Monday 6 March 2023

06 March 2023 Request List

Good morning,

Hope you are all having a good week. I had a busy one heading down to Melbourne on Monday so I could speak to the partners of the visiting VIPs at the Avalon Air Show on Tuesday. I will hopefully have published a post regarding my visit by the time you read this but no promises. As always it was nice to bump into a couple of lovely recipients who were very enthusiastic in their praise of their quilts and were happy to pose for a happy snap with me.


Priority Requests today include requests from members deployed to the Sinai and also those on Op Kudu in the UK.

Requests 1-11 are in the Sinai and Requests 12-19 are Op Kudu.  It would be great if you could jump on board and take one of these.

Here is the request list for this week. Happy hunting. I hope you can find something that tickles your fancy.

POST BY DATE

The post by date for all Requests on this list is 10 April 2023 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 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  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. 

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 above.  

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....Just email friendsofahq@gmail.com  

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 the Blog, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter


Army Theme. Australian Flag, Risign Sun,  Skippy badge, Small Egyptain and Israel Flag (We can supply the Skippy badge, Rising Sun, and small Eqyptian flag)

M

Q

1

Iron Maiden (The band)

M

Q

2

Egypt/Australia Mix. (Pyramids, Sphinx, Australian Flag and Egyptian Flag / MFO Logo

(We will supply the MFO Logo)

M

Q

3

Green, White, Red (Italian Colours)

M

Q

4

Dark Blue, RAAF crest, Airforce Theme with kids name on it. (We can supply the RAAF crest)

M

Q

5

Rising Sun Skippy Badge, dark colours , Black , Grey, Blue , infantry green/ red. (We can provide Rising Sun and Skippy badges)

M

LB

6

Australian National Flag, Rising Sun, Regiment,  Small Egypt and Israel flag, Green and gold background

(We will provide the Rising Sun and Regiment badges, plus small flags)

M

Q

7

Australian National Flag, ANZAC theme, Rising Sun, Skippy badge
Melboure Storm (NRL),
St Kilda (AFL)
Los Angeles Lakers (NBA) along the bottom if possible.
(We will provide the Rising Sun and Skippy badges)

M

Q

9

RAAF Crest. Construction, Planes, Bright and Fun Colours.
(We can supply the RAAF Crest)

M

B

10

motorcycles, Surfing, Crossfit.

M

B

11

Black, Aussie Flag with Ukraine Flag, OP KUDO 2023 under "United with Ukraine" written at the bottom

M

Q

12

Black/night sky with the Southern Cross with the flags of Aus, Ukranian, UK, NZ, OP KUDU 23 (we can supply small Aus, UK and NZ flags)

F

LB

13

5 RAR Tiger logo, text "OP KUDU 2023", Aus Flag, Uk Flag,Ukranian Flag. names across the bottom. (we can send you the Tiger logo, Op Kudu 2023, small flags Ukranian flag can be appliqued, names can be appliqued)

M

Q

14

Black with the number 64 (white) in the top right and V (either yellow or white)top left. Heavy Hitters logo (we can supply the Logo)

M

Q

15

5 RAR CLUB RECON LOGO, 5 RAR Tiger - nickname, Skippy Badge, Aus Flag, Ukranain flag, Ukranian Trident, UK Flag
(We can supply the logo, Skippy badge, 5RAR badge, small Aus and UK flags, and the trident can be appliqued)

M

B

16

Surname and PM keys, Skippy Badge, Mortar PL logo, 5 RAR Tiger Patch (We can provide Skippy badge with surname and PM Keys underneath)

M

Q

17

Surname, DFSW PL logo, 5 RAR Tiger Patch and Skippy badge (We can supply  Skippy badge with surname and the patch and logo)

M

Q

18

Surname, Southern Cross, Skippy Badge, SIG PL Logo 5 RAR Tiger Patch (We can supply Skippy badge with Surname, and logo)

M

Q

19

dark blue, light blue, black, silver, orange
Historic motorsport, Formula 1, Walking (especially in rainforests etc)
Old World War 2 aircraft and love the AP-3C Orion aircraft !

