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Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Rory Michael O'Connor', cotton / synthetic textile / ink / plastic / paint, various makers, New South Wales, c. 1996 Rectangular quilt panel, portrait orientation. emerald green backgr…
Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Rory Michael O'Connor', cotton / synthetic textile / ink / plastic / paint, various makers, New South Wales, c. 1996 Rectangular quilt panel, portrait orientation. emerald green background with gold block lettering. At the top of the panel IN MEMORY is written in gold with RORY MICHAEL O'CONNOR in a half circle / 1952 - 1993 is below this. At the lower edge of the panel the following is written: BETTER TIMES/ MUM DAD/ JUNE, MARTIN. JAN, PETER. There are seven fabric printed photographs of Rory machine stitched onto the background. In the centre of the panel is a small brown and white teddy bear with a red satin bow holding a red heart with 'Love me forever' embroidered in white. The following poem is printed on white fabric: To mourn too long/ for those we love / is self- indulgent / but to honour their memory / with a promise / to live a little better / for having known them, / gives purpose to their live - / and some reason/ for their death ..../ Rory.
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Visit the page Ronnie Newsome - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Ronnie Newsome', cotton / paint / metal, made in New South Wales, Australia, about 1996 Rectangular quilt panel, portrait orientation, with a still-life painting in yellow and brown. This painting of a vase of sunflowers on a table resembles the painting 'Sunflowers' by Vincent van Gogh. Underneath the vase are the letters, in red paint, 'RONNIE NEWSOME 1952 - 1993'. There are four metal staples attached to the upper area of the panel. -
Visit the page In memory of CSN Hunter clients 1992 and 1993 - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of the Community Support Network (CSN) Hunter clients '92 '93, 'CSN Hunter: PREPARED TO CARE '92 '93', cotton / wool / plastic / metal / wood / rubber, made by CSN carers, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 1996 Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation. which consists of large central square, seven different sections and 'CSN Hunter/PREPARED TO CARE '92 '92' block printed in black ink on the lower edge. The large central section is a setting sun with seventeen rays made from machine appliqued felt in green, brown and yellow. The following names are hand written in silver glitter paint, one to each ray, as follows: Brian, Ray, Alan, Kim, Ricky, Dallas, Roland, Michael L, Christian, Michael C, Malcolm, Robert, Nooky, Wayne, Alan, Ray and David. The seven sections are as follows: Section One, Two and Three are on the left and Section Four, Five, Six and Seven are on the right. Section One consists of black and white screen printed fabric with TREVOR and PAUL stencilled in black. Section Two is made using part of a green tartan flannel shirt as background with a small teddy bear, with a red ribbon, sitting in a pocket; with a pencil and rainbow ribbons next to him. 'Ray' is embroidered in red chain stitch on the pocket and there are appliqued violets in felt and cotton, small rounds of stitching in a circle and an appliqued lavender candle with an embroidered flame. Section Three has a dark green background with MALCOLM embroidered in purple thread. There is a white rectangle of Aida cloth which is outlined in ink to form the pages of a book and has an extract from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam embroidered in blue (see Notes) on the left hand page. On the right hand page the following is also embroidered in blue: brother / father / lover / friend / writer / poet / thinker / man of dreams. A red AIDS ribbon and thin red, orange, yellow, blue, and violet ribbons are sewn onto the right hand page. On the right hand side of the sun section, section 4 has a dark blue felt background with M in yellow felt appliqued in each of the top corners. ROLAND/ 1993 is appliqued in grey with light blue stitching in the centre. There is a pineapple, banana and other fruit appliqued in the left hand corner and a carrot, cucumber and other vegetables in the right hand corner. Section 5 has MICHAEL at the top and LAWRENCE at the bottom in a half circle in check material outlined in blue puffer paint. In the centre of the section there is a fabric photograph of a steam train, the Newcastle Flyer. Section 6 has a dark blue background and light blue foreground with a black framed door opening onto a white background. At the bottom of the foreground ROBERT is embroidered in black thread. To the left of the door and on the blue background the following is embroidered in yellow thread: though you couldn't see out / others could still see in. Section 7 has a white fabric background and a large red heart on the upper left side with K (yellow) I (blue) M (yellow) appliqued felt letters on it. Across the bottom there are two 'duck' shapes in fawn and in yellow felt with three green felt grass clumps. There are many plastic leaves/sequins sewn on to the remaining background. This quilt panel was made by CSN (Community Service Network) carers, family and friends in Newcastle in about 1996. -
