Hi all,
For all of those who were able to make it to the AHQ Volunteer Thank You Dinner weekend in Canberra hope you have arrived home safely. For those who normally come but couldn’t make it, you were thought of and missed.
Welcome to our newbies, hope it was special for you. It was lovely to chat with you and get to know you.
Hope everyone was inspired by the beautiful work on display. We hope that you all felt appreciated, valued and acknowledged by the words from our amazing speakers on Friday and Saturday nights who shared the significant effect that the personal, precious individually crafted gifts had on them.
The weather was lovely, the conversations were animated, dotted with laughs, and in true AHQ sneaky business fashion the surprises were wonderful, leaving recipients gob smacked, teary and in awe of the amazing work our wonderful volunteers do in such a generous manner.
Just some highlights of the weekend. Wait till the news reporters that were on the spot present their reports and pictures.
At ADFA we were treated to wonderful display and performances by the cadets and we go to speak with them.
The Friday night was a special night. Our 3 speakers were amazing with that they shared, the heart felt sincerity from them was palpable. The night was full of surprises.
An amazing military wife kindly made lovely treats to have with tea or coffee. How thoughtful of her.
Saturday’s bus trip included a new shop, The Crafty Frog. Laura is a great supporter of AHQ, and her daughter serves. Lunch stop was back at The Rex with a packed lunch bag with a selection of proteins to choose from. Makerie has moved to a large, beautiful store with lots to look at.
Saturday night the room was filled with warm conversations, lots of laughter, oooh’s and aah’s at all the amazing work on display and at that auction tables. Pello was her usual cheeky self. There were bidding wars, surprised raffle winners and photos with the new recipients from the live auction wins with their maker. It was a fabulous night of making connections and enjoying each other’s company. The night of fund raising and the large bids exceeded our expectations.
Sunday saw us say our farewells at Poppy’s Café to renewed friendships and the new ones we made on the weekend.
Hope to see you there next year. Put 17th Oct 2026 in your diary for the next AHQ Volunteer Thank You Dinner.
The Amazing Pello our MC
NEWS FLASH
For those who are interested, watch Outback Truckers on 7MATE tonight at 8pm as Pello’s house was cut in half and transported from Brisbane to North Qld and the adventure is featured on the program.
PRIORITIES
1-3 are the priorities for this week.
The first 3 are for folk on deployment overseas so obviously we would like to get these requests completed. Post can be so unreliable to some of our overseas locations so it can take a while to get parcels to them so the sooner they are in the mail the better.
As always, the requests are listed in priority order. There are several new requests for you to view. Some look fun.
Please let me know if you can help.
POST BY DATE
The post by date for all Requests on this list is 2 Dec 25 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*******@******************rg.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.
REQUEST LIST
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RAAF Crest, No 2 Security Forces SQN crest, Airfield Defence Guard, Blue Beret, PMV Bush Master, Army Camo Quilt, Mag 58 machine Guns (We can provide the RAAF Crest and SQN crest. We can also provide silhouettes of the Bushmaster and machine gun for applique) |
M | Q | 1 |
| Rising Sun, AUS flag, UAE flag, Desert and ANZAC/Remembrance Day theme (We can provide a Rising Sun) | M | Q | 2 |
| Navy blue, Mountains, Tri-colour border collies | M | Q | 3 |
| North Queensland Cowboys | M | Q | 4 |
| Trucks & 4WD | M | Q | 5 |
| Brisbane Broncos | F | Q | 6 |
| Roger Ramjet on a dark Navy Blue Background. (Can send a picture for inspiration) | M | Q | 7 |
| Warhammer 40K Black Templar Space Marine Black and White theme | M | LB | 8 |
| Initials on quilt, Photography, Outdoors, camping, beach, NO PINK | F | Q | 9 |
