G'day all
Hope you are all having a great week. It is nearly Spring, can you believe it... at least for us down here in the Southern Hemisphere.....
Lots of great messages to read... enjoy!
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Good evening Jo,
Many thanks for the Laundry bag and quilt, Which
I received it at the weekend, it must be fate that a history teacher made my
quilt and laundry bag, as I was actually watching a favourite history show of
mine on TV when I was given your parcel. "Time team" don't know
if you know it? its a UK show where archeologist have 3 days to conduct a dig
and find out as much as they can about the place there at. Watching it always
makes me wish I listened more during history lessons at school, lol
I was blow away when I opened the parcel and
open up my quilt the design is outstanding, the time and effort that you must
have put into both is amazing, I have to say the work that you and all the
quilters of AHQ do is very much appreciated by not only me, but by all who
receive them.
Pass on to your sewing group that the names you
and they came up with for the Koala made me chuckle but he does have a name
he's called "Rusty" which is a bit plain compared to there
suggestions.
I also watched the Rugby 7's. 1 of the players
helped out at a coaching clinic that my daughter attended a couple of years
ago, yes it is a very different style of rugby to what the Reds play, very fast
and enjoyable to watch, in total there were 8 QLDer's in the women's squad 4 of
them with ties to Brisbane and the Reds.
The deployment is tracking along nicely we
are well over half way through my daughters tell me approximately 65 days left
I get home.
again thank you for the quilt it is very much
appreciated, hope your like the picture the quilt blends in nicely with our
fire truck
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NOTE -this recipient missed the birth of his twin baby girls whilst on deployment.
Hello Rita,
Thank you for the lovely quilt, it is going to go beautifully in the twin's
room. Just missed getting before going home for leave but I have it now and I
love it. It was so good to finally meet my little girls but it was hard to turn around
and come back to finish my deployment.
I don't get to see them again until November but I'm
sure the remaining time here will pass quickly. Thanks once again to you, Jan Maree and all the team of willing helpers for the
great work you are doing for the ADF. I know that everyone here appreciates
greatly the work you are all doing.
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Dear Kate,
Thank you so very much for my wonderful
gorgeous quilt and goodies.
I love it and very much appreciate all the
effort you and your husband have been through to give me this amazing quilt. I really appreciate everything you lovely
ladies do for all of us deployed. Other
members are jealous and have tried to steal your quilt from me.
It’s brilliant. I love military history and you have done
this perfectly.
I have been in the Army for 20 years. I am an Ammunition Technician. For this deployment I left behind my gorgeous
cheeky one year old son and my husband, who is also a serving member
and ammunition technician.
This has been my hardest deployment to
date, having to leave my baby boy.
Again thank you for all your time and
effort (blood, sweat and tears) in making my quilt.
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Hi Julie-Ann,I received the laundry bag you made for me with the lollies, Tim Tams and great card a fewdays ago. I love the bag and it has filled my bedspace with colour, which is greatlyappreciated. The Tim tams were shared around with my team and brought a lot of smilesto faces. I know the service men and woman love the quilts and laundrybags that are made and sent to us all. The bag you have made me is great,exactly what I wanted.They are all really appreciated and treasured.I am from Perth and my wife is also a serving member who haspreviously deployed overseas. She is doing a great job with my kids who are 14
and 12. We have around 40 days left before we are heading home soreally looking forward to it. My daughter who is 12 says I am not allowed to goaway again once I get back which breaks my heart because I know how much shemisses me. Six months is a long time away in a child's mind.We are pretty lucky these days being able to ring on thephone each day which is so much better than when I was away a lot when they
were a lot younger. You sound like a very nice giving person who takes pride inhelping others. Your children will be forever grateful that you were there to
help with babysitting. I know my wife would love to have lived near some of ourfamily to have that help.I appreciate your thoughts and support......Hi Susan,I just wanted to say thank you for the quilt, it is absolutely perfect. I alsoappreciated the WW2 aircraft photos and the lollies you included, you wentabove and beyond what I was expecting and couldn't be happier with it. I got the quiltwith the border collies and Australian theme, I'm not sure if youhave owned border collies before but I got a good laugh when I noticed you hadstitched one of the collies to look like it was chasing the emu's and kangaroos,as this is definately what my collies do back home! Once again. Thank you very much,
your hard work is extremely appreciated and doesn't go un-noticed.Thanks,
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Hi Joan,I just wanted to say thank you for the laundry bag you've made for me. It's agreat bag and fits the bill just fine! (its the bag with the Beechworth Bakeryon the front). Thanks for the letter and the wishes, they most definately don't.....
Rosemary,
Thank you very much for the lovely quilt and additional sweet goodies- it brought me great joy to receive, especially as it arrived at a time when I was feeling a littlelow. It brightened my day, as well as adding a welcome splash of colour in my room.
Now as I am preparing to head home to Canberra to my husbandand daughter, I look forward to having it as a lasting memory of deployment.It is truly an honour
and a privilege to serve the Australian Public through deployed service as amember of the Australian Defence Force and it is wonderful to receive the gift
of appreciation that you have provided.Take Care and God Bless.....Good afternoon Jean,Thank you so much for my laundry bag. Given thatyou are not a football fan, you managed to do a really good job of coming upwith one that is Westcoast Eagles orientated. It looks great and I am reallyreally grateful for your time. 180 laundry bags are a lot of laundry bags - thatwould keep you quite busy indeed. The fact that you personalise each one makesreceiving it, all that more special.I have been in the Army for almost 26 years and this is my first long deployment (I deployed to East Timor back in 2002 butonly for a very short time). Whilst I don't have any children, the deployment has forced me away from my husband of 23 years and my female cat called Minxie.We currently live in Sydney but will be posted to Canberra in 2017.I deployed back in April and I am due to go homeat the end of October.The deployment has been made a little morespecial by the fact that I was deployed on Operations for ANZAC day. This daymade me feel quite proud to be a soldier in the Australian Army.My mum tried for many years to teach me to sew,but I always used the excuse that because I'm left handed, it wasn't going tobe successful. Lucky for me, my husband is quite the sewer and as a result,does all my sewing.My husband and I also love to travel overseas, but wealso love travelling on cruise ships (we have been on about 14 cruises thusfar). Africa is not a destination we have been to, but it sounds like quite theadventure. I too love animals, and I agree, Africa would be amazing to see.Also, thankyou so much for the letter and littlegift that accompanied the laundry bag, it was so very thoughful.Until next time, take care and stay safe......Till next time....keep spreading the word and happy stitching!Jan-Maree xx
