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Creating a Panel
      The Canadian AIDS Memorial Quilt is the collection of more than 500 individually hand-made panels, each a testament to the life of someone who has died of AIDS. If someone you love has died of AIDS, this is an opportunity to honour him/her by creating a panel for the Memorial Quilt.



 		 Making the panel…


 		 1. Select durable, medium weight fabric for the background, preferably of cotton fibres or as few stretch fibres as possible. This will help keep your design intact when folded and unfolded.

2. The background fabric should measure 1.07 metres by 2 metres (3'6" by 6'6"). Chalk out or pin a 3" border within the edges of your fabric (making the panel area 3' by 6'). Keep your finished design inside the 3' by 6' area; leave the extra 3" around it empty so your panel can be sewn together with other panels to make a 12 foot square Section of panels. Panels may be made either vertically or horizontally.

3. Plan your panel to reflect your fondest memories. You can paint, stencil, collage, use appliqué or other methods for the desired effect. You can also use photographs by photocopying them onto iron-on transfers and then ironing them onto the background cloth. Avoid using breakable items or glue, which cracks when it dries.



 		 When the panel is finished…


 

1. Write a short description about the person you have memorialized including:

  • full name of the person for whom the panel was made;
  • name(s)of the panel maker(s) and their relationship to the person memorialized;
  • address and phone number of panel maker(s).

2. Contact the Director of the Board closest to you, geographically, for information on submitting your panel to become part of The Canadian AIDS Memorial Quilt.



 
Quilt Panel Registration Form


 

For your convenience, the following form can be printed out and sent, along with your panel, to:
The Names Project - Canada / Le projet des NOMS -Canada, 3544 Acadia St., Halifax, NS B3K 3P2

 



 		 Name or Title (as it appears on the Quilt panel):____________________________

Name(s) of the individual this Quilt panel was made for:____________________

Panel Maker Information - Primary Contact:

Name:____________________________

Address:__________________________________

Daytime Phone:____________________________

Evening phone:____________________________

Relationship to individual memorialized:______________________

  • I am willing to be contacted when the media wants to know more about this panel
  • I am willing to be contacted when other people want to know more about this panel
  • I am enclosing (please circle): a photograph ____ a letter ____ a donation of $ ____
  • I understand that the Quilt panel I am submitting today, plus all written and /or visual material submitted along with it, has now become the property of The NAMES Project - Canada / Le projet des NOMS - Canada, and cannot be returned, reclaimed, or altered by me or anyone else without their written permission.
  • I understand that The NAMES Project - Canada / Le projet des NOMS - Canada now has copyright on all materials I have submitted, including the panel itself, and this is acceptable to me.
  • I do/do not (please circle your choice) give permission to The NAMES Project - Canada / Le projet des NOMS - Canada to use the above-noted items in publications or displays open to the general public.
  • I understand and agree with the above terms:

Signature:____________________________

Date:____________________



 
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