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Stitching & Crafting Room:  Muu Muu's are back!  |
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Ronna
True Blue Farmgirl
1891 Posts
Ronna
Fernley
NV
USA
1891 Posts |
 Posted - Apr 22 2008 : 10:18:01 AM
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| Todays newspaper ad for Dillards shows "patio dresses" for only $50! Some are pull over, others have the zip front. yep, every fashion item eventually comes back to haunt us. My mother would be right in style. I'm wondering if there are any still in her clothing I have in storage. Madras, ticking, huge flower prints... |
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Tammy Claxton
True Blue Farmgirl
1559 Posts
Tammy
Glen Burnie
Maryland
USA
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Posted - Apr 22 2008 : 11:32:18 AM
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My granmother loved her Muu Muus! Wow, just the thought of them brings back memories....
Crafty Bay Farmgirl Chapter
"A friend is someone who does things that count, but never stops to count them"
Farmgirl #152
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Annika
True Blue Farmgirl
5602 Posts
Annika
USA
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
4247 Posts |
Posted - Apr 22 2008 : 11:46:50 AM
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I thought mumus were gathered at the neck making them big a full. I remember caftans..men wore them too. Caftens were a big square with opening at the neck and opening on side seams for arms. I made one for my husband in an India type of print. He wore it at home.
Aren't mumus what the heavier women wear in Hawaii in big bright flowers?
I wish they both would come back...very comfy!
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"NEVER underestimate the power of a woman."
farmgirl #71 Linda in PA |
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Ronna
True Blue Farmgirl
1891 Posts
Ronna
Fernley
NV
USA
1891 Posts |
Posted - Apr 22 2008 : 11:56:05 AM
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| These are gathered below the yoke and of course have pockets-for the requisite tissue or hanky and whatever else a lady might need with her at all times. Maybe the cell phone these days? I was just surprised to see them in a Dillards ad and the price is crazy. I guess if the "high end" dept stores are selling them, they're back. |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Apr 22 2008 : 12:09:40 PM
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My sweet sweet, Aunt Evelyn in Florida wears them--she also lives in a pink art deco house with her original 50's teal sectionaly and barkcloth palm tree patterned curtains:) Almost every photo I have of her and her family at weddings or family gatherings, she's wearing one!!!
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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NotQuiteJuneCleaver
True Blue Farmgirl
222 Posts
Susan
Shreveport
LA
USA
222 Posts |
Posted - Apr 22 2008 : 12:30:47 PM
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My late mom LOVED them. LOVED THEM! They are still hanging in her closet...maybe I should bring them home with me.
Susan ~ FARMGIRL SISTER #15
AKA TheSoapMaven who lost nearly 700 posts by changing her name! :(
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Apr 22 2008 : 1:27:26 PM
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My eldery Aunts, Grace and Dovey (isnt' that a sweet name?) wore MuMus. So cute. I don't see ME ever wearing them..but to each his own. They DO look comfortable!
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
4247 Posts |
Posted - Apr 22 2008 : 1:41:22 PM
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when I was much younger I'd wear a bikini on the patio..now a mu mu is more my style! 
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"NEVER underestimate the power of a woman."
farmgirl #71 Linda in PA |
Edited by - yarnmamma on Apr 22 2008 1:43:08 PM |
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mommatracy
True Blue Farmgirl
490 Posts
Tracy
My. Olive
NC
USA
490 Posts |
Posted - Apr 22 2008 : 1:50:02 PM
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My dear MIL has worn mumus around the house for years. She has such pretty ones. Some are pretty enough to wear to the grocery store and she has. Mind you she is such a prissy little lady that when she wears a mumu she includes matching cute earrings,lipstick and shoes. When my FIL was still alive he did not think they were so cute. I love them! Yes they do remind me of " way back in the day".
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queenofdreamsz4u
True Blue Farmgirl
3845 Posts
Stephanie Suzanne
Smoky Mountains Tennessee
USA
3845 Posts |
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
4247 Posts |
Posted - Apr 22 2008 : 3:43:50 PM
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Muu-Muu did we finally get the spelling right?
LOL
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"NEVER underestimate the power of a woman."
farmgirl #71 Linda in PA |
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Ronna
True Blue Farmgirl
1891 Posts
Ronna
Fernley
NV
USA
1891 Posts |
Posted - Apr 22 2008 : 4:14:15 PM
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| Ive seen, but don't think I've bought any of those vintage muu-muu patterns. Might have come in a package with others, long way from sorting patterns. More important sorting and purging first...I can actually walk into the sewing room, but the boxes of books, magazines and who knows what are now in the living room. Yikes. |
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theoanne
True Blue Farmgirl
282 Posts
teddie
CARROLLTON
GA
282 Posts |
Posted - Apr 22 2008 : 6:52:33 PM
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My Mom has been wearing muu-muus ever since I can remember. Last year for mother's day I made her 3 new ones. Sometime in the past there must have been a pattern,because I know she used to make them back in the 70's. The paperpattern is gone. I tore apart one of her favorite muu-muus and used it to trace a pattern on some muslin. The old Muu-Muu was so thread bare it was falling apart when I dismantled it. She was thrilled to death with the mother's day gift. You would have thought I gave her gold!
TEDDIE
Too blessed to be stressed! |
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Ronna
True Blue Farmgirl
1891 Posts
Ronna
Fernley
NV
USA
1891 Posts |
Posted - Apr 22 2008 : 7:09:46 PM
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all that's old is new again. They're Patio dresses now, isn't that classy??
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Lainey
True Blue Farmgirl
2401 Posts
Elaine
Waco
Kentucky
USA
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9362 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
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Annika
True Blue Farmgirl
5602 Posts
Annika
USA
5602 Posts |
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
4247 Posts |
Posted - Apr 23 2008 : 7:48:23 PM
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I remember muu muus were gathered full at the yoke and in big bright flowers, all from Hawaii. They probably still wear them there?
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"NEVER underestimate the power of a woman."
farmgirl #71 Linda in PA |
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9362 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Apr 23 2008 : 8:08:45 PM
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Linda,
Yes, I think they do still wear them there.
Denise
farmgirl sister #43
Kind hearts are gardens
Kind thoughts are roots
Kind words are blossoms
Kind deeds are Fruits
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
4247 Posts |
Posted - Apr 23 2008 : 8:59:54 PM
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you gals got