Grati-Tuesday 26 May 20

Hi everyone!

Hope you are all going well, I know it is almost Winter, but geese how cold was the weekend! It is certainly flanny jammies and slippers weather where I live at the moment.

Just the kind of weather to grab a cup and scroll though this weeks thank you letters.

Enjoy!!

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Dear Roz,

First and foremost thank you for the quilt! The design is absolutely perfect and I wouldn't change a thing (big thanks to your daughter as well! Great to see another Gravity Falls fan). 

I hope you are handling Covid-19 well. Being an emergency nurse during this pandemic must be a tough job. When I was 10 I got appendicitis. I was in immense pain for days before they could finally operate and remove my inflamed appendix. It was approx 6 hours from bursting and potentially killing me. Sufficed to say i was probably a terrible patient, but the nurses that cared for me made the biggest difference to my wellbeing during that time and i thank them wholeheartedly. What you do makes a difference. You guys are the real heroes!

Unfortunately this deployment has been anything but uneventful. With tensions between Iran and the U.S, corona virus, and a few close calls with some other things I wont mention, it's certainly been an interesting deployment if nothing else. 

Our mess is definitely dark and gloomy most of the time, there are people sleeping in the mess roughly 22/24 hours in the day. It also makes for very little downtime so I'm looking forward to getting home where the quilt will be perfect for Netflix nights in front of the TV! So for now it sits safely in my locker where it cant get damaged. 

Life onboard is long and monotonous and my desire to get home grows with each day. But receiving this gift is truly appreciated. Thank you once again. 

Yours aye,

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Hi Susan,

Thank you so much for the beautiful quilt. I wish my Mum could see it. The fabrics remind me of all the material she owned. Some even look familiar (the apple fabric). Mum also loved stationary and the pencil pattern is perfect (she would have loved that print). My family will cherish this quilt forever. I’m halfway through my deployment and I do the same job as I do back home.

Please excuse the card. The only other cards available were birthday and Christmas cards.

Thank you, again.

My Mum would have loved this quilt. Thank you for the effort and love you put into making it. It will be very special to my family and me.

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Good evening Pennie,

I am sending this email to personally thank you for the laundry bag. They are lovely, I was very excited when I received this gift and was very impressed when I saw they even have personnel initials embroidered. This will make washing on board much easier. You can be sure that this gift is appreciated and will remind me of your thoughtfulness.

Kind regards

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Good afternoon Courtney,

Thank you for taking the time and effort to hand craft this amazing quilt cover. It’s things like this that make our long time at sea and away from home that much better, helping us feel connected with Australia.

Glad to hear the ANZAC solidarity even with all the COVID restrictions. I was lucky enough to be part of the guard party during our dawn service on the flight deck of Toowoomba, it was very moving.

  

Thanks again for the quilt cover and your lovely letter too.

Very Many Thanks and Kind Regards,

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G'day Ellen

Firstly thankyou for the hand made bag, it will get plenty of use as I may be going away with the army again later this year.

Even after I leave the ADF this bag will have a treasured place amongst my collection in my military museum in the Wheatbelt W.A, it will be displayed with other comfort initiates sent from home to ADF members like YMCA, ACF and Salvation army bags I have in my collection.

Cheers

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Good afternoon Sally,

I just wanted to drop you a short not to express my gratitude for the amazing laundry bag you crafted for me.

It was a terrific surprise to receive it in yesterday’s mail run …. in part because you had so thoughtfully made it for me; but more so as I wasn’t expecting it! It would appear someone thoughtful in my team ordered it on my behalf; and evidently my passion for the Raiders hasn’t been subtle!

My love of the team grew over the last five years whilst posted to Canberra. I have two amazing young daughters (3yo and 6yo) who I routinely took to games from a young age for ‘daddy – daughter bonding’. These are some of the moments I have missed the most since being deployed.

Prior to deployment I moved my family to Sydney for family support. My wife and girls have been loving the warmer weather and in particular the opportunity to regularly play at the beach and amongst the numerous rock pools along the coastline. Once the footy season starts again in a few weeks I am just hoping my father-in-law doesn’t successfully convert my girls loyalty towards his team the Sharks!

