Request List 31 August 2020

 

31 August  2020 Request List 

Here we are again, it’s Monday!!  Hello!  And  here’s this week’s Request List.  Every week I put this list together I am amazed at the variety of requests.  I  hope there’s a choice on this list that you’d like to sew.....I am looking forward to receiving the emails accepting the interesting themed requests.

Thank you! Thank you! Thanks goes to all who’ve been able to add a C-19 laundry bag or two (or more) this past week to send off to the ADF team deployed on Covid Assist.   We are very pleased to be providing laundry bags for those serving our community with this very real need.  If you can, please put together this week a fun and colourful laundry bag for someone serving.  We’ll send you the address for dispatch  (we are waiting on the next addresses to send the bags to) and would love to see a photo in return to add to the Weekly Dispatches blog post! If you’ve not sewn an Aussie Hero laundry bag before but would like to give one a try here’s the link to the Instructions on the AHQ blog > http://aussieheroquilts.blogspot.com/p/laundry-bag-specifics.html 

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.  You may find your query is answered by me or perhaps Alex, Catherine, Courtney or Lisa. We will be ‘on duty’ in rotation.  I do wish however to bring to your attention the link to info regarding posting off your laundry bag or quilt  - click here for up-to-date info > http://aussieheroquilts.blogspot.com/p/posting-information.html.  If you have a quilt underway but are concerned you may not complete it by the ‘post by’ date, please let me know;  an adjustment may be available.
 
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. 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 

http://aussieheroquilts.blogspot.com/2019/07/information-post-for-those-that-sew-for.html    I look forward to seeing the photos of completed quilts and LBs when they are ready to post off.
 
It is likely that I will respond to your emails this evening when you respond to select a quilt or laundry bag to sew.  I have commitments today that will make it unlikely for me to attend to emails during business hours.  But please don’t delay, send your email through, say “Hi” 😊 and let me know what you’d like to sew this week.

I am looking forward to connecting with you. 

Cheers,
Clarissa
Working with Alex, Courtney, Lisa, Kylie, Catherine and Jan-Maree...and the team  of other wonderful  AHQ volunteers.

P.P.S.  Don't forget to check out AHQ on the Blog, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter 

Priority Quilts 

Requests  10 - 20 are our priority quilts this week and need to be in the mail by 22 September or earlier, thank you. Can you help with these?  
 
You may be aware of postal delays holding up timely delivery of mail.  Despite that problem, the post by date for all items on this list is 5 October  please or earlier J.  If you cannot make that date, please let me know. 
 
PLEASE note the date and let me know if you have any problems getting your quilt/LB away on time. 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.
 
FOR ANY NEW VOLUNTEERS
 
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 the line out as follows…  
 
Decoding The Columns
The first column is the theme or preferences requested.
The second column indicates the gender of the recipient.
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
F= female
M= male
 
Please let the Admin crew know if you have any other questions.
 
Cheers
 
Clarissa

friendsofahq@gmail.com 

 

 

