Hi All,I am back from Perth and welcoming home HMAS Ballarat. I had a great time as always. It is very special to be among the families and friends when the ships come home and HMAS Ballarat had a very successful deployment. They seized over 1.4 billion...
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:
- Request List – Every Tuesday
- Grati – Every Wednesday
- Weekly Dispatches – Every Friday
Aussie Heroes Request List 15th July 2019
Hi all,It’s a little late today, but here we go…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 would make it easier for me too if you took a few minutes to...
REQUEST LIST DELAY
Hi all keen Aussie Hero Quilt contributors. I know many of you will be checking the Blog wanting to take a Quilt or Laundry Bag Request as the Request List is usually posted on Monday morning. Unfortunately, there has been a technical hitch beyond our...
Weekly Dispatches 12th July
Hi all.This year so far we have sent off 717 quiltsand that has brought our total since we started to more than 10,852 quilts.We have also sent off 1,235 laundry bags,bringing our total since we startedto over 21,383 laundry bagsThe...
Off to the West…..
Hi all,I am delighted to say that HMAS Ballarat has invited some of our volunteers, including me, to be there on the wharf when they come home. I leave tomorrow morning and will be home on Monday evening. Gail has kindly agreed to take care of the...
Happy Mail 10 July 19
BLOCKS OF THE MONTHI have a sad tale to tell...below, there 7 pictures of quilts sent in by BOM Squad members but they don't have the names of the wonderfulcontributors who have sent them. When I receive the blocks, I photograph them and put them in a Post...