The team over here in the Middle East Area is doing well and morale remains high. Like back home we have been affected by COVID-19. Implementing social distancing protocols has meant our gymnasium has been closed, we wear masks anytime we are outside our rooms or office and sadly our favourite coffee shop has been closed. Despite this the team continues to find the excitement from the little things.

This situation has created some unforeseen benefits however. As our PADRE can no longer conduct live chapel services he has adapted and is now doing them via ‘Zoom.’ This has now enabled family and friends back home to also attend, helping people connect both here and at home who otherwise may have felt isolated.

Thanks again for my laundry bag. The work you and the rest of the ‘aussieheroquilts’ team is truly amazing and greatly appreciated by everyone deployed.

Stay safe and I hope life back home returns to normal again soon…..and you enjoy getting back out sailing again!

Warm regards,

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Hi Dianne, Heather, and Dot,

I’m an army reservist from Perth. At the beginning of the year I was on Kangaroo Island to help with the fires and went from there to working with WA police on the covid19 roadblocks. 

We’ve just finished our last rotation and our Padre presented us with laundry bags from Aussie Heroes. 

I want to say thank you lovely ladies for taking the time to sew these laundry bags for us, I love the pattern and I desperately needed my own unique bag to help in the Army’s communal laundries! It means a lot to know you are out there doing this for us as we work, no matter how trivial or tedious our work can feel. 

I’ve attached a picture of myself with my laundry bag below. Thank you again ladies and please stay safe. 

Warmest regards,

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 Hey Rita,

Just got out internet up and running.

OMG thank you all so much for your amazing care package. You hit the nail on the head with my LB, so love it, it`s amazing. Thank you 😊 😊

You sound like you have amazing family and they all seem to know what they want to do in life.

All of us that go away on Deployments love getting our LB and Quilts, they mean so much to us. A piece from home and it makes it very special to all off us. We thank you all for all the hard work and time you put in to make them.

I have 2 beautiful dogs that my wonderful neighbour who is an ex vet is caring for them while I am away. Missing them so much tho. I had to leave one off my shirts for my big dog as she frets for me when I go away. But my neighbour is so good with them. 

I have been in for about 14 years and love it - first joined the Navy then transferred to the RAAF not long after that.

Hope you all are home and safe and out of ISO, we still have a week to go before we are out of ISO. Always wanted to go to the Galapagos Islands, maybe when things open up again and when it`s safe I might get there.

You are  so amazing and very caring, thank you so much.

Cheers

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Good evening Ellen,

I was the lucky recipient of your hero quilt you made.

Firstly, thank you so very much! I love it!

I love your take on my random request. Sorry to be so vague, I just didn’t want to seem rude given you are going out of your way to make these kinds of things from the kindness of your heart.

It was very nice to hear about your family.

I am personally the first member in a very long time. To the point, we aren’t even sure if any of my family members have served previously.

I apologise for sending an email, and not hand-writing a letter. The mail system right now is backed up greatly due to COVID and I wanted to ensure you received my gratitude.

Thank you again, and I hope home eases restrictions to allow you to travel again!

Kind regards,

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Dear Margaret,

Thank you very much for the wonderful quilt! It is such a wonderful feeling to know people back in Australia are thinking of us, and I am very appreciative of the effort you have put in for me. It makes the long period away from home even more worthwhile.

I hope this finds you well during this unusual time.

Thank you again for the quilt.

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Hello Cath

Recently I had the pleasure of receiving one of your beautiful quilts.

Whilst deployed I wrote to Aussie Hero Quilts requesting a quilt I could use whilst deployed and then to bring home to give to my son. As it turns out, I beat the quilt home, it made it all the way to Afghanistan and my colleagues who were still deployed posted it back to me here.

I absolutely love the quilt. Thank you so much for taking the time to make it for me. I will say however it was mine for about 1 minute until my 2 yr old son commandeered it. 

He is a beautiful little boy who is dinosaur crazy. A little more so now that he sleeps with his new blanket each night.

Thank you once again.

I hope you are staying well in this crazy time we live in.