31 August List Laundry Bags for Covid-19 assist - WE NEED MASCULINE OR GENDER NEUTRAL PLEASE .....When you are ready to post please contact me friendsofAHQ@gmail.com for dispatch instructions: You may need to post these at your own expense - thank you. Info yet to be confirmed	M	LB	1
Rising Sun, MFO Symbol. 'OP Mazurka Sinai Jul 20 - Feb 21. (Embroidered patch or appliqué) ,  Pyramids. Australian Boxing Kangaroo	M	LB	2
Australian National Flag, MFO Symbol. 'OP Mazurka Sinai Jul 20 - Feb 21" . (Embroidered patch or appliqué)  , Pharaoh. Australian Boxing Kangaroo.	M	LB	3
Rising Sun, MFO Symbol. 'OP Mazurka Sinai Jul 20 - Feb 21'. Australian Coat of Arms, Pyramids. Blue and Red colour please	M	LB	4
Australian Rising Sun, MFO Symbol. 'OP Mazurka Sinai Jul 20- Aug 21. (Embroidered patch or appliqué)   Pyramids. Bottom right Australian Boxing Kangaroo	M	LB	5
Australian Rising Sun top centre, MFO Symbol below. 'OP Mazurka Sinai Jul 20 - Feb 21. (Embroidered patch or appliqué) ,  Picture image similar to 11th Battalion sitting on pyramid. Charge at Beersheba. Picture of the Australian 9th and 10th Battalion soldier feeding kangaroo.	M	B	10
Essendon AFL club. Rising Sun, archaeology, history and music	F	B	11
MFO Symbol, OP Mazurka Sinai Jul 20- Feb 21 (Embroidered patch or appliqué)  . Pyramids, Australian Rising Sun	Female	B	12
Australian Flag, MFO Symbol. 'OP Mazurka Sinai Jul 20 - Feb 21'(Embroidered patch or appliqué)	Male	B	13
A Fly-Fishing and trout theme	Male	Q	14
Orange background with Rising Sun, MFO symbol, Pyramids, RAAOC crest, deployment details OP Mazurka Sinai Jul 20-Feb 21 (Embroidered patch or appliqué)	Male	Q	15
A design that a child might like. Australian Animals around Egyptian pyramids. For my son and daughter for when I get home.	Male	Q	16
deployment details please including name, PMKeys, (We can have this embroidered for you) Jul 20 - Feb 21 Rising Sun, Skippy Badge, MFO Badge	M	Q	17
QUILT: Boxing Kangaroo, Royal Australian Artillery badge, MFO symbol with "OP MAZURKA 21JUL 20 - 11 FEB 21", (Embroidered patch or appliqué)   Rising Sun badge , Pyramids and Sphinx.    L/BAG :Front, Boxing Kangaroo, Back, Arsenal F.C.	M	B	18
Poppies - Afghanistan 2020 Light and dark blue and maroon	Male	Q	19
Manly Sea Eagles supporter. Rising Sun	M	B	20
Favourite colour: Orange and Black DC / Marvel Theme Cheers	Male	Q	21
Laundry Bag – regiment badge, Aussie flag, Super Heroes Theme. Initials on bag xx Quilt – regiment badge, Aussie flag, Unicorns and Rainbows Theme. Initials on quilt xx	M	B	22
Regiment Badge, Black and Red	M	B	23
Regiment Badge, black red multi cam	M	B	24
Regiment Badge, black, blue colour scheme. LB Penrith Panthers, predominantly black with yellow, green and red stripes	M	B	25
black, blue, aussie flag, surf beach theme	M	B	26
Regiment Badge, Leicester city football club	M	Q	27
Regiment Badge, aussie flag, black and red colour	M	B	28
Regiment Badge, green, black, red theme	M	B	29
Regiment badges, beach theme, Aussie flag, stilletto dagger	M	B	30
Black and grey Australian flag, as big as possible. Regimental badge , Red surname xxxx	M	B	31
Australian Flag, Air Force, Beach, Blue, Photography (mainly Landscape), Snow - skiing and snowboarding (We can send RAAF crest)	F	Q	32
Rising Sun with service details underneath please, RACT RASIGS Australian Flag, Darker Colours, Remembrance	Male	Q	33
Navy theme with Navy crest with service details underneath please, Australian Flag, PWO Badge, HMAS Manoora (L 52) We can send a picture of the PWO badge to include	Male	Q	34
Rising Sun with service details underneath please, RAEME crest, Chinooks 5th Aviation Regiment	Male	Q	35
Blue, 4WD, fishing, Ford cars, RAAF crest with service details underneath please	Male	Q	36
Rising Sun with service details underneath please, Blue for Aviation Corps	Male	Q	37
HMAS Albany/Engineering	M	Q	38
Warships/HMAS Albany	M	Q	39
Thanos / Marvel comics	M	Q	40
Navigation - Maritime theme	M	Q	41
Anime (We have some super fabric we can send you)	M	Q	42
Colours: Dark (Black, Rifle Green and Infantry Red) Theme: Royal Australian Infantry Corps Badge, Skippy Kangaroo, Australian Flag, Afghan Flag (If Possible)	Male	B	43
Quilt - Navy crest with rank and name underneath please, We can send you the crest etc, Ford XW, Canterbury bulldogs, and a small cross and an anchor and blue / darker colours if possible. Laundry Bag – Wiggles, SE Melbourne Phoenix Basketball team themes if possible. (if only one is possible wiggles please).	M	B	44
