The quilt is a square shape, constructed with a central panel about 60 cms square with the words "they touched our lives ... / Queensland AIDS Council / ... they touched ours" in ink. There is a yellow and white sun shape in the middle of this square…
The quilt is a square shape, constructed with a central panel about 60 cms square with the words "they touched our lives ... / Queensland AIDS Council / ... they touched ours" in ink. There is a yellow and white sun shape in the middle of this square with a border of blue and white. This square is edged with red satin ribbon. The main body of the quilt consists of 12 rows x 12 rows of mainly square panels containing names. Some of these are half squares. The quilt is backed with calico and edged with checked cotton material. The small squares are made of a variety of textiles and colours and feature ornamentation such as lace, sequins, ribbon, glitter, embroidery - both hand and machine embroidered, butterfly shapes, a small teddy bear, flowers, an aboriginal flag badge, glass beads and rainbow ribbon. The quilt block includes panels to those listed below: Running from top to bottom and left to right: Column 1 - Mark (love) / Graham / Richard / John / Jeff / Ben / Mark / Dirk / Ron / Darryl / Philip / Allan / Patrick. Column 2 - Joseph / Douglas / Peter / Mark / Ian / Ted / Byron / Barry / Douglas / Ted / Joe / Reg / Peter / Kevin / Shane / Peter. Column 3 - Greg / Nic / Ros / Glenn / Keith / Anthony / Albert / Stella / Philip / Eric / Gary / Bill / Steven / Terry. Column 4 - Dennis / Greg / Robert / David / Melissa / Charles / Malcolm / Keith / Gladys / Madonna / Patrick / Shaun. Column 5 - Allan / Brett / James / Paul / Jeff / Andre / Gay / Peter / Ted / Dirk / Frank / Peter / Lyn / Carl / Les. Column 6 - Robbie / Pearly / Joan / Paul / Garry / Wayne / Straddie / Keith / Ross / Remo / Doug / Brian (love, peace, sleep, fantasy). Column 7 - Dennis / Joan / Mark / Shane / Roger / Peter / Robert / Craig / Kevin / Warren. Column 8 - Paul / John / Wayne / Kevin / David / John / Robbie / John / Jeff / John / Bobby / David / Barry / James. Column 9 - David / Rodney / John / Daryl / Jason (butterflies are free and a little badge made with tlc) / Skye / Roger / Mark / Kerry / Peter / Frank / Robert / Graham / Christopher. Column 10 - Noel / David / Barry / Paul / Terry / Warwick / Bill (b, f, c, s) / Kevin / Peter / Peter / Phillipp and a little badge made with tlc / Pieter / Bruce / Jason / Ernie. Column 11 - Ian / Tony / Andrew / Grahame / Robbie / Murray / John, Michael / Alan / Anthony / Joseph / Ian / Bob / Barry. Column 12 - Lee / Ted / Gary / Sue / Rene (very faint) / Greg / Pete / Peter / Jeff / Holly / Brian / Felix / Peter / Lawrence.
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