Hi All
Yikes! I shouldn’t have but I just counted up and there are only 11 Weeks until the dinner! Oh my goodness! There is lots going on behind the scenes – goody bags being sorted, lucky door prizes, raffle and auction items. And still so much to do.
If you haven’t already make sure you buy your tickets…. via Trybooking.
I am sorry if you are waiting for more laundry bag requests… they are coming, just sometimes it is hard to predict how long it will take a unit to submit the details. Hang in there, more will come I promise.
Here is the request list for this week.
Happy hunting. I hope you can find something that tickles your fancy. Some of the requests have quite a bit of detail in their request but most of them are not too difficult once you know what they are asking for and I can give you a lot of help/guidance to make them a lot easier.
Please don’t hesitate to ask if you are unsure what someone is asking for. Generally the requests are not as difficult as you might think.
PRIORITY REQUESTS
Request No 1 – This request is for a member deployed overseas. He has been waiting a while and now I am not sure if it will get to him whilst he is overseas. Even so I don’t want him to wait too much longer.
Middle East theme (camels, UAE flag for example)
Joint Service badge
HQME logos
list of deployment dates, title, name and PMKeyS.
We can provide the Joint Service badge and HQME logo and embroidery deployment details and with text.
I can answer questions if you are not sure what to include.
Request No’s 2 to 18 included are for folk who are either currently deployed overseas.
Request No’s 19 – 27 included are for folk who have deployed and are now home. Mail can be unreliable for some locations so the option is to send their parcels to their home addresses. It would be great if these people could receive their parcels soon after returning home if possible. For that reason, I have put these on the priority list.
All of these requests need to be in the mail by 16 Sep but sooner is better if at all possible.
POST BY DATE
The post by date for all Requests on this list is 16 Sep 24 please, or earlier if you can manage this. If you cannot make that date, please let me know. Do reach out if you have any timing issues and we’ll resolve one way or the other. In fact, if you are going to be late posting it please let me know BEFORE you post it. Also, if this time frame is too tight for you, there are options, just email me to discuss, thank you.
Request Information
When selecting a request, remember, you do not have to include everything they have asked for. Footy quilts do not need to have the logo or even the team’s name. Using the team colours is all that is required. Simple is perfectly acceptable. A number of these requests have given you favourite colours as well as footy teams or other hobbies and interests. It is fine to make a quilt using their favourite colours and include only one of their interests. It is fine to keep it simple.
If there is more than one request on this list that you would be happy to do I suggest that you send me a list of requests and tell me how many you want to be allocated….i.e. one of the following please….There are always a few requests that everyone wants to do (and I can never pick them) so if the first one you ask for is taken then I can allocate another from your list if I have a list.
Any queries you might have, please don’t hesitate to contact via the AHQ email as per usual with any queries and we will assist you from there. We may not know the answer, but it will be our pleasure to research and get back to you.
A reminder, when you are ready to post the quilt or laundry bag you’ve created, please use the PMKeyS number given to you in any correspondence with the admin team. This helps the volunteer admin team keep a track of what’s been sent etc. The PMKeyS number is included in the address details we supply for your recipient e.g. the 7-digit number in bold below.
CPL Wanda Quilt 8765432
TG 3456
AFPO XX
ADF
Sydney NSW 2890
Also, please use the Aussie Heroes PO Box address on your parcel in the event the parcel is Returned to Sender – the PO Box is a safe place in the event of any mishaps with postage.
Aussie Hero Quilts (and Laundry Bags)
PO Box 248
Cherrybrook NSW 2126
Don’t forget to take a photo of your completed quilt or laundry bag to email to AHQ with the name and PMKeyS of the recipient and we can include in the Weekly Dispatches blog and add to the tally of quilts and laundry bags sent off to the troops. I personally love viewing the photos of those projects dispatched – so inspiring.
If you are using a AHQ supplied prepaid satchel please kindly use the AHQ address for the return address– also for your own packaging – if a parcel is Returned to Sender it is likely we can expedite its journey to the recipient from Sydney.
Please also please hold on to the Tracking number (the pink sticker that you should remove before posting – we’ve experienced mail delays lately (haven’t we all?) and having the Tracking number is very reassuring to keep an eye on the parcel’s progress in arriving at its destination.
