Grati-Wednesday 17th September 2025

 

Happy Wednesday Friends!

 Grab a cuppa, sit back and relax while you soak up some well-deserved gratitude!

AHQ Thank You Dinner is only 38 sleeps! 

Don't forget to buy your tickets. 

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Last week we shared a beautiful thank you letter from a very special recipient celebrating his 100th Birthday. Today we have a photo to share of him receiving this quilt. He was very touched by the generosity and very grateful. 

Bobbie Small and the Mystery BOMers, quilted by Philomena, emb by Joan

Here is the letter if you missed it last week:

Dear Ms Ball, (Jan - Maree)

 

What a special surprise and gift of a magnificent quilt, you and the ladies, Bobbie S, Philomena H and Joan B, made for me. Please pass on my sincere gratitude to each of them and the Mystery BOMers.

Your kindness is unbelievable to have spent so much time and effort to make such a beautiful article.

The Headmaster of Brisbane Grammar School came to my 100^th birthday celebration party last Thursday and presented it to me. I feel both humbled and honoured to receive such kindness. I know I will treasure it and so will my daughter. My wife was able to feel the quilting and imagine the beauty also. Thank you.

 Best wishes and good health for the future- 

sincerely

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Dear Beverly U,

I was extremely pleased to receive the quilt and laundry bag that you so expertly designed and made. Thank you so much for your time and effort, they are truly wonderful and will form fond memories of this deployment and they will certainly bring a smile to my face whenever I use them. I wanted something which represented this deployment as well as my 35 years in Army/Defence. You have more than achieved this and they will certainly be in pride of place in our home.

I have been married for 26 years, and we have two sons and one daughter. We have twins in the form of one of the sons and our daughter.  

I have been in the Army/Defence for 35 years and deployed to many places over that time.  Otherwise, we have spent most of our time in QLD and Canberra with a two-year posting to the USA. 

I have truly enjoyed my time in Defence and it has provided me and the family with so many opportunities. This will likely be my last full-time role as I look to transition to the Army Reserve and semi retire to our property to the west of NSW. 

I have sent photos of the quilt and laundry bag to family and friends, and they have all been blown away by them and the concept behind Aussie Hero Quilts. It is such a unique and wonderful organisation. 

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank your family for their service. I also have a great uncle who served in WWII in North Africa at Tobruk. I have always wanted to serve in Africa, and this has been a wonderful opportunity and experience. 

Thank you very much once again for the wonderful quilt and laundry bag.

Best wishes to you and your family.

Kind Regards,

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Good morning Pennie T,

 

I wanted to thank you for kindly making a laundry bag for me and putting in so much effort in doing so.

 

It means a lot knowing there are people like you thinking of servicemen and women in these uncertain times.

 

I’ve already began using it!

 

Again, thank you so much!

 

Kind Regards

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Presentation to a very grateful recipient who was very happy with his new quilt!!

Jan-Maree B Emb Joan B

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Hi Clarissa L,

Thank you Clarissa for my utterly beautiful laundry bag. I’m very grateful and feel more than a little overwhelmed by your significant act of kindness. It will come is great use for me and each time I use it I will feel uplifted and grateful to you. And I love that your grand daughter is involved and helping out in choosing the fabric etc - she has a good eye :)

Thank you 

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Hi Jacqui,

Thank you so much for the amazing quilt and laundry bag you made for me - it brought tears to my eyes 

To see the amount of thought, effort and dedication in both the laundry bag and quilt means so much. My military journey over 35+ years has far from been easy with may highs and lows. To have such a keep-sake, now on my bed, is a reminder of that journey - a journey that has brought me to where I am today.

Kind regards

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Dearest New friend that I have yet to meet Cath H,

 

Thank you so much for my beautiful quilt…as soon as my husband finishes renovating our vintage caravan it will take pride of place on the bed.   It will be my wrapped up all snuggly in front of the fire quilt as it’s the perfect size.

One of the pictures of the caravans on the quilt is almost an exact replica of ours so thanks again.

 

Please give your beautiful fur baby a scratch from me and send Hope one across the rainbow bridge.  Always hard to lose our furry friends. 

 

Also, please thank Keryn B, who did the swirly patterns on the quilt, they are lovely. 

 

Thanks again for taking the time to make these for us. They are soooooo appreciated.

 

Kind regards,

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Good Morning Ruth S,

 

Thank you so much for your laundry bag! It looks amazing and exactly what I requested. I will keep this for a long time.

 

Thanks again.

  

Cheers,

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Hi Jan Maree

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to represent AHQ in the presentation of this lovely quilt.

I met the recipients at the house of the Fallen Warriors wife's parents for a cuppa then presented the quilt. The FW's wife was really impressed with this beautiful quilt… so touched that her husband's service number etc were on the quilt. I explained his service number to his children.

Cheers Carolyn S

The quilt was made using blocks by Lynn F, created by Dorothy C and quilted by Philomena H with embroidery by Inge C

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Cheers Catherine D

Until next week keep your letters, emails and photos coming in.  Wednesdays would be so totally boring without them!

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