I stitched this canvas and gave it to my childhood classmate in honor of celebrating our 40th high school class reunion. It's an insert in a photo album; thought that would be appropriate in the unlikely event either one of us was found in front of the camera. Isn't that a shocking number of years to be "post-high school"? Yikes, it can't be true, I never was good at math, I'm sure it's just another one of my algebra errors.
I thought it depicted my girlfriend and I enjoying life, naturally ignoring the reality of our current size, shape, hair color, clothing choices. This is actually a depiction of how we thought we would look 40 years later. And given the state of our eyesight, it appears fairly accurate.
I did have fun with this fantasy canvas, that's me on the right in that suede fringed skirt, oh so 60's style. My friend, Marilyn, is perusing all her old past beau's in the yearbook.
Whatever happened to Marilyn? After many years we found each other once again through the miracle of google, people search, classmates! She lives in our hometown of Phoenix with her husband, ahem which by the way was my boyfriend in the 5th grade, hi Gary! It's comforting to know that we will never lose sight of one another again. Thanks for stopping by today!
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That is so cute. I bet that you had an absolute ball stitching this one.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love it.
Pierrette =^..^=
How fun and what a great gift!
ReplyDeleteHi Madonna,
ReplyDeleteLove the High School Reunion project and your story! What a wonderful gift!
Isn't it amazing how quickly time flies and I have to laugh when I remember what we thought we would be doing and what we ended up doing!
I'm one of the ones who moved away so I guess I'm one of those lost alumni though I do keep in touch with one of my HS girlfriends! Who now has 5 kids!!!
And by the way, it hasn't been 40 years for us yet, but that number is getting closer!
Cynthia
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