Don’t forget, if you look at today’s Request List and need help choosing, please feel free to get in touch to discuss, we will be ready to reply and offer guidance by email. Our goal is to help you find a request that you will be comfortable with doing. If you need a crest etc we may be able to post embroideries / printed fabric images or email some of these to you.
Helpful info may be gleaned here from Information For Those That Sew
I look forward to seeing the photos of completed quilts and LBs when they are ready to post off.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE copy the ENTIRE line if you wish to nominate for a quilt or laundry bag.
For example….
| Marvel Theme. Ironman | M | LB | 1 |
This is really important to make sure that neither you nor I copy the wrong number which could lead to me giving you the wrong details for specific request. If you find it hard to copy and paste, please copy or write the line out as above as:
Marvel Theme. Ironman M LB 1
Decoding The Columns:
The first column is the theme or preferences requested.
The second column indicates the gender of the recipient:
F = female
M = male
The third column is as follows:
B = both quilt and laundry bag (feel free to nominate to JUST do the laundry bag if you wish)
Q = just a quilt
LB = just a laundry bag
The fourth column is the number of the request.
Please let the Admin crew know if you have any other questions….Just email
co*******@au**************.au
Looking forward to seeing what you want to make this week. Happy stitching!
Cheers,
Jan-Maree
P.P.S. Don’t forget to check out AHQ on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.
| Middle East theme (camels, UAE flag for example) with Joint Service badge and HQME logos and list of deployment dates, title, name and PMKeYs. (we can provide the Joint Service badge and HQME logo and embroidery with text) | M | Q | 1 |
| pastel yellow, purple Theme – beach, pyramids, Egypt things etc. running | F | B | 2 |
| Rising Sun with surname as text, MFO logo, Australian and Egyptian flags and a Pyramid in centre (we can provide the Rising Sun and MFO logo and flags) | M | B | 3 |
| Favourtie colours are Orange/Red/ Pink – With Lego Ninjago characters and Elsa from Frozen. | M | Q | 4 |
| Favourite colours are blue, green and purple. Anything Egyptian. I also love Disney. | F | B | 5 |
| Rising Sun, MFO Badge with text Egyptian Pyramids & Camels, Poppies Favourite Colours – Dark Blue, Burgandy and a Yellow Border. (we can provide the Rising Sun and MFO badge with text) | F | Q | 6 |
| Scarab beetle with blues and desert colours | F | LB | 7 |
| RAR badge and favourie colour is darker shade of blue (we can supply the RAR badge) | M | LB | 8 |
| MFO Patch with text and Egyptian theme (we can provide the patch and text) | M | B | 9 |
| Pictures of my dog with beach and bush vibes (we can provide images of dog) | M | Q | 10 |
| Dog & photo with girlfriend. Block each of Beach, plane, Disney and a taco No relation to military please (we can provide images) | M | Q | 11 |
| Honda Racing Motorcycles, Isle of Man Tourist Trophy (TT) races (motorcycle race) | M | Q | 12 |
| Red white and blue are my favourite colours. Can the design be based around Honda motorbikes please | M | LB | 13 |
| Blue pastels themed – Australian flora (ie alpine bottlebrush, jumpingjack wattle, pink orchid, red flowering gum, billy buttons, vanilla lilly) Small reading books and coffee cups Text – nickname Operation Accordion Jul 24 – Feb 25 (we can provide the text) | F | LB | 14 |
| Black, Blue, Red Basketball Halo (Video Game) Parkway Drive (Australian Band) | M | B | 15 |
| Beach and Palm Trees, Sky Blue background Text “AMAB Jul 2024 – Feb 2025” Dubai, Cyprus, Egypt, Iraq, Afghan and Qatar flags (we can provide the flags and text) | F | Q | 16 |