| Text – ‘1st Joint Public Affairs Unit 2002-2025 along the bottom. Joint/tri-service colours: pale blue, red, and dark blue with the 1JPAU crest (We can provide 1JPAU crest). | F | Q | 10 |
| Rising Sun, AAPRS badge, RuneScape bald character, Silhouette of Australian animals (We can provide the Rising Sun, AAPRS Badge and a picture of the RuneScape character for reference) | M | B | 11 |
| Bear in the big blue house TV show | M | Q | 12 |
| Warhammer 40,000 Space Marines | M | Q | 13 |
| Poseidon defending a sail ship from a Kraken | M | Q | 14 |
| Ancient Greek ships sailing across the waters with Poseidon | M | B | 15 |
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American bull dogs, Ship cannons Black, white and red colour |
M | LB | 16 |
| Blue/Black sunset | M | Q | 17 |
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Leopard print Rastafarian, Surf, Snowboarding, Chicken joe |
M | B | 18 |
| Motorcycles – Harley Davidson | M | Q | 19 |
| Army themed in red, white and blue. RACMP. Hobbies: collecting books on military history, reading, Zulu and Boer Wars, Aston Martin Cars (I have a DB7 Vantage). For the deployment (extended over 15 months in UNDOF on the Golan Heights), I was the I was the Provost Marshal and the only Australian in the UN Force. | M | B | 20 |
| NRL/Footy – North Qld Cowboys. | M | Q | 21 |
| Retro Balmain Tigers theme | M | LB | 22 |
| Dim Sims and Cigarettes | M | LB | 23 |
| Khabib Nurmagamedov & Craig Jones & Jon Jones (UFC Fighters) | M | LB | 24 |
| Magic The Gathering Card game themed – dark colours | M | LB | 25 |
| North Queensland Cowboys. Propeller /ships (We can provide a propeller silhouette for applique) | M | LB | 26 |
| Dolphins NRL team, Navy Ships | M | LB | 27 |
| LEGO Transformers | M | LB | 28 |
| Duck themed – green/blue checked fabric | F | Q | 29 |
| RAAF theme. Hobbies and interests include Triathlon and Snorkelling. Favourite colours are Pinks, yellows and blues. | F | B | 30 |
| UFC (Fighting theme) and Rock climbing | M | LB | 31 |
| Mission: Impossible theme (link provided to google search for idea’s for theme) | M | B | 32 |
| Air Force themed, RAAF crest, 464 Squadron Badge, Blue, White and red (We can provide RAAF crest, 464 Squadron badge) | F | Q | 33 |
| Air Force themed, RAAF crest, 464 Squadron Badge, Red, Dark Blue, Grey, Light Blue and White, (We can provide RAAF crest, 464 Squadron badge) | F | Q | 34 |
| Air Force themed RAAF crest, 464 Squadron Badge, Red, Blue and White, (We can provide RAAF crest, 464 Squadron badge) | M | Q | 35 |
| Air Force themed RAAF crest, 464 Squadron Badge, Red, Blue and White, (We can provide RAAF crest, 464 Squadron badge) | M | B | 36 |
| Air Force themed, RAAF crest, 464 Squadron Badge, Red, White and blue. (12 images available), (We can provide the RAAF crest and 464 Squadron badge) | F | Q | 37 |
| Air Force themed RAAF crest, 464 Squadron Badge, White, Red, Blue (We can provide the RAAF crest & SQN badge) | M | B | 38 |
| Air Force themed with RAAF crest, 464 Squadron Badge with Battle Honours, Squadron Logo, text as requested & photo. Red, Blue and White (We can provide the badges, logo, text and image) | F | LB | 39 |
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Buenos Aires, Australia, England, White, red & black |
M | Q | 40 |
| Movie: Buck Rogers | M | Q | 41 |
| Greyhounds, Cricket, Red & yellow | M | Q | 42 |
| Drums & Royal Australian Navy, RAN crest (We can provide the RAN Crest and an image of the band drums) | M | Q | 43 |
| Drums (We can provide an image of Band drums) | M | Q | 44 |
| Weights, gym & anchors | M | Q | 45 |
| Saxophones | F | Q | 46 |
| Bass Guitars / Speakers | M | Q | 47 |
| Joint Service Logo, Australian Flag, Rustic, earth browns tans and creams. Australian cowboy like theme with bull skull and horns (like the RM Williams logo), Boots, dusters and slouch hats. Pattern in western poncho type design. (We can provide the Joint Service Logo) | M | LB | 48 |
| Star Wars, Dragons, Dice, Blue, Green, Black | M | Q | 49 |
| Rock climbing | M | LB | 50 |
| Red and black – Fairies | M | LB | 51 |
| Snorlax (Pokémon) any colour | M | LB | 52 |
| Tan/Khaki – Lumberjack | M | LB | 53 |