Visit the page In memory of Dallas, Christian, Mark, Kim and Ray - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Dallas, Christian, Mark, Kim, and Ray', cotton / ink / vegetable matter, made in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, about 1993 Rectangular quilt panel, portrait orientation, made as a padded calico mattress with the following written in black ink on it: My Guardian Angel's / Together in life we forged invisible ribbons./ That parting shall never undo./ For we have invisible ribbons / That link our souls. / Here are my guardian angels./ Partners in everything I do./ 'Kim' represents individualism & acceptance./ 'Dallas' is my sense of cunning and adventure./ 'Ray' my channel for knowledge and learning./ 'Mark' affords me understanding, perfection / & determination./ 'Christian' dear Christian my loving, / friendship, patience & beauty./ They help to make me whole./ And are etched into my soul./ I love you & thank you all. / Shell....'93. Below the poem are three daisies outlined in black ink. From left to right across the figures are five 'angels' made from even weave fabric with wings. Their heads have eyes sewn with brown thread and twists of narrow cane for hair. The angels are named from left to right Dallas, Mark, Christian, Ray, and Kim and their names written in black ink. -
Visit the page David Watkins - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'David Watkins', cotton / synthetic textile / ink, made in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, about 1996 Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation, with a wedding ring pattern design in pinks and purple in plain colours and also in small print and flowered patterns, it is hand appliqued cotton on a cream calico background. In the centre of the panel there is a fabric photograph of a man with a moustache (presumably David Watkins). Along the top row inside the rings is written the following in ink: top left: You made me Laugh /You made me Feel special / You made me Feel loved / But most of all / You made me Feel Proud of You. / Love Sissy xx. In the middle: I /Will Always/ Love You / Love Mum xxx. In the right hand corner, I / Know You're / Waiting for Me. Wayne. The fabric photograph is in the middle of the middle row and to the left of that David/ Watkins / 31st October 1964 / to / 25th October 1991 is written in ink. To the right of the photograph the following poem is written in ink: The Grandstand of Life / A place where you are at your peak in life./ No more mountains to reach for there (sic) below you. / No more goals to achieve you've achieved them. / A place where no man is above you./ and no man below you.,/You have reached eternal bliss / you are in heaven. D.Watkins 1983. On the bottom row the following inscriptions are written in ink within the rings: in the bottom left corner: These Rings/represent our/ love for You / No Beginning and no End / Your Family; in the centre: You Will Always be Special/ To Me / Love Dad and in the bottom right corner: We / Miss You/ Uncle David /the Boys . This quilt was made by a family member on behalf of the family in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia in about 1996. This panel was published in Walsh, P, (ed.), 1999, 'Two Stars' , Elephant Press, New Lambton, NSW. The following quotation is taken from this publication. The maker writes 'I remember the day he died. There was a terrible thunderstorm and it rained. And we all said the sky is weeping for him as well' The panel is made in memory of David John Watkins b 31 October 1964 d 25th October 1991. This panel was published in Walsh, P, (ed.), 1999, 'Two Stars' , Elephant Press, New Lambton, NSW. The following quotation is taken from this publication. 'David loved gardening, flowers, watching creepy movies, music, writing poems, opera and his white budgie Casper. He completed an apprenticeship in fitting and turning and dreamed of being a printer. David worked for the post office and as a guard for the railways. ‘ -
Visit the page Don Herring - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Don Herring' , cotton / synthetic textile / wool / paint / glitter / ink / paint /synthetic material, various makers, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, about 1996 Rectangular, landscape orientation, the quilt panel is edged with rainbow ribbon and then divided into nine smaller panels divided by white satin ribbon. The top row from left to right is as follows: a tapestry with a small dog with big ears and tan fur on an olive green background, the name Dee Dee is written in red wool on the background to the left hand side of the dog (in the information received with the Quilt there is a photograph of Don Herring holding a similar small dog); in the centre there is an embroidered maroon square frame on a plain mauve cotton background. Inside the frame and in the centre of it DON is embroidered in maroon cotton with a blue butterfly inside the O. Across the top within the frame there is an embroidered spool of cotton and needle in the left corner, then a musical stave embroidered in black in the centre, and in the right corner there is the white outline of a book with JOURNAL written across the top in tan. In the bottom left hand corner there is a pair of scissors embroidered in tan and in the right hand corner there is the outline of a ball of wool in blue, and WOOL embroidered in yellow on it with a pair of knitting needles in pink with black ends, all embroidered. The right hand panel on