Andrew Grove – Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel

Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Andrew Grove', cotton / leather / metal / paint / glue, made by a friend, New South Wales, Australia, 1989 Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation, on a watermelon pink background. 'ANDREW / GROVE' is appliqued and glued in large brown, black and yellow leather lettering. The top inner border consists of seven painted stars decorated with metal buttons and leather strips. The left hand inner border is painted brown with 'MANS' painted vertically in white lettering. The right hand inner border is painted brown with 'COUNTRY' also painted vertically in white paint. The lower inner edge is a cream background with the following hand painted in brown paint: 1949, adelaide, sydney, townsville, adelaide, 1987. The outer border consists of the top and lower edge in a heavy cotton caramel colour patchwork strip. The left and right outer borders consist of caramel and beige heavy cotton patchwork rectangles.