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Rectangular quilt panel, portrait orientation. The quilt is made up of 8 painted strips, illustrating various aspects of life from top to bottom: the top strip has a green background with four painted flowers and two flowers in a vase; the second has…
Rectangular quilt panel, portrait orientation. The quilt is made up of 8 painted strips, illustrating various aspects of life from top to bottom: the top strip has a green background with four painted flowers and two flowers in a vase; the second has a blue background with the top part of a white polo shirt with the inscription 'Trackers Mountain Lodge False Creek' and below are the dates 26.10.37 - 11.11.95 painted in black. On the corner of this strip is a square plastic sign stating 'Bald is beautiful ! God only made so many perfect heads (in red) - the others he covered with hair.' The next strip has an orange and yellow background with open books and piled books drawn in crayon; the next one is a yellow painted strip with happy smiling stylised faces painted in red and green and a stylised dog outlined in grey.The next strip is grey blue with stylised trees, brown trunks and white and purple blossoms (cherry?). The next one has an orange background with musical notes painted in greens, blues, and yellows. The seventh one has a yellow background with crayon drawings of food and wine. The bottom one has a blue painted background with stylised fish, starfish, octopus, and seaweed with a metal badge, 'Long Reef SLSC 8586'. On three sides of the quilt in black crayon the words 'Baldy' 'Dad' 'Michael Baldy' are written and repeated around the upper sides of the quilt.
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Visit the page Robie Greenslade - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Girlfriend' Robie Greenslade, cotton / mixed media, various makers, New South Wales, Australia, about 1996 Rectangular quilt panel, portrait orientation, based on the concept of a framed portrait on a brick wall. There is a gilt padded frame richly embellished in gold with leaves, marijuana leaves, flowers, beads, bells, stars, netting, and lace. In the centre bottom of the frame there is a plaque, 'GIRLFRIEND', Robie Greenslade, 27.10.66 - 21.1.96. There is a large portrait of Robie against a purple background with four sunflowers and marijuana leaves in the foreground. Robie has a metal whistle on a rope and is wearing a red AIDS ribbon attached with a metal safety pin. There is glitter on the portrait. Above and below the portrait are 'bricks' with inscriptions described in Marks for those above and in Notes for those below. There are various decorations attached to decorate the brick work; including a pink triangle. Six black plastic spiders are sewn on scattered over the whole panel. -
Visit the page Nicholas Paul 'Mark' Hubbard - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Nicholas Paul 'Mark' Hubbard, cotton / felt / synthetic textile / metal / plastic / ink, made in New South Wales, Australia, 1996 Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation, divided into three, with a central black panel and a green panel either side. The centre black panel has Nicholas Paul 'Mark' Hubbard machine appliqued in white felt letters. The dates, 31.7.1955-23.7.1993 are machine appliqued below a colour fabric photograph bordered by large black sequins. On either side of the photograph are two large green hearts outlined in silver sequins. On each of the green panels there are three large hearts in various colours bordered by silver sequins. -
Visit the page CSN Hunter 1994 - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of various people, 'CSN HUNTER 1994', cotton / synthetic textiles, possibly made by the Community Support Network (CSN) Hunter, New South Wales, Australia, 1994 Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation, pale blue cotton background, 'CSN HUNTER 1994' in large black appliqued letters and numbers across the upper centre. There are nineteen yellow and black sunflowers scattered over the remainder of the panel, and the following names are embroidered above each flower. 'Brett, Randy, Allan, Neil, Brian, Robson, Steven, Johnny, Wayne, Bill, Brad, Bruce, Arthur, Jeff, Anne, Neil H, Sir Ralph, Allyn, David and John'. -
