous ANZAC themed quilt was made by Lynn.  Our beautiful Australian themed quilt was made by Melissa LBoth of...