Quilting Classes Part of NAMES Project

A portion of the NAMES Project AIDS Quilt will be on display from April 6 through April 8 in the University Student Union at Cal State Northridge.

To prepare for the show, CSUN is hosting free workshops in which people can learn to make panels for the quilt. Each panel represents a person who has died of AIDS.

The panels that are made at the workshops will be added to the AIDS quilt.

According to NAMES project officials, the first time the whole quilt was shown in 1987, it was made up of 2,000 panels.

In 1996, the quilt will be displayed in Washington, D.C. in its entirety and is expected to be made up of 50,000 panels, officials said.

The CSUN workshops will be held Monday, March 27 and April 4 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Prairie Street Complex 400 on campus.

For more information on the workshops, call (818) 885-3596.

The display will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. April 6 and 7 and from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 8. There is no admission or parking fee to view the quilt.