Best Regards

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This came for Ros G

I have just received my Aussie hero quilt! It is absolutely brilliant- thank

you so much.

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Hi Jenny,

I received your care package today with all the treats and my Maroons laundry bag.

Thank you so much for the beautiful card, I showed it around to as many people as I could find.

The beef jerky didn’t last long after I discovered it in the care package and I shared the Kit-Kat pretty quick as well.

I love the laundry bag and a have paraded it around the office here and everyone agrees how great it is. I would have loved the laundry bag with or without the ‘er’ on QLD, like your son said.

I really appreciate the time and effort you took in putting everything together, it has really brightened my day here.

I am a Warrant Officer over here after arriving only a few weeks ago, so my new laundry bag will get plenty of use and shown of in the communal laundries here. I see Australia is starting to return to some kind of normalcy slowly, unlike here where we still have tight COVID restrictions, so I look forward to when they start to ease.

Thank you again Jenny I, along with all the other ADF deployed, look forward to receiving these laundry bags (and quilts) from Jan-Maree and her Army of dedicated people like yourself.

Kind regards

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Dear Georgina,

My sincere apologies for taking so long to write back to you. It has been a month since I returned to Australia and within that month I have completed my 14 day isolation in Sydney, purchased and currently raising a little puppy and finally gotten back to some sort of normality amid this pandemic.

The quilt you have made is absolutely breathtakingly beautiful. The colours, patterns, embroidery and pictures are amazing and the moment I saw it I knew it was made with a mother’s love which was confirmed when I read your lovely letter. I can personally say that receiving a quilt or laundry bag is something servicemen and women look forward to whilst being deployed overseas in the Middle East. A lot of people, myself included, don’t have family members who are able to or get around to sending a little care package, so to know that someone who has no initial connection with you is willing to spend time out of their life to make something so amazing is absolutely heart-warming. Many others and I are extremely grateful for all the beautiful quilts that you do.

I’ve been in the Royal Australian Air Force for 4 years now working as a Personnel Capability Specialist. This was my first time overseas serving my country and I’m very grateful for the opportunity to personally and professionally develop from the experience. Whilst I was overseas, my primary role was to organise movements within the Middle East  I also assisted with the entertainment committee on camp to keep morale high by hosting movie nights, raffle nights, volleyball competitions and much more. I’m happy to be home and am currently getting back into work at my home Squadron.I may be posting next year depending on the COVID-19 restrictions so hopefully my place will have the same view that yours does because it sounds amazing.

Thank you again for making my beautiful quilt, I will cherish it for my lifetime and hopefully be able to pass it down to one of my children one day (at the moment I will stick with having a furbaby though). I hope you and your family are keeping well and safe during this pandemic.

Yours sincerely,

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Good Afternoon Pennie,

I wanted to thank you for the beautiful laundry bag you made for me. I apologise I don’t yet have a photo of it in my space on the boat but will send one through once we have our cabin set up and they are in place. It is absolutely beautiful and reminds me of home and the days coming into dry season (our favourite time of year in the NT.

I just recently joined the crew of HMAS Glenelg and it was almost like a house warming gift, so thank you again.

I hope you are well during this tough time and this email finds you well.

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Dear Helen,

I am a Leading Seaman Systems Operator  in the Navy. I am currently on rotation with OP COVID 19 assist and received your laundry bag the other day and absolutely enjoyed receiving it. The though of sending out the bags is such a kind gesture. I notice that you live in NSW, I live in NSW as well. Hopefully when this pandemic is all over I could come out to you one day and shout you and your sewing group a cup of tea.

Regards,

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Dear Robyn,

I would firstly like to apologies for the amount of time that this email has taken to write to you, but in no way let it retract the appreciation that I have for the laundry bag that you have provided for me.

As you are most likely aware COVID restrictions have actually been quite limiting and it looks like by the time we can return to Australia we would have spent around 120 days without any proper leave from the ship. 

Please rest assured though that your care package and Laundry Bag are appreciated, especially in the darker times when we are really missing home and those special little items that are almost impossible to get in the Middle East.