M

Q

20

I love dancing (swing dancing and latin), travelling, hiking, animals, sailing. TSE 108, Sapper Quote, RAE badge. Grew up in Berlin
(we can supply RAE Badge, Sapper quote  and TSE 108)

F

Q

21

Beach, Surfing and Beers theme with TSE 108 written on it. Rank, Name and PMKEYS could be nice on the quilt.  (We can have personal details embroidered on a patch to include)

F

Q

22

Traditional patchwork, RAAF ensign, Boxing Kangaroo. royal or dark blue, gray or gold,  RAAF crest, Australian Flag (We can supply the badges)

M

Q

22

The RAAF Crest and WOFF rank  to be included.
38SQN with the Caribou aircraft and
10SQN with the Orion aircraft.
OP Helpem Fren Solomon Islands 2004.
Blue and green.
Passionate North Queensland Cowboys supporter
(we can supply RAAF and squadron crests, silhouettes of aircraft for applique and WOFF Rank)

F

B

23

RAN crest with personal details below, a Navy theme would be amazing HMAS Success, Sydney and Manoora. I also did OP Slipper in 2002 in the Middle East on Manoora.
I also served in the HS ships Leeuwin and Melville.
(We can supply the ships crests, deployment details and the RAN crest)

F

Q

24

Brisbane bronco’s or an AirForce theme, (transport aircraft) including C130 Hercules, Caribous, and C-17 Globemaster. RAAF crest.
Very passionate angler and love my lure fishing also as a theme
(We can provide the crest and )silhouettes of aircraft for applique)

M

Q

25

RAAF crest, military/air Force theme and has worked on C-130's, P-3C Orion's and currently works with F-35's at 75 squadron which has the magpie on their unit crest.
Please include Grandfather's service details
Red poppies and the Australian flag.
(We can provide the RAAF crest and the 75 SQN crest, and silhouettes of the aircrat for applique)

M

Q

26

RAAF Crest, the Roundel, 26 SQN crest. RAAF 100 year anniversary patch, RAAF Toowoomba Cadet Flight Crest,  Childrens names and DOB. Children's photo,  some of our iconic aircraft would be fabulous.

(WE can supply crests/badges/embroidery of children's details and children's photo. We can also supply silhouette of aircraft for applique)

F

Q

27

Geelong Cats, RM Williams & ARIAT fan. Rising Sun and artillery badge (WE can supply the badges)

M

Q

28

likes animals and is a dog trainer.  He just recently got his light aircraft pilots licence and likes to fly his drone.

M

Q

29

RAAF crest,
aircraft worked on - HERC, Falcon, Hornet, hawk, spartan
or
37sqn, 34SQN, 77SQN, 2 SQN (before planes arrived ) 35SQN, 76SQN ..
he loves Holden cars,
Star Wars,
star trek,
scotch -whiskey make his own home brew-spirits Remembrance poppy
(We can supply the RAAF crest and crests for the air force squadrons. alternately we can supply silhouettes of aircraft for applique) any mix of the above

M

B

30

RAAF crest, Training System Officer (TSO) patch. 
Likes purples, red or blues.
I would love something that shows the locations I have served: VIC, ACT, SA, NSW and Ohio in the USA.
Married to a serving Air Force engineer and we have grown children - 2 girls and a boy. Two spoodles, photo available

F

Q

31

RAN Crest,
Op Catalyst 2004/05
Op Falconer 2003
Op Slipper 2002
Op Slipper 2011
Crests for HMAS Darwin, Toowoomba, Anzac, Childers, Broome (Commisioning Crew), Maitland, Ararat
 (We can supply the crests and embroidery of the deployments )

M

Q

32

RASIGS badge, WRAAC badge, Rising Sun. United Nations flag and MFO badge. Swimming Running Basketball High Jumps Volleyball (We can supply the badges)

F

Q

33

Army theme please.
Rising Sun with personal details and deployment details below.
RAAC badge
3/4 Cavalry Regt
Flags for Afghanstan, Iraq and Timor
( we can supply badges and small versions of the flags)

M

Q

34

purple, camping, fishing, reading, kids
cats
romcoms – "Love Actually"
Favourite place in the world: Greece

