‘Babe’ – Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel

Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'BABE', satin / plastic / metal / cotton, made in New South Wales, Australia, 1991 Quilt panel, landscape orientation. Pink satin background embroidered with silver sequins. Commencing one quarter way in from the bottom left hand side there are four denim rays crossing to the other side; the second and fourth rays have safety pins in a line. A rainbow in satin commences near the top left hand corner to two thirds of the way across the bottom, appliquéd over the denim rays. In the bottom right hand quadrant is a screen printed photograph with the following text, ' Babe' 'In a sunray sky of faded blue denim and pink sequence my lover / husband is only one rainbow away, and singing with God'. In the bottom left hand corner there is an embroidered posy of pink and white flowers with leaves surmounted by an embroidered bee. Another embroidered bee is appliquéd over the sequinned panel between the second and third denim rays above the rainbow. The quilt was made in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, about 1991. The maker was the lover of the person known as 'Babe'.