At this time my Wife remains at home with our dog awaiting our return in  a few months. To be honest I can’t wait to get back to her, and my family. Both my parents and wife have been effected by the isolation requirements and unfortunately their respective jobs have also been effected. But – let’s think of the positives and hope that in the not too distant future we can all get on with jobs and working arrangements.

As I write this to you we have a while to go, and once I get home that completes my  posting aboard Toowoomba – it’s been a long haul and I’m looking forward to working from a building. This will be the first time in my career that I have been posted ashore.. 13 years later – and I cannot wait!!

I look forward to being able to go camping and adventures, getting to truly understand our great country as well as its history.

I hope that everything is well with You, Michael and your Son and are all staying safe an well in this crazy period.

Once again thank-you for the kindness and generosity of the Care Package and Laundry Bag – I will cherish it for a long time.

Yours Aye,

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Have a great week!

Kylie

Aussie Hero Quilts Requests 25 May 2020

Hi All

CHANGES ARE COMING:

Due to my impending cancer treatment changes will be coming but NOT YET.  I will let you know when. I am in the process of training people to take over but no one is ready yet and whilst I am symptom free (at the moment) and then whilst I am well enough I will still continue to work. You will be advised as soon as necessary when things change. Please keep reading the blog to be aware of any changes.

Don’t forget, if you look at the list and need help choosing please feel free to let me know.  I know it can be overwhelming and I am more than happy to give you some advice and find a request that you will be comfortable with doing.

More huge thanks to our ADF members available to be deployed to carry out a myriad of tasks that need to be conducted and we are going to do our bit by letting them know that their services are appreciated.

Operation COVID-19 Assist Laundry Bags

We still need more COVID 19 LBs if you have the time and willingness to make them.  Again, you will need to post these at your own expense - thank you. The most economic way is using a pre-paid satchel. You can fit 5-6 in a 3KG satchel or 12 in a 5KG satchel.  And we need MASCULINE or GENDER NEUTRAL

We are getting lovely feedback from recipients of these laundry bags which you can read in our Gratitude Post on Tuesdays.

Here is a wonderful example, it is a bit long but it is worth it.  

I am the proud owner of a piece of your sewing talent and would like to say a big thank you.  It was a great surprise when I was walked into a room and directed to pick a bag.

 The room contained a vast array of colourful and very large robust high quality washing bags.

I was so confused as after spending 33 years in the Army and being on various Operations I had never been told to take my pick of something that somebody has made because they wanted to thank me for doing my job. This does not happen and you have made an old Aussie Digger smile and take a moment to think that others in Australia do care about our defence forces. 

What you have done is so so nice. I will be honest during my career and being a SGT I have seen many soldiers who are spending long periods away from their loved ones.

Some for the first time in their lives and it is the little things that happen that give them joy, make them smile and write home about. We work in places that are not on the top 10 destinations for a holiday.   Or as is the case today we are in our home town helping to ensure that Australians stay safe and healthy  

What you and Aussie Quilt Hero’s have done and achieved makes me proud to wear the uniform of my country.  

I have been away on Operations on 3 occasions during Xmas in my career.

Now yes we do get mail and yes loved ones send us stuff.  It is when you have a parade for Xmas with your troops and you call out the names as parcels come of a mail bag.  You see their faces light up and then you watch them cry as they show off photos of family or share food from home.

You also see those that get nothing from home and they slowly walk away from the group to be alone.

What you are doing is allowing Australian defence force personnel to all get a surprise present showing we are all equal and others care. Thank you.  I always get my family to send Whiz Fizz packets wherever I am away and the troops know mail is in when they see their SGT sitting at a table smiling with a plastic spoon in his mouth savouring the sweet tasting lollies.

From the bottom of my heart thank you for your effort and thank you for helping us out.

I will take this bag on all of my future travels knowing that out there somewhere others care.  Plus I want to show it off.

Hard to believe that our laundry bags touch people so deeply isn’t it but this is not a one off.

Priority Quilts

Requests 28-31 inclusive are our priority quilts. I won’t give you a post by date but if you can do them fairly quickly and then check before posting them that would be great. COVID Is making it hard to estimate posting times.   Thank you!