| Sky Blue, Manchester City | M | LB | 54 |
| Japanese anime (Pokémon) | M | LB | 55 |
| Lionel Messi (Argentine soccer player – plays for Inter Miami CF) and Lebron James (US Basketball player – LA Lakers team) | M | Q | 56 |
| A cartoon version of DDG 41 – HMAS Brisbane, with the phrase FUN 41 written above in big font, rainbow colours. Written down the bottom I would like the phrase ‘reach for the skies’ | M | Q | 57 |
| South Australian Coat of Arms | M | Q | 58 |
| HMAS Brisbane with ocean themed sea monsters (We can provide the ship crest) | M | Q | 59 |
| Dogs (Australian Shepards and Border Collies) | M | Q | 60 |
| Liverpool FC | M | Q | 61 |
| Legend of Zelda, Pokémon, Harry Potter, Dungeons and Dragons. | F | Q | 62 |
| Elsa & Anna from Frozen the Movie | M | Q | 63 |
| Viking wombats | M | Q | 64 |
| Navy crest, Image of HMAS Brisbane, Moana HMAS Brisbane in text (We can provide the Navy crest and image of ship) | F | Q | 65 |
| Celtic/Nordic | M | Q | 66 |
| Raccoons | M | Q | 67 |
| Shrek | F | Q | 68 |
| Papua New Guinea flag and Bird of Paradise | F | Q | 69 |
| The Big Lez Show (Australian comedy cartoon-like web series) | M | Q | 70 |
| Physical Training Instructor with some Bears and Unicorns incorporated for my kids. Colour scheme more masculine colours with a little feminine. (We can provide PTI rate badge or could be easily appliqued) | M | Q | 71 |
| Skittles | M | Q | 72 |
| Gym and Hajime no Ippo (Anime/ Manga) Theme. Please also include exactly 1 cup of milk somewhere | M | Q | 73 |
| Lions, Tigers, Leopards, Cheetahs, Panthers etc. | M | Q | 74 |
| Baby pink quilt with Chrysanthemum’s (Japanese flower) as the design. | F | Q | 75 |
| Patchwork in pastels | F | Q | 76 |
| Highland Cows and Scottish Themed | M | Q | 77 |
| Neon Genisis Evangelion (Anime series). Favourite character is Unit 01 in purple, green and black colour scheme. (images available) | M | Q | 78 |
| HMAS Brisbane with cigarette missiles launching and explosions (if not possible loads of cigarettes and explosions) | M | Q | 79 |
| Music/Musical instrument themed such as drums, guitars, bass, jazz, music notation, and Lord of the Rings themes | M | Q | 80 |
| Dogs (Golden Retrievers) or floral patterns | F | Q | 81 |
| Navy theme Previous ship postings (ship and ships crest) – Some pink and stuff would be nice. FFH 153 – HMAS Stuart (SMN-AB) A 03 HMAS Shepperton (AB-LS) FFH 152 HMAS Warramunga (LS) Minor War Vessel Sea Training Group (PO) FFH 157 HMAS Perth (PO) FFG HMAS Melbourne (CPO) DDG 41 HMAS Brisbane III (WO) (We can provide the crests) | F | Q | 82 |
| RAN Crest with Navy theme, crests of L51 – HMAS Kanimbla FCPB 209 HMAS Ipswich FCPB 204 HMAS Warrnambool M86 HMAS Diamantina FFG 06 HMAS Newcastle FFG 03 HMAS Sydney FFG 05 HMAS Melbourne Sea Training Group FFH 151 HMAS Arunta FFH 157 HMAS Perth DDG 41 HMAS Brisbane (We can provide the crests) | M | Q | 83 |
| Navy theme for HMAS Brisbane with surrounding logistics themes: chef hat/food, medical cross, money bag, stores (e.g. boxes/forklift), helicopter, hospitality (e.g. wine glass/knife, fork, latte art) (We can provide the ships crest) | F | Q | 84 |
| Themed for previous postings, HMAS Diamantina, HMAS Huon, HMAS Choules, HMAS Parramatta, HMAS Brisbane (We can provide the ship crests) | M | Q | 85 |
| Hello Kitty | M | Q | 86 |
| Disney/Pixar Themed | M | Q | 87 |
| XBOX game theme: Tomb Raider/Assassin Creed/cyber punk/Grand Theft Auto | F | Q | 88 |
| Fortnight – the game | M | Q | 89 |
| Animal and nature themed please. Animals, islands, seals, cows, birds. | M | Q | 90 |
| Military Police themed with Explosions | M | Q | 91 |
| Optimus Prime fighting Megatron with Explosions | M | Q | 92 |
| Black and red theme | M | LB | 93 |
| Black and Green | M | LB | 94 |
| Dragon Ball Z | M | Q | 95 |
| McLaren Formula 1 Team | M | Q | 96 |
| Batman in a battle with a Cat | M | Q | 97 |
| Beach on top with sunset and then bottom half under water ocean with two great white sharks one big shark one small shark and good vibes | F | Q | 98 |
| Pokémon Themed – CHARIZARD | M | Q | 99 |
| Crash Bandicoot | M | Q | 100 |
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