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Made by relatives or friends since 1991, there are now 104 faces, names or messages immortalising the victims of AIDS.

Yesterday the quilt went on display at the Masterworks Foundation Gallery as part of the events to mark World AIDS Day.

There was also a crocheted quilt, made by someone living with AIDS, and a poem by a Bermudian teenager -- AIDS-free but wondering what the future holds.

"My life has not been long, by anyone's terms, but sometimes I think that I might die,'' says the poem. "There's no-one to blame but me and no-one to ask for mercy, but God.'' The quilt display was organised by a World AIDS Day sub-committee. Miss Margaret Swift explained: "We wanted somewhere where people could pay their respects. We also wanted people to consider the potential for the future if we don't change our behaviour now and educate.'' The quilt will be on display at the Gallery, on Bermuda House Lane, until tomorrow when it will go to the Bermuda College as a warning message for students.

It will then go to Cathedral Hall for people to see after a World AIDS Day service on Friday.

IN LOVING MEMORY -- Miss Margaret Swift, Mrs. Georgia Carter, Dr. Victoria Cargill, Miss Tia Outerbridge and Mr. Martin Smith admire the quilt immortalising some of Bermuda's AIDS victims.