The post by date for all items on this list is 29 June please. If you cannot make that date please let me know.

LET ME REITERATE, I DO NOT WANT TO ENCOURAGE ANYONE TO TAKE ANY UNNECESSARY RISKS WHATSOEVER TO CONTINUE SEWING FOR US. I DON’T WANT THAT AND THE MEN AND WOMEN WE SEEK TO SERVE DO NOT WANT THAT.

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.

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 me know if you have any other questions.

Cheers

Jan-Maree

We still need more COVID 19 LBs if you have the time and willingness to make them.  Again you will need to post these at your own expense - thank you. The most economic way is using a pre-paid satchel. You can fit 5-6 in a 3KG satchel or 12 in a 5KG satchel.  And we need MASCULINE or GENDER NEUTRAL	M	LB	0
RAN Crest and submariners dolphins  , loves all sports but is a mad Queensland rugby fan so maroons and or black and grey is great. He loves tractors, and anything country related too.  (JM can have the crest and dolphins badge embroidered and sent to you)	M	LB	1
Rising Sun, the Sydney University Regiment badge and the Royal Australian Army Pay Corps badge with initials that would be great.   Royal blue and gold   (JM can have the crest and badge embroidered and sent to you and the Sydney Uni Regt badge can be printed)	M	LB	2
Rising Sun, the Royal Australian Corps of Transport badge, Air Dispatch Wings and the Sydney University Regiment badge with initials- blue and white (JM can have the crest and badge embroidered and sent to you and the Air Dispatch Wings and Sydney Uni Regt badge can be printed)	M	LB	3
Fishing NRL (QLD Maroons/Broncos) Bundaberg Rum	M	LB	5
Rising Sun and RAAOC amd musician(trombone) with initials please (JM can have the crest and badge embroidered and sent to you)	M	LB	6
motorbikes  (not harleys ), he has a fox terrier dog and loves the outdoors - camping and such	M	LB	9
Rising Sun, ANZAC, Remembrance, Poppies, Soldier silhouette, Aussie Flag  (JM can send you the Rising Sun to piece in)	M	LB	12
RAN Crest, HMAS Canberra crest, Family man (wife and three children) Transformers; Essendon (JM can send you an RAN crest to piece in)	M	LB	14
Husband and 3 children;  her Tibetan Terrier; has served aboard HMAS Ballarat and HMAS Success. Loves colour (JM can send you the RAN crest to piece in)	F	LB	15
Rising Sun and  RAAOC ANZAC themed and Adelaide Crows fan JM can send you the Rising Sun and RAAOC bages to include)	F	LB	16
RAAF crest, Aussie flag, Chinook, (extra info if it helps - he also likes sports cars, kombi's, the colours yellow and blue, camping.) JM can send a RAAF crest to include)	M	LB	18
RAAF crest with initials (JM can send the RAAF crest)	M	LB	20
AFL (Adelaide Crows), RAAF crest with personal details, Poppy with Lest We Forget. (JM can send the RAAF crest and the text)	M	LB	21
RAAF crest with personal details and if possible a 462Squadron badge it has a black chess knight on it. blue and blacks or greys. (JM can send the RAAF crest with personal details)	M	LB	22
Husband and wife team, Yellow and red for him and blue for her. Corps badges with personal details on both please (JM can send you the Corps badges)	F	LB	23
Pinks, Yellows and blues. Native Austrailan flowers, The Rising Sun (JM can have the Rising Sun embriodered to be sent to you)	F	LB	26
Middle East Region (Desert, Camels, etc.), the RAAF roundel and crest. I love bright pastel colours (Possibly a desert sunset/sunrise) Thanks (JM can have the crest embroidered  to send to you)	F	LB	27

CHANGES ARE COMING:

I am putting this hear because I know many of you do not read the preamble or the blog and I need you to be aware of this.

Due to my impending cancer treatment changes will be coming but NOT YET.  I will let you know when. I am in the process of training people to take over but no one is ready yet and whilst I am symptom free (at the moment) and then whilst I am well enough I will still continue to work. You will be advised as soon as necessary when things change.

