More quilts on their way..

Hi all.  I only have time for a quick post tonight so I thought I would share a bunch of quilts and laundry bags that are on their way to either Afghanistan or Egypt.  Some are for special requests as well.  I can't say more than that as I don't want to make it too easy for any of the recipients to guess which is theirs if they check the blog.  

But just before I do - we now have 99 followers on Facebook!  Thanks for spreading the word everyone!

And now on to the quilts and laundry bags.

Sue P made this lovely blue one.

 I couldn't resist including this pic with the cool farmyard critters in it

A laundry bag by Marilyn and...

Marilyn also made this lovely quilt which reminds me of a stained glass window.

This quilt is from Christine - she chose the colours of Australia - Love them.

  Liz called this her scrap buster - she hasn't seen my scraps - this would hardly make a dent!

You have to PAWS to appreciate this laundry bag by Liz - LOL

A few good reminders of home in this laundry bag by Pat.

Another of Liz's laundry bags with her trade mark screen printed kangaroos!

A quilt by "guess who"  - Liz of course!

These next three quilts have been received.  These are a special group by Erika of Shannon's Army.  A lovely devoted single Mum asked for a quilt for her kids instead of one for her so that her kids would know that she was always thinking of them.  This was right up Erika's alley.

Erika received a lovely thankyou.

Thank you so much your quilts arrived and were loved by my children, They were so excited, they showed them to me on Facetime on my IPOD so it was wonderful.
Thank you again it means so much to me and people like me. 

But of course Erika (and I agreed with her) felt that Mum deserved her own quilt too.

Ericka received another lovely thankyou.

Good Afternoon Erika,
I just received the most wonderful parcel. Thank you so much for your beautiful quilt and the other little gifts in the parcel. I really do appreciate it, more then words can every explain. 

This quilt and laundry bag set were especially made by Marg for a fellow who would find them particularly meaningful and I heard back from the Chaplain that 

"he is absolutely stoked with his quilt. Thank you for making his day."

That's is it for tonight except 

I have gone back and forth a little with emails to one of the Chaplains today and here is an update on the request for clothes - new or second hand - sizes 5-12.  Both summer and winter clothes are needed.  I have had a couple of offers.  If anyone else is able to contribute please let me know.

Till next time................keep spreading the word and happy stitching!

Emails and parcels....

We have a button!  Thanks to Naomi who is much more clever than I am with these techo things we now have a button that you can take and add to your blog!


We also got a thank you last night .   My friend Cynthia has a son in Afghanistan and she has been busily sending quilts over to him and his mates. One of them just wrote her an email - 


Hi Cynthia,
Just wanted to send you a thank you message for the laundry bag and packet of lollies you sent me, it was greatly appreciated. I know that my mum had rung you to let you know I received your parcel, but just wanted to pass on my thanks personally.

Also, a mate of mine over here received a large package of quilts and laundry bags from Aussie Hero Quilts. I was given a quilt made by a Heather XXXXX from Turramurra Quilters and was wondering if you could pass on my thanks to Heather if you have Turramurra Quilters contact details?
Thanks again Aussie Hero Quilts!


We say it every time but it is still nice to hear from those that receive isn't it?


Now I received today!  Three lovely parcels.  Firstly these great April BOMs from Maria (top two) and Sharina (the bottom eight).  Some of them look pink in this photo but, trust me, they are not!

These blocks came from Pauline 

who also sent me a stash of back and white pinwheels to go with the ones she sent earlier.   I now have a whole quilts worth but I haven't had time to put them on the design wall yet.  Can't wait though.  This is the first lot Pauline sent.  We are going to keep the one red pinwheel and add red binding and backing which Pauline also sent - thanks Pauline!!!

Maria also sent along two quilt tops which you can check out here.  They need an iron before I take another photo and that wasn't happening today so you will have to check them out on her blog until I have them quilted!


I got a knock back today when I asked for a donation of batting so it looks like I might finally have to weaken an use the money that was donated by the Melton Vietnam Vets Association and smaller donation by a few others and buy a roll.  I am also thinking that I might have to weaken and open a bank account.  It is really hard to ask for donations if there is no account in the name of Aussie Heroes to deposit the money into.  Hmmmm, paperwork - yuck!


Till next time......................keep spreading the word and happy stitching!