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 14 April 25

by | 14 April 2025 | Request List | 0 Comments

Greetings all, Annual Dinner Accommodation. As I hope you all know, the Annual Aussie Hero Quilts Annual Thank You Weekend is coming up. As usual The Rex offers us a discount rate and to make it easy I have a PDF which will give you all the information you need to...
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Request List 7 April 25

by | 7 April 2025 | Request List | 0 Comments

Greetings all, I cannot believe that it is two weeks 'til Good Friday and three weeks 'til Easter. This year seems to be flying past. My husband is overseas for 3-4 weeks at the moment, one week done, 2 or 3 to go. That means I have this weekend to myself and I am...
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Request List 31 March 25

by | 31 March 2025 | Request List | 0 Comments

Greetings all, Wayne, Bev and Geoff C and Melissa L spent Friday to Sunday at the Avalon Air Show telling the Aussie Hero Quilts story to visitors to the Avalon Air Show. I am told they had LOTS of interested visitors and many who came up to say thank you for the...
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Request List 24 March 25

by | 24 March 2025 | Request List | 0 Comments

Greetings all, I am so frustrated to hear that a number of our wonderful volunteers are still having trouble posting quilts and bags to AFPO addresses because not all Post Offices understand what needs to be done. It is very annoying that Australia Post has customs...
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Request List 17 March 25

by | 17 March 2025 | Request List | 0 Comments

Greetings all, I know a number of you will be disappointed as there are not many Laundry bag requests on the list at the moment. Rest assured I am working to get some more on the list. Please be patient. Now for this week’s requests. PRIORITIES As always the requests...
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Request List 10 March 25

by | 10 March 2025 | Request List | 0 Comments

Greetings all, Well, what a weekend. I hope you have all managed to stay safe and dry. It is sad to see the damage that has been caused and yet there is more to come. Please know we are thinking of you. Now for this week’s requests. POST BY DATE The post by date for...
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Request List 3 March 25

by | 3 March 2025 | Request List | 0 Comments

Greetings all, Just a reminder the date for this year’s annual dinner is set as follows. I will put up some blog posts with more information but you will have to wait til I recover from the flu. I am finding it very hard to do much at all at the moment. Now for this...
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Request List 24 Feb 25

by | 24 February 2025 | Request List | 0 Comments

Greetings all, A number of folk have been asking so here you go. Put this date in your calendar for this year’s Annual Thank You Weekend. Ticket sales are not open yet but I hope they will be in the next few weeks. I will soon be releasing the details I have for the...
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Request List 17 Feb 25

by | 17 February 2025 | Request List | 0 Comments

Greetings all, Whilst I was on holidays I managed to finish Rod Henderson’s book “Stop Screaming I am Scared Too” and as I never read books twice I am wondering if anyone would like to read it. I can post it to you. For those that don’t know, Rod was one of our...
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Request List 10 Feb 25

by | 10 February 2025 | Request List | 0 Comments

Greetings all, Ahhhh sigh, all good things, must come to an end and that includes holidays, but David and I had the best time and we are already thinking about our next one. I can highly recommend New Zealand for a destination. Stunning scenery that never gets boring,...
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Request List 3 Feb 25

by | 3 February 2025 | Request List | 0 Comments

Greetings all, It is Friday morning as I write this. Yesterday David and I drove into the most gorgeous little village of Akaroa, on the Banks Peninsular south of Christchurch, NZ. What a beautiful place and our last stop before we fly home tomorrow early evening. By...
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Request List 27 Jan 25

by | 27 January 2025 | Request List | 0 Comments

Greetings all, Kia Ora again from the South Island of NZ. By the time you read this I will be in Dunedin. The scenery over here has to be seen to be believed. Mountains almost everywhere. Picturesque lakes and shorelines but the best thing I have seen so far is the...
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Request List 20 Jan 25

Request List 20 Jan 25

by | Jan 20, 2025 |

Greetings all, Kia Ora from the South Island of NZ. By the time you read this I will have already visited Christchurch, Greymouth and Franz Joseph, including two quilt shops. Would have been three but the second was closed, in spite of what its website said. Quilts...

Request List 13 Jan 25

Request List 13 Jan 25

by | Jan 13, 2025 |

Greetings all, As you read this I will be packing and re-packing my suitcase in the hopes of fitting in everything I want to take, without hopefully packing too much! David and I are off for our first overseas holiday since I started Aussie Hero Quilts over 13 years...

Request List 6 Jan 25

Request List 6 Jan 25

by | Jan 6, 2025 |

Greetings all, It is a little bit hard to believe that we are already into 2025! Hope you have all had a great Christmas and New Year period as we slowly ease into the New Year. I am trying to make the most of the slightly quieter time of year to do a little extra...

Request List 30 December 24

Request List 30 December 24

by | Dec 30, 2024 |

Greetings all, Sigh…. I do love Christmas and part of me is always a little sad when it is over for another year but I had a lovely time this year. I hope you did too, whatever you did. Now we move on to the New Year! Here is wishing a great New Year and a very happy...

Request List 23 December 2024

Request List 23 December 2024

by | Dec 23, 2024 |

Greetings all, By the time you receive this Request List it will only be a couple of days til Christmas. I have a few jobs to do (don’t we all at this time of the year) so it will be afternoon before I start replying to your emails so please don’t worry if you don’t...

Request List 16 December 24

Request List 16 December 24

by | Dec 16, 2024 |

Greetings all, Not long til Christmas now. Those of you who know me know that I LOVE LOVE LOVE Christmas. I think that is one of the reasons I love running Aussie Hero Quilts because I really love the joy of giving. We get to arrange special gifts for our recipients...