Please keep reading the blog to be aware of any changes.

Anything Space themed (I’m excited about the space X launch coming up!) PRIORITY – NEED TO CHECK BEFORE POSTING	M	B	29
Black and blue Rising Sun crest, MFO Symbol Op Mazurka Sinai Jan - Aug 2020 Would like wife and sons' names plus grandfather. JM can have the crest and badge embroidered with the family's names PRIORITY – NEED TO CHECK BEFORE POSTING	M	Q	30
Honda Racing Corp(HRC) logo, MotoGP at Phillip Island, Red Blue and White, Australiana- (I can send you a pic of the logo, it is easit to applique and I can also send you a photo printed on fabric of the recipient racing at Phillip Is.) PRIORITY – NEED TO CHECK BEFORE POSTING	M	Q	31
Moon cresents and stars - more gothic dark theme/colours please, Thank you!	M	Q	32
UN flag, an Aussie flag, and a South Sudan flag on the quilt, not too big that it owns the whole quilt, so maybe along the bottom edge. Other than that I am just happy to have a ‘pretty quilt’ please, one that will look beautiful on my couch at home to snuggle up to. Pinks and purples and blues. Have fun with it. (Jm can send you the UN flag to piece in and a small Australian flag. The South Sudan flag is simple to piece/applique)	F	Q	33
world of warcraft theme, with australian flag on it. Thank you! (JM can print some pics on fabric to include)	M	Q	34
Muilt cam Aus flag and Afghan flag, nickname , skippy badge (JM can send you the badge and flags)	M	Q	35
Hunting, Fishing, surname	M	Q	36
Australian flag, 5 RAR badge, skippy badge, black quilt with yellow. FPE 13 (JM can send you the skippy badge and 5RAR patch)	M	Q	37
5 RAR, text  CLUB RECON, black and yellow quilt with small mention of Manchester United colours red and yellow.  JM can send you the 5RAR badge and  the text embroidered)	M	Q	38
Australian white Ensign Flag or RAN crest, IMSC Badge and Bambi (yes the disney character) Aqua colour  (I can send you the RAN crest and the IMSC badge to piece in)	M	Q	39
Boxing Kangaroo, Richmond Tigers AFL Club colours , Lego, and Star Wars	M	Q	40
RAAF Crest, Air Force colour scheme (blues) with sunset/desert picture, HQJTF 633 Mar - Sep 2020 (JM can provide the RAAF crest with the text embroidered)	F	Q	41
Silhouette of soldiers against a sunset theme backround , Rising Sun, Australian flag, VB cans   Thank you guys :) (JM can provide the Rising sun, a silhouette of a soldier to work from.	M	Q	42
30 Terminal Squadron "Termites Logo".Red, White and Blue RACT Corp Colours. If possible add the RACT Corp Badge in bottom Left Corner  (JM can provide the RACT badge and the Termites logo could be printed or appliqued.)	M	Q	43
Frozen Quilt	M	Q	45
Australian native flowers	F	Q	46
Daschunds / Navy theme (white Ensign or RAN crest & Aussie flag) / Pink and pastel colors or florals (JM can send you the RAN crest)	F	Q	47
Just a simple design with a big lion on black fabric.	F	B	49
Middle East Region (Desert, Camels, etc.), the RAAF roundel and crest. Also, if you could include the words "EAOU-7 - OP ACCORDION - APR-OCT 2020". I love bright pastel colours (Possibly a desert sunset/sunrise) Thanks (JM can have the crest embroidered with the text underneath to send to you)	F	Q	50
May I please have the RAAF crest, desert colours with camels - Family names provided, EAOU-7 DET CDR Apr-Oct 2020"  (JM can have the RAAF crest embroidered with the text below and send to you)	M	Q	51
Can I please have the RAAF Crest,  Middle eastern theme, text EAOU -7 and personal details , Australian flag. Thank you so much, you do and awesome job. JM can have RAAF crest embroidered with text underneath	M	Q	52
Favourite Colour: Blue, RACT Badge, Australian Flag, Rising Sun, Hobbies/Interests: Rock Climbing, Jurassic Park/Dinosaurs (JM can have the RACT badge embroidered for you)	M	Q	53