| Rhodesian Ridgeback dog themed (we have photos of dog) | M | Q | 17 |
| Brisbane Lions AFL team themed | M | LB | 18 |
| AMCU (Australian Multi-Camoflauge Uniform Pattern) with Bottle Green. Rising Sun, 8/9 RAR BG RAM Logo, and Australian Inteligence Corps Badge. (we can provide the Rising Sun, BG RAM Logo and Int Corps badge) We can also provide some AMCU Cam to use. | M | Q | 19 |
| Sydney Roosters NRL | M | Q | 20 |
| RAAOC Badge, corps colours red and royal blue. Embroidered Rising Sun Badge with personal details Australian and Philippines National flag Embroidered Commonwealth Coat of Arms Wolf, Sun and Moon (we can provide the Rising Sun with text, flags and Coat of Arms) | M | Q | 21 |
| ANZAC, Bahrain Flag, Aussie flag, Motivational sayings, Beach, Gym ,Crossfit, Dragonboating (he does not compete now but he used to and enjoyed it), name in large bold font, fav colour teal blue. If you choose some motivational sayings I can have them embroidered on homespun. | M | LB | 22 |
| RAAF Badge, Royal Australian Air Force theme. Low vis colours. (we can provide the RAAF Badge) | M | Q | 23 |
| RAEME & Sydney Swans AFL team (we can provide the embroidered RAEME badge) | M | Q | 24 |
| Solomon Island Flag Blues, greens and yellows, Islander them – native flowers, frangipanies, water, Islands 8/9 RAR BG RAM Rising Sun S-I-A-F badge ZyZZ Jimmy badge (we can provide the flag, Rising Sun, SIAF, RAM and Jimmy badges) | M | Q | 25 |
| Skippy Badge, Battle Group Heeler badge, Brisbane Broncos, 6 RAR theme – the mascot is the blue cattle dog, (we can supply the skippy badge and the ) | M | Q | 26 |
| Rising Sun, AAPRS (Australian Army Public Relations Service) badge Australian & Solomon Islands flags with text “OP LILIA” Fiji flag with text ‘Op Fiji Assist Ukrainian flag and Ukrainian Trident with text ‘Op Kudu camera gear and a rifle EF88 (we can provide the Rising Sun, the AAPRS badge, text, flags and a silhouette of the rifle for applique) | Q | 27 | |
| Brisbane Broncos themed | M | Q | 28 |
| Green/black Colour scheme Supersports bike, camping , crossfit themes | M | Q | 30 |
| Star Wars logo and and Ferrari F1 Team logo please | M | Q | 31 |
| St George Illawarra Dragons NRL Team, including three different logos if possible (we can supply the images of logos printed on fabric) | M | Q | 32 |
| USA NBA Basketball Team: Houston Rockets | M | Q | 33 |
| Brisbane Broncos, Tooheys new, Bull Terriers | M | Q | 34 |
| Red Bull Ampol Racing Team (Supercars) | M | Q | 35 |
| Newcastle Knights NRL Team with Kalyn Ponga in Blue and Red (We can print four pics of Kalyn Ponga) | M | Q | 36 |
| Brisbane Lions Theme | M | Q | 37 |
| Penrith Panthers NRL team mascot in Black | M | Q | 38 |
| Parramatta Eels/ NRL | M | Q | 39 |
| Sydney Roosters NRL in Blue | M | Q | 40 |
| Outdoor, Adventure | M | Q | 41 |
| Melbourne Storm NRL team in Purple | M | Q | 42 |
| St. George Illawarra (NRL) | M | Q | 43 |
| Submarines and Ice Hockey (we can send you some submarine fabric) | M | Q | 44 |
| Boatswain Mate(Weapons/ Seamanship)- Black, Gold and Blue. (We can provide the Boatswain’s mates badge and an RAN Crest) | F | Q | 45 |
| RAN crest, RAN Marine Technician Rate Badge – Diesel, Rock climbing, Light blue, Nickname (we can provide the RAN crest and MT-D badge and nickname embroidered) | M | Q | 46 |
| Navy Crest with text, Navy Theme, FFH/Arunta Crest and theme, Conquer or Die (motto of HMAS Arunta) (we can provide the Navy crest with text and Arunta crest) | M | Q | 47 |
| Holden V8 Cars | M | Q | 48 |
| Sage Green Camping, 4 wheel driving German Pointer dogs | F | Q | 49 |
| Pink – Taylor Swift Cats (Siamese) Snowboarding (snowy mountains, pine trees) **Multiple preferences/interests offered for variety of inspiration only! Please feel free to choose any or all of the above. Thanks so much, very excited to see the final product! | M | Q | 50 |
