From the Carers Camp Goodtime – Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel

Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of the carers and the children, 'From the Carers - Camp Goodtime', cotton / mixed media, made by a friend, New South Wales, Australia, 1992 Rectangular quilt panel, portrait orientation. The entire panel is painted in a jigsaw puzzle pattern in eight pieces. From left to right: Piece 1) a landscape scene with a setting sun with 'Goodtime Camp' painted in red across the top. Two painted stick figures of a girl and a boy are in the top right of the piece and 'John' is painted on the lower left corner and '1992' on the lower right corner. 2) is a curved painted music keyboard with red and purple music notes and purple stars. 'Shaun' is painted in black and gold in the lower right corner. 'Marc' is painted in purple on the lower side edge of the piece. 3) is painted yellow with a red sun and a flower garden across the lower edge. There are four painted stick figure children with appliqued felt clothes and a stick figure painted baby dressed in a blue checked nappy attached with a safety pin. One of the children is holding two balloons held by felt strings. The orange balloon has the following names hand painted: David, Piers, Sharon, Tyson and Carl. The grey balloon has 'love always David and Thomasin' painted in faded gold paint. 4) is a painted football field with black painted goal posts on the left. In the middle is a red and yellow football with 'Bronco's' (sic) painted in black. Next to the football on the right is a painted football boot in black, green, yellow and white. 'Jimmy and Colby' is painted in gold above the boot, 'Cheree' is written in red paint between the ball and the boot. 'Jerry' is painted in red on the lower right corner. 5) is a stylised painted scene with a large piece of white lace on the left edge. There are two black appliqued flowers with gold metal filigree centres and one pink appliqued flower on the lower edge. "FOR THE CARERS AND THE KIDS " is hand written in paint on the top edge with a semi circle of white lace attached with a gold colour button. The background contains the following: one yellow, green and faded red pipe cleaner, yellow and mauve paper ribbon, two gold coloured metal badges, four small yellow pom poms, one green pom pom, two pink and one blue pom pom. 6) consists of a dark painted night sky background with a grey painted moon, a large painted earth, scattered clouds in white and mauve. "Nathan and Jane" is painted in grey and orange on the lower edge. 7) is a painted landscape with a green background. "HOLLY, TROY AND VINCE" are painted in gold glitter and there is a painted hot air balloon on the left side. A small stylised tree painted in black is next to water and painted flowers. 8) is a stylised seascape painted in blues and grey with an appliqued white felt quarter moon edged with blue pom poms on the upper side. There are four white appliqued stars (starfish ?) on the top right corner and "PETER" is painted on the left in blue over silver glitter.