In November 1991, the Washington Trade and Convention Center in Seattle hosted a display of a portion of the NAMES project AIDS quilt. Begun in San Francisco in 1987, the quilt had grown from 3,400 to 14,000 panels since it had last visited Seattle in 1988. A number of new panels, created locally, were to be dedicated at the closing ceremonies of the exhibit. Friends and families of AIDS victims attended panel-making workshops held in donated space at the Broadway Market to get their 3-foot by 6-foot cloth panels done in time for the display. After the exhibit, the new panels were sent to The NAMES Project headquarters in San Francisco to be included in the International AIDS Memorial Quilt. As of 2017, the quilt has more than 48,000 panels.

This photo shows Wayne Blakely at a quilt workshop working on a panel in honor of a friend who died of AIDS.

Caption information source: "AIDS quilt coming back: a patchwork of emotions" by Sherry Striplin, Seattle Times, November 27, 1991, p. A1.