QOTW 22 March

The tally so far-

 20 quilts this week and 28 laundry bags.

280 quilts and 650 laundry bags for 2013

1281 quilts and 2015 laundry bags in total.

Woo Hoo  - finally notched up 2000 laundry bags!

These first three quilts were made by Annette, Lynn V and Carol Mc.  Annette and Carol both live in QLD.  Carol is Annette's friend and mentor and together they are making the quilt tops using a stash of donated fabrics.  Lynn is one of Annette's sisters and she has a longarm quilting business in VIC and Lynn quilted two of the quilts and donated the third!  Don't you wish you had a sister with a long arm quilting business and a friend with a stash of donated fabrics.  Lucky Annette!

Now talk about a coincidence.  I gave Annette a name to send a quilt to - let's call her A.  After she had posted A's quilt Annette sent me the following messages - 

I found out that A is the sister of a girlfriend of mine..   how amazing is that.  I didn't say who I was posting too, the friend said she had requested a quilt for her sister and wouldn't it be funny if she ended up with one of mine…   I asked her her sisters name.  There can't be that many A's over there…  or heading over there very soon….    lol..

Fran W

Joan

These next two quilt tops were made by Kylie, sent to Diane for quilting and then bound by Kylie.

Leanne Mac is back with four awesome quilts.

Leone is a new AH Friend and debuted with this awesome quilt.

Rita M is back with another footy themed quilt

Su completed this striking quilt and laundry bag.

More laundry bags from Sue N 

Another combined effort - top by Louise, quilted by Nancy, bound by Sharon and Southen Cross added by yours truly!

Melissa and the the Do Your Block for a Cause page completed this quilt top and it was ably quilted by Diane, bound by Angela and sent on its way. 

Liz J

Michele

Rita M

Rita C 

Linda

Fran T has outdone herself with a reversible quilt - Hawthorn on one side  

and the Manly Sea Eagles on the other!

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

Quilts of the Week 25 Jan

80 quilts and 198 laundry bags for 2013 

and 1026 quilts and 1565 laundry bags over all.

Please excuse minimal words tonight.  My new laptop has died :-( and I am making do with the old one which is missing the "A" key!   Not happy Jan(Maree)!!

This is Liz B's second version of this gorgeous quilt.

The next two are also more of Liz B's work.

Belinda sent off another kangaroo quilted lovely!

Carolynne

Evelyn

 Joan has sent off her first AHQ!

 Maddy 

Michelle

Rita C

Liz 

Peggy made this from blocks that Sue N sent her. 

Mary completed this quilt top and Tess quilted it.

Kitty

And how about a few thank you messages for tonight as well  :-)

The following thank you is for Lesley L

Sorry for the late reply, I have been on leave.
I was very glad when I returned to have received you packages. The quilt and the laundry bag are wonderful, so was the rest of the little extras placed into the box. Thank you so much to you and to the rest of the ladies for doing this for me, I am really grateful.
The letter has not arrived as yet, but mail can be all over the place. Feel free to pass on my contact details if she would rather email me.
Thanks so much again for the ongoing support from yourself and your organisation. 

And one for Gail's Southern Cross Quilt and my laundry bag and for the Team's quilts from Nancy

Hi Jan,
Yes, I have received my monogrammed washbag and southern cross quilt. They are fantastic. Thank you.  All of my soldiers have received theirs approximately a week before I did. They are all really happy, and most importantly were all surprised when they arrived (all on the same day amazingly). 

And another one for Gail

"Today I received my Aussie Hero Quilt. It really warmed my heart to

receive such a wonderful gift. My friend organised it for me

as a surprise when I commented on his quilt. The horses are a wonderful

touch and I imagine would have been quite a difficult pattern to get. It

is going to make a wonderful memento of my time here in Afghanistan. 

Thank you so much for donating your time to do something for the

soldiers. I love walking into the laundry to see all the variety of

colourful laundry bags. It is the considerate and generous people like

yourself that make me love Australia and proud and willing to defend it.

Thank you again,

Warm regards,

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