Request List Posts

Welcome to the Aussie Hero Quilts (and Laundry Bags) Request List posts.

This page is dedicated to all the Request List that have been posted by Aussie Hero Quilts. Our volunteers use these posts to nominate for what quilts and luandry bags they wish to make for our wonderful veterans.

Request List 10 Nov 26

Hi all, New procedures and reduction of deliveries by Australia Post have meant that mail is taking longer than it used to take to arrive at its destination, wherever that is. As we rely on sending satchels and crests etc around Australia for our projects we have...

Request List 3 Nov 26

Hi all, A note from Jan-Maree. Please, please, please double check the postal address you are given. We have now had three parcels returned to sender due to incorrect addresses being used. In each situation we have had to cover the cost of postage to send the parcel...

Request List 27 Oct 26

Hi all, Just over a week on from this year’s Annual Thank You Weekend and I find myself reflecting on some of the lovely things that happened over the weekend, including some of our fabulous speakers. Are you the same? If you attended the weekend there are a few...

Aussie Hero Quilts Request List 20 Oct 26

The Aussie Hero Quilts Thank You Weekend in Canberra is over for another year and it was a beauty! Almost 190 guests including Her Excellency, the Honourable Sam Mostyn AC, The Governor General of Australia. We raised a record $41000 through our raffle, Live and...

Request List 13 Oct 26

Hi all, WOO HOO! Not long now till our dinner. This time next year the fun will all be over for another year and I am sure there will be lots of stories to tell. At the beginning of last week Jan-Maree received a call from a ship that needed some help with morale....

Request List 6 Oct 26

Hi all, Tickets sales for the Anniversary Dinner close this week 8 Oct 26. Have you got yours? We have lots of special things happening this year due to our 15th Anniversary. Hear ye, hear ye! We have an extra-special guest joining us for the first time ever at our...

Request List 29 September 26

Hi all, 3 weeks till the AHQ 15th Anniversary Dinner. LAST CHANCE is coming. Have you got your tickets yet? WINDSOR TRADING – CORD FOR LAUNDRY BAGS If you’re looking to purchase a spool of cord for your laundry bags, Windsor Trading is where you can get it. The image...

Request List 22 September 26

Hi all, IMPORTANT Another reminder as again we have had a parcel returned to sender as the wrong street number was used. Please double-check the address details before sending off any parcels. Could I also please ask that you include Jan-Maree’s phone number...

Request List 15 September 26

Hi all, Most important! 📦 Please double-check the address before sending off any parcels. Could I also please ask that you include Jan-Maree’s phone number (0422227019) in the sender’s address on the parcel. Last week, a quilt was accidentally sent to No. 12 instead...

Request List 8 September 26

Hi all, 6 weeks till the AHQ 15th Anniversary Dinner. Have you got your tickets yet? ✨ SHOWCASE YOUR CREATIVE TALENT! ✨ Would you like to showcase your creative sewing skills at the upcoming AHQ Thank You Anniversary Dinner? We’re putting together a special display...

Request List 29 March 2021

 Good morning, What a difference a few days makes…..Sunny weather replacing torrential rainfall.  Sending my best wishes to all those cleaning up after devastating rainfall and flood damage. Also warmest good wishes for complete and speedy recovery go to...

Request List 22 March 2021

Good morning,As I have written before I am based in Sydney. It’s wet! wet! wet! here and my garden is inundated. Just a small taste however of what’s happening elsewhere with transport hubs and towns flooded and folk isolated.  Sending our warmest good wishes to...

Request List 15 March 2021

Good morning,Another week and another interesting project to take on?  If like me you've wondered at the colour, design and creativity of the dispatches that are heading off to places abroad you will agree that the Aussie Hero Quilt volunteers are...

Request List 08 March 2021

 Hello, I am based in Sydney and although the days are sunny and daylight hours still generous, the early mornings are now crisp and the temps are dropping, not by much, but they are going down.  How good is a cosy quilt on a cool morning or dusky evening?...

Request List 1 March 2021

 Hello,It looks like the Navy is getting a turn this week with ships heading out on duty and crew to sew laundry bags for.  And we are still sewing laundry bags for the troops on Covid-19 duty.  Again if you can fit in sewing a laundry bag or two that...

Request List 22 February 2021

Hello,Hello, Who sewed laundry bags last week? Was it the first time? How did you go? I’d love to hear back.  Now that we have 30000 under our belt I think we must be getting pretty good at them. Likewise with the works of heart Aussie Hero Quilts – each week I...