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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…
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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