Marvel/Comics	M	Q	45
Taylor Swift	M	Q	46
			47
snow - capped Afghan mountains, Chocolate and mountain biking	Male	B	48
Would love a white Aus flag on Black colour background with OP ACCORDION Middle East Region 2020, ADF Vehicles (ASLAVS, Blackhawk Helicopter, etc), my favourite animal is the Grey Wolf, small Afghanistan Flag please	Male	B	49
QLD Beach theme or Lego Starwars theme or Australian Army theme	M	B	50
NBA Players, NBA Logos / Basketball Red, White and Royal Blue colours	M	Q	51
Army / RAAF - (We can send you Rising Sun and RAAF crest) computer games theme	M	Q	52
Japanese Cars - Toyota is my favourite - Nickname	M	Q	53
I'd like some sort of a RAAF/aviation theme including a C-130J Hercules if possible. I’ve been based in the UAE and have mainly flown into Iraq and Afghanistan, so if they can be incorporated somehow in it too that would be nice.	F	B	54
Stormlight Archives theme, Annapurna mountain, Nepal theme, Mistborn theme, rainforest theme.	M	Q	55
Rising Sun, Army, Red, Grey & Black + Starwars - Afghanistan flag	M	B	56
Laundry bag - Melbourne Storm and the AFL Collingwood Magpies and deployment details.   Quilt - To have a family friendly design and to include images of dinosaurs and a snake and ladder theme, I would like to include my deployment details if possible.	Male	B	57
Laundry bag - I would like to have a Canberra Raiders NRL theme, including my name and details on the laundry bag as well as a covid-19 symbol.   Quilt - I would like to have a large fire truck surrounded by flames/fire, to also incorporate my deployment details and name as well as a COVID-19 symbol.	Male	B	58
I would love it if you could include an engineer lazy E, a Goanna, warthog and a frog (mascots of my current unit), the units 1CER, 23 SPT SQN & 1 FD SQN (the units I've served with) and the phrases 'follow the sapper' and 'Ubique'	M	B	59
Laundry bag - The African Big 5 Animals or otherwise an African theme with initials please   For the quilt I would like to have an Army theme including my name and deployment. Anything to commemorate my service in Army would also be appreciated with a remembrance theme including poppies and the like. Otherwise I enjoy playing rugby union, spending time with my golden retrievers and like the colours blue and black.	Female	B	60
Desert theme (landscape/colours) and include within design the ADF Contribution such as aircraft, ships and Army vehicles/equipment. Also request name, dates and the deployment.	Male	B	61
Black and Orange, favourite team in NRL is West Tigers. I have served in both Army and now Navy so if you could include rising sun and the navy crest. Include OP Accordion with dates 12 AUG 20 - 21 FEB 21.   Laundry bag - Navy theme one side and Army theme on the other.	M	B	62
Quilt - Desert theme. Rising sun with OP ACCORDION 2020 underneath. If you can, could you please include both the Aus and UAE flags.   Laundry bag - Fun colours with all sorts of things featured. I like food (spaghetti, donuts, chocolate, coke-a-cola), cats, captain marvel, also anything to do with water. Could you please put 'initials' on it somewhere also.	Female	B	63
Family hobbies - Diving, sea kayaking, stand up paddle boarding and having adventures at the beach. Our two young sons' favourite sea creatures include whales, whale sharks, dolphins, turtles, manta rays, sting rays and seals.	Female	B	64

 

 

HAVE YOU BECOME A MEMBER OF A

BLOCK SQUAD?

Many of you will know that our beautiful Sandy use to run with the Block of the Months and whilst she can no longer co-ordinate this we have introduced

 

BLOCK SQUADS

Of course Sandy was so organised that one person would never be able to do what Sandy did, so we had to come up with a concept that works with five Block Squad Captains and five Block Squads.

If you haven’t been allocated to a Block Squad and would like to contribute (because sometimes life is just too busy to make a quilt). Or if you have just never thought about making blocks to contribute or you would like to become a Block Squad Captain,

Please email Cath Harvey at cath.ahq@gmail.com and she will put you in contact with your new Block Squad Captain.

 

Happy Sewing!!