the top row is a rainbow made from glitter paint against a purple background. The background has the outline of stars and diamonds painted on together with small dots. The top left corner has Quest for Life is written in light blue paint with glitter on it. Underneath the arc of the rainbow, the following is written: 'I can't believe/that heaven is/ any nicer than where/ I am right now.' Don.' The middle row from left to right is as follows: a rectangular panel with a pale blue cotton background with white lace lattice across it on the left hand side. In the bottom right corner there is a dark green padded flower pot with a bunched strip of dark blue material with small flowers and a bunched strip of white material with small flowers coming out of the pot. There is a narrow white ribbon flowing across the material. In the centre of the panel and on the edge of the material there is a red rose with green leaves. There are a number of sequins dotted over the panel. In the centre of the middle row there is a panel divided into three: 1955 in the left hand side, in the centre there is a black and white outline of a face and 1991 in the right side, below this DON HERRING is embroidered in red. The right hand panel of the middle row is a printed photograph of a beach scene. The bottom row from left to right is as follows: a rectangular panel with a pale blue background and a Rosella appliqued on the left hand side with the following written in ink on the right hand side 'Where the Spirit of God is/ there is Liberty. In the centre of the bottom row, the following names are embroidered in outline on a sage green background: Leone, Jill, Edna, Maxelle, Geoffrey, John, Neville, Danny and Peter. The right hand panel of the bottom row has a pale pink background and these lines written in ink sideways or as if it were portrait rather than landscape orientation: see Marks. This quilt was made by Don's partner and various people, including Leone, Jill, Edna, Maxelle, Geoffrey, John, Neville, Danny and Peter, in Sydney, New South Wales, in about 1996 This quilt panel is in memory of Don Herring (b 12 November 1955 d 19 June 1993). Don Herring wrote an article in Quest for Life newsletter about his experience with HIV/AIDS. He was married and divorced. His partner John supported him through his illness. In his article, Don Herring said that in his journey through his last years: "Life for me now is fuller and more enjoyable than it ever was before.” -
Visit the page ‘Ray' - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Ray', cotton / synthetic textiles / synthetic thread / metal, made in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, about 1996 Rectangular quilt panel, portrait orientation, on a mustard colour background, edged with black bias binding. There is a long piece of black knitting with a gold and red 'Fair Isle' pattern, and a fringe of the same colours top and bottom. The 'scarf' is decorated with the aboriginal flag in black, red and gold, and several musical notes in red and gold. 'RAY' is in large black letters, and '1958 - 1993' is in smaller red numbers, all machine-appliqued, on the panel. A red ribbon, and several narrow ribbons in rainbow colours, are attached with a small gold coloured safety pin. -
Visit the page Mark Felshaw - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Mark Felshaw', cotton / ink / mixed media, made in New South Wales, Australia, about 1996 Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation, on a plain cream background. There is a large padded piece of rainbow striped fabric edged with lemon braid in the upper left corner, and a padded blue and green kite shape, edged with black braid in the right upper corner. The black tail has three bows attached, in blue, red and green fabric. Both these decorations are machine-stitched in place. 'MARK FELSHAW 1963 / 1991' is hand-embroidered in thick, black cotton across the panel. Scattered over the panel are several hand-written inscriptions, in black pen: 'Happy memories, Loving thoughts, Jill XX'; 'In my thoughts always, Love Michelle. XXX'; 'Always remembered, Dave and Gwen'; 'Special Memories, Special friend, Love always, Maree. XXXXX'; 'Miss you heaps big brother, I'll love you always. Brett.'; 'Always knew how to have a good time. Fond and happy memories, Love always, Rebecca. X'; 'Loving memories, Nicole. XX'; 'Memories last forever, G.R.Teudt'; 'Lasting childhood memories, and to many happy times, Miss you much, Love always, Emma. XXX'; 'You will never be alone as you are in my heart always, Love Mum'; 'Hayden X'; 'Love Ken'. This panel was made by a friend New South Wales, Australia in about 1996. . This panel was published in Walsh, P, (ed.), 1999, 'Two Stars' , Elephant Press, New Lambton, NSW. The following quotation is taken from this publication. This is a quote from the panel makers ' My response was like hers; disbelief, helplessness and outrage at the loss of such a beautiful human being. I felt that I had to 'do something'. A childhood song, which I well remember hims singing, was 'Let's Go Fly a Kite'. I created a kite for the panel and added a rainbow for rememberance' This quilt is in memory of Mark Felshaw (b.1963 d.1991). This panel was published in Walsh, P, (ed.), 1999, 'Two Stars' , Elephant Press, New Lambton, NSW. The following quotation is taken from this publication. 'Mark was a loving friend and partner who had a fondness for kites as a child’