The reason why they are those dimensions is because that is roughly the size of a grave, symbolizing the remembrance of those who passed away. There are thousands of patches that were made in memory of those who lost their lives to AIDS and if every patch was laid end to end, it would be over 50 miles long. According to ATEC at the University of Texas at Dallas, “Although the quilt is staggering in size, it represents less than 20% of the AIDS deaths in the United States alone.” After browsing through thousands of panels on the interactive AIDS quilt website, I chose to highlight one square of panels sewn together (called a block) as shown in Figure 1. I was drawn to this block for a few reasons. The first thing that stood out to me was the multitude of bright and vivid colors. There are bright reds and yellows, blues, light greens, and a rainbow
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