Dubai theme -  maybe some of the buildings from the city,  the buildings, the desert, camels  etc	M	Q	54
NRL St George Illawarra Dragons theme with big writing towards the lower center of the quilt saying 'May Premiers'.	M	Q	56
2x Brindle french bulldogs	M	Q	57
Deep reds or blues; arabian/middle eastern design; poppies; something to remind me of my time in the Middle East.	F	Q	58
Australian Flag, Australian white ensign or RAN crest, IMSC patch, Kangaroos, light blue/navy blue in colour  (jm can send you the RAN crest and the IMSC  patch)	F	Q	60
Blue, Green, White, Dinosaurs,Mountains, Aeroplanes, Sky, Clouds and Bicycles	M	Q	62
May I please request a design with both the Australian flag and RAAF Crest along with my name and deployment details , Name, OP ACCORDION, EAOU-7, Apr - Oct 20". Thank you for your wonderful work and support, very much appreciated.  (JM can have RAAF crest embroidered with text underneath)	M	q	63
Could I please have a theme that has Holden cars (Commodores) and Lions   Thanks for your great work and support.	M	Q	64
Middle East Region theme (Dessert, Camels, etc.), the RAAF roundel and ensign/crest. Also, the words "EAOU-7 - OP ACCORDION APR-OCT 2020", it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for the work you do.  (JM can have the RAAF crest embroidered for you with the text underneath)	M	Q	65
Middle East design (camels, desert colours) incorporating RAAF aircraft and crest and the Gunnie 'bomb with batwings'. Would also like "EAOU-7 - OP accordion Apr-Oct 2020" on it.   You are awesome and your work is amazing! JM can send you the embroidered RAAF crest with the text underneath it and also the Gunnie badge to piece in.	M	Q	66
RAAF crest, Rising Sun and Skippy Badge.  RAAF Roundel would be absolutely fantastic. I'd also like to have the Melbourne Football Club logo  if that's at all possible. Your team does such a fantastic job and I know that every person who receives one of your quilts/laundry bags appreaciates the time and effort you all go to. Thanks heaps!!!	M	Q	67
RAAF Ensign or crest please with some Multi-Cam and F88 styers "EAOU-7 - OP accordion Apr-Oct 2020" "BOWERS" Written across the front,  Thank you.  JM can have the crest embroidered with the text underneath it.	M	Q	68
It would be greatly appreciated to have a Bob Ross theme that resmembles nature eg, forests, mountains ocean and weather.	M	Q	69
Portrait setting of RAEME Corps Badge on a tri colour (top: blue, mid: yellow, bottom: red). Following text on bottom right: OPSO FSE-12 Mar-Oct 2020  JM can have the text embroidered along with the RAEME Badge	M	Q	70
Rugby league theme with Cowboys, Storm and Titans colours	F	Q	71
Brisbane Broncos' NRL in a landscape view, Maroon and yellow in colour 50/50 split diagonally with bronco horse head. Under the head of the horse "MRS BOSS 2020"	M	Q	72
Aussie flag, RAAF crest with family service details underneath. Jan-Maree can have crest and text embroidered.	M	Q	73
Portrait setting of RAEME Corps Badge on a tri colour (top: blue, mid: yellow, bottom: red). Following text on bottom right: AMAB 2020  (JM can provide the RAEME badge)	M	Q	74
AFL, Cricket, Any thing sports related, Army	M	Q	75
RAAF Themed with blue/sandy dessert colours. Could I please have OP ACCORDION 2020 with my rank, name and pmkeys on the quilt and possibly the HQJTF633 badge.	F	Q	76
BATMAN & DC comics	M	B	77
Shooting, hunting, fishing, camping and Rugby Union REDS	M	B	78
Boat and transport (trucks, cars, planes & trains)	M	B	79
I would like my 1966 Ford F100 (pictures avbl and JM can print them on fabric to piece in)	M	B	80
Reds Rugby Team logo if possible please - red and white	M	Q	81

Happy stitching!