Visit the page ‘Mark’ - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Mark' cotton / ink / synthetic textile, maker unknown, probably Australia, c. 1993 Rectangular quilt panel, portrait orientation, pale blue background. In the lower centre of panel is a black and white fabric photo with 'Mark 6.8.56 - 6.11.92' embroidered in blue. In the top left hand corner there is an embroidered green outline of Australia with 'Eulin Bluff Pt, Sydney', marked on the eastern seaboard. Two cross stitch squares, one of a pig and the other a rooster are placed in the centre. A cloth square 'Luna Park, Just for Fun' is also in the left corner. A number of names (see Marks below) written in ink,are placed as if in a brick wall. Also in the left corner there is an embroidered building, an embroidered Mr Wippy (sic) Van and a first Prize ribbon from St Ives Public School Athletics 1966. In the upper section, there is a fabric photo of a teddy with red check swag; 2 men's ties machine appliqued above a panel of TinTin with red , blue, orange, yellow and violet ribbons in the corner. Also there is an embroidered portrait of Dame Edna Everage. In the lower section, there is an embroidered outline of Palm Beach with a palm tree and Barrenjoey Lighthouse. A fabric picture of a Teddy Bear headed 'LOST BEAR' is in the left corner. Next to it is another panel with an extract from Lost Bear ? (see below in Marks) and a ladybird in the corner. There is a patch for Bud Light with a bull terrier logo, the original party animal, and Spuds Mackenzie. In the bottom right corner there is an embroidered candle and two yellow appliqued flowers. The following names are written in the bricks: Jenny, Wendy, Jinky, Scottie, Mim, Barbara, Das, Sarah, Rose, Sue, Ted, Scot, Mad, Ben, Jim, Olwen, Margaret, Chris. Also Peter, Chris, Carl, Liz, Kate, Phyllis, Susan, Phaedon, Dr. Mark, Danielle, Jan,Tim, Robin, Rosemary, Keith, Tony, Melissa, Jeffrey, Jan, Gary, Rae, Alex, Raffael, Mary, Martin, Leon -
Visit the page Andreas Schilter - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt. in memory of 'Andreas Schilter', cotton / plastic / paint / metal / ink, made by the carers at McKillop House, Newcastle, New South Wales, 1996 Rectangular quilt panel, portrait orientation, white background, 'Andreas Schilter ' in capital letters at top and 30.9.53-5.3.94 underneath. There are two photographs of Andreas on fabric on left and right of a Swiss flag, then a rectangle of fabric printed with three beer labels, red bandana, black cap with the aboriginal flag, a horse racing scene, and a luggage label with paper address 'McKillop House'; underneath is a white cotton top, possibly traditional Swiss, with embroidered alpine flowers and two shields, one with five embroidered yellow lions and one red with a small white cross. Some mending to top right shoulder of garment. -
Visit the page Dave, Bruce, Terry, Paul, Richard and others - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of various people, cotton / wool / synthetic textile, made by Kendall L., New South Wales, Australia, about 1995 Rectangular, landscape orientation on a pink background with four rows of knitted squares, each with a pink triangle in the centre. Two rows of embroidered names are between the first and third rows of knitted squares. Named are 'Dave, Bruce, Terry, Paul, Richard, Brian, Peter, James, Tim, Adrian, Dr. Jim, Colin, Ron, David, Graeme, Neil....gay activists all'. An inscription on the left hand side states 'Designed, knitted & worked by Kendall L. As a tribute to these comrades in the struggle against fear and prejudice". On the right hand side of the panel is an inscription 'Completed & Dedicated - Newcastle - 1-12-1995.’ -
Visit the page Scott McCallum - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Scott McCallum', cotton / synthetic textile, maker unknown, probably Australia, c. 1992 Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation, yellow cotton background bordered by green and dark pink. On left hand side is appliqued the back of a navy blue shirt with the satin stitched words 'Scott McCallum Victorian Mixed Ten Pin Club' in white and below that is the name 'Blanche' appliqued in red felt. On the top right hand corner of the shirt is an appliqued patch 'ATBC 75 over average' with a figure of man bowling a ten pin ball. There are eight patches depicting various ten pin bowling competitions. There are two fabric photographs, believed to be Scott Mc Callum, bordered in red and black felt. On the top right hand side is a navy blue pocket from one of his bowling shirts forming a vase with red appliqued tulips. The pocket has 'Scott VMTC'. In the lower right hand corner of the panel is a large dark pink panel with 'Scott McCallum 11.3.64 -.24.4.92' bordered in black felt. In the lower left hand corner there is a white bowling pin and a narrow white rectangle both with red felt trim and the following written in black ink and texta: 'Life is full of many experiences. This one has spread and captured. This is dedicated to you. Remember you. Wayne.' 'Phillip thinking of you xxxx. ' ' Sadly missed by the staff at Southern Cross Bowls. Sarah.' ' Love you Blanche Betty.' 'Dale C.' 'Robert Oliver xxxx' 'Indecipherable Lynn.' 'Shane Wile.' 'Des Kenny' ' George Gaegson' (sic) 'Don Jewitt' 'Phil Mazey' 'Tony Mackrodt xxxx'. In the strip is 'Peter xxxx' 'Alan Webb xxxx' 'Scott Haines' 'Mark Johnston xxxx' 'Always remembered Max' 'Ray Crest' 'Love Rodney indecipherable' 'Heidi xx' 'Crystal xxx' 'Love always Shane J' 'Love Gary Clarke' 'Love always Lee xox' 'Richard Lourey xx' 'Wayne F Sorridimi xxx' 'Maggie xxxx' 'Peter xxx' 'J Lee'.