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Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, 'GOLD COAST REMEMBER', cotton / synthetic / textile / metal / ink, maker unknown, Queensland, Australia, date unknown. Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation, but sewn in as portrait orienta…
Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, 'GOLD COAST REMEMBER', cotton / synthetic / textile / metal / ink, maker unknown, Queensland, Australia, date unknown. Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation, but sewn in as portrait orientation in the block. Background consists of seven horizontal wave stripes, the upper four stripes are dark blue shading to royal blue. The fourth stripe is turquoise then green and white to form a seascape. On the far left of the panel there is a blue strip. Over the dark blue stripes 'GOLD COAST REMEMBER',(sic) is appliqued in separate letters. In the centre there is an orange rising sun, with an AIDS ribbon sewn in the middle. On the left hand side there is a red satin flag with 'GOLD COAST / Parents Partners Family & Friends / QuAC / Q.P.P. On the right hand side there is an appliqued pelican and in the bottom right hand corner a white satin padded pillow with nineteen red ribbons attached with gold safety pins. The panel is backed with canvas and has a number of inscriptions in red and black ink. Some of which are as follows: 'Michael, I miss you like crazy, love Casey xxx; John Leonard; Too many people too many friends love Regene and Joye W; [illegible]; Remember David rest well, love Shane New Zealand; To the friends I've made and lost, too my brother always in my memory Barb;' Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt Project block number 111. PRODUCTION
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Visit the page In memory of those from Ipswich - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of those from Ipswich, Queensland, 'Soroptimist International', cotton / synthetic textile / metal / plastic / paper, maker unknown, Australia, about 1990 Rectangular quilt panel portrait orientation, divided horizontally in three parts. The top part has a dark blue background with two hearts quilted in red cotton outline on each side of an outline of a bird also outlined in red cotton. The bottom part is also dark blue cotton background and has eight hearts outlined by quilted red cotton thread. The centre part has 'Soroptimist International' embroidered in blue chain stitch above a square with a rainbow coloured background. To the left of Soroptimist International is a spray of red grub roses and a metal Soroptimist International badge. Below the rainbow square 'Ipswich Qld' is embroidered in blue chain stitch. At each corner is a gold metallic material butterfly. There are two rough triangle shapes (possibly a trowel) in gold material appliqued with fan and feather stitch onto the rainbow square, and over the gold and in the centre of this part is a machine appliqued red ribbon bow with red broderie anglais 'wings' on either side of the bow. In the centre of the red ribbon clear plastic (attached with gold ribbon and a grub rose) covers a blue card (like a passport) Soroptimist International Ipswich Qld on the right hand side. Under the plastic on the left hand side is the following verse:LOVE puts the music in laughter/the beauty in song/ the warmth in a shoulder/ the gentle in strong ...LOVE puts the magic in memories,/the sunshine in skies/the gladness in giving/the starlight in eyes. LOVE puts the fun in together/the sad in apart/the hope in tomorrow/the joy in a heart. In the left margin the initials 'NF' and 'KY' are embroidered in red. -
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Visit the page Brian Young - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'BRIAN YOUNG', cotton / ink / synthetic textile, made by Christine James, in Queensland, Australia, date unknown Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation, on a white cotton quilted background, framed by a blue material border with a star pattern. The centre has 'BRIAN YOUNG' appliqued, using a blue and pink material. Top left has a shirt pocket ; below that is a frame with the following writing, 'Days come, evenings fall / you are always by our side / in our hearts for ever Darling / love you dearly miss you sadly / love you for ever more / Mum, Dad, Trevor, Chris, Bob, / Luke, Scott and Robert Brian'. It the centre of the panel there are five fabric photographs, three of Brian and one of his home and the other his parents home. Below the largest photograph is 9.9.1955 and below that is 18.3.1995 which is also appliqued in blue and pink stripes. To the left of the main photograph is RAAF 34th Squadron badge and shoulder flashes with Australia and a propeller. In the top right hand corner there is an outlined map of Australia, framed by the pink striped material, with location dots marking Elizabeth South Australia, Sydney, Gold Coast, Canberra and Wagga Wagga. In the bottom right hand corner there is the following inscription in ink made by Chris James: 'with love XOX'. -
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