F

Q

37

yellow
Golf and gardening
Cats
Fav Person: Queen Elizabeth
Fav Country: Vietnam

M

Q

38

Green
Eating and Gym
Dogs and Cats
Favourite genre of TV shows/movies: Action

F

Q

39

Favourite Colour: black
Radio (Presenting), volunteering, teaching, writing/ journalism, all things IT, going on walks, going to cinema
Favourite place in the world: Vienna

M

Q

41

Cooking, Camping, ANZAC/Blue

F

Q

42

Camoflauge, RAN crest, Navy theme, HMAS Leeuwin crest (We can provide the RAN crest and some RAN camo, HMAS Leeuwin crest)

F

Q

43

Star Wars / Green

F

Q

44

ANZAC / Blue

M

Q

45

Winter Sports / Blue

F

Q

46

Banana's in Pajamas/Yellow/Blue

M

Q

47

Canadian Alps (White and Blue)

M

Q

48

Poppies

F

Q

49

Blue, Sports

M

Q

50

Red White  Blue  Green Gold
Themes: Army, Rising Sun, Australia Flag, Infantry Badge, RSAR Badge, AMCU Camo.
We can supply the Rising Sun, Infantry badge, RSAR badge and some camo)

M

Q

51

Staffy dogs and pineapples. With some military aspects like Lest we Forget, RAAF crest (we can provide the crest)

F

Q

52

Navy blue, tuquoise, black, silver, red.    Tennis, surfing, sports cars, super hornets (we can supply the silhouette of a superhornet for applique)

M

Q

53

Colour – Tan, desert theme, Op Okra 2017-2018, RAAF Crest/ 33SQN Crest – Australian Flag (we can send you the crests and embroider the Op Okra details)

F

Q

54

Blue, sports, fitness

M

Q

55

I love Poppies and anything that signifies my time in Navy as a Chef.
Op Slipper in 2002, 
HMAS Manoora 
MANOORA
MELVILLE
LEEUWIN
(HS RED AND BLUE)
YARRAGASCOYNE

 (We can supply RAN Crest and ships crests, also the chef's badge is desired)

F

B

56

I love lilac or purple and I work in cyber warfare and IT so maybe some space ships and planets and geeky stuff. I also love the star wars mandalorian.

F

Q

57

Pink, yellow and blue. RAAF crest, OP Okra Air Task Group 630 crest and Australian Flag. I was deployed during the Afghanistan evacuation so Afghan Evacuation patch please 
(We can provide crest, a patch with the Op Okra text embroidered in it for inclusion in the quilt)

F

Q

58

Blue, black, orange, red, Favourite animal is male lion (from Africa/Sahara)

M

Q

59

Pink, Favourite animal is cows, hippy at heart, loves gardening and the outdoors.  Nurse by trade

F

Q

60

RAAF crest, Deployed with Heron (RAAF UAV Unmanned aerial vehicles), prefer RAAF colours and/or Desert Sand colours. Was a photographer at the time. Favourite colour is Red and favourite animal is Panda.
(You may be able to include photos taken by the recipient)

F

Q

61

Blue, C-130J aircraft, Australian Flag, RAAF crest and RAAF theme
(we can provide the RAAF crest and aircraft silhouette for applique )

M

Q

62

Rising Sun, AABC corps badge.  CSM 1 RTB
Music
Travelled to the following countries with the band.
East Timor, Edinburgh, Gallipoli, Malaysia
In his spare time he is a Conductor
Plays the Trumpet or Flugelhorn.
Loves sailing, Field Hockey
amazing Step dad to Madison and Hope and dad to Levi.
(we can prvide the service crests and can embroider the travel locations)


M

B

63

a military theme.
RAAF Crest
INTERFET (East Timor 1999-2000)
Operation Flood Assist (2011)
2 AFDS
(We can provide the RAAF crest and 2AFDS crest and can embroider the deployment details)

M

B

64

RAN crest, naval flavour and/or snowy mountains HMAS TOBRUK crest 
Op ASTUTE 2006
Op CATALYST 2007
Op SLIPPER 2006 -2007
Op RESOLUTE 2007
(WE can supply RAN Crest, the Tobruk crest and an embroidered patch with deployment details)

F

Q

65

 

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