| 1SECFORSQ badge, Coat of Arms & airfield security. Airfield Defence Guard Theme – we can provide four photos depicting security guards on duty. (I can send you the badge as well as the four photos)” | M | Q | 51 |
| 1SECFORSQ badge, Coat of Arms & airfield security. Airfield Defence Guard Theme – we can provide four photos depicting security guards on duty. (I can send you the badge as well as the four photos) | M | LB | 52 |
| 1SECFORSQ badge, Coat of Arms & airfield security. Airfield Defence Guard Theme – we can provide four photos depicting security guards on duty. (I can send you the badge as well as the four photos) | M | B | 53 |
| 1SECFORSQ badge, Coat of Arms & airfield security. (I can send you the badge and also four photos depicting security guards on duty) | M | B | 54 |
| Hatsune Miku (Animegirl), Halo Combat Evolved video game, F22 Fighter jet (ask me if you need help with images for this one) | M | LB | 55 |
| Helldivers 2 Malevelon Creek (We can print the poster onto fabric) | M | B | 56 |
| RAAF Crest with text, F-111C Aardvark, F/A-18F Superhornet, C-27J Spartan, C-17A Globemaster, and Aviation maintainance symbol (we can provide an embroidered crest with text, Aviation Maint symbol and images of aircraft in order to applique) | M | B | 57 |
| Helldivers 2 malevelon Creek Cape logo (images are available and can be printed on fabric ) | M | B | 58 |
| Model making, Surfing, Military history, Reading, Cooking | M | Q | 59 |
| RAAF Crest with personal details and dates. Posting List to be embroidered Aircraft Macci PC9, FA18 Deployment info (we can provide an embroidery of the RAAF crest with details and the deployment detials. Aircraft silhouettes can be appliqued). | M | Q | 60 |
| Rising Sun, Artillery Corps badge, RAAOC Cartoon, 3RAR para wing, Photo of Fergus the DCD. Para Jump instructor, Para Rigger (We can provide the Rising Sun and other badges as well as the Para Rigger Badge) | M | Q | 61 |
| RAAF crest, Middle East, needle, nurse/medical, aircraft themes as your volunteers see fit (We can provide the RAAF crest.) | F | Q | 62 |
| Green/Blue Bike Riding Cats, King Charles Cavalier and Bichoodle (photos have been supplied of her pets and can be printed on fabric for you) | F | Q | 63 |
| Rising Sun RAA with 1 Fld Regt 6 Avn Regt Afghanistan Oct 2001 – Apr 2002 Feb 2013 – Sept 2013 We can provide the badges embroidered and as well as the deployment details. The recipient would love the Rising Sun on the top with the other two badges below in a triangle formation if possible please. (Don’t forget we can provide the badgds for you and text can be embroidered) | M | Q | 64 |
| RAN crest HMAS Sydney HMAS Canberra HMAS Parramatta HMAS Melburne HMAS Brisbane We can provide the RAN crest and Ships’ crests | M | Q | 65 |
| Aussie Flag, Rising Sun with personal details Royal Australian Engineers badge, Lazy “E”, Broncos NRL, Camping, Fishing, Rugby, Fossicking, Earthy tones, “Sappers because even Infantrymen need Heroes” (We can provide the Badges, and the embroidered text) | M | Q | 66 |
| RAN crest, Boatswain’s Mate, PTI Clubs (easy to applique) HMAS Melbourne HMAS Success HMAS Tobruk HMAS Toowoomba We can provide the all of the above crests and patches. | M | Q | 67 |
| Rising Sun, RAE badge, Army, Engineer themed. Red and dark blue colours. | M | Q | 68 |
| Navy Blue, Black – Theme – Egyptian Pyramids with PTI Koala in front. Text “Clubz” and phrase “They are the Navy’s best. They wear crossed clubs on their chest” Include desert and egyptian artifacts, heirogliphics, and surroundings (we can provide the text and image of PTI Koala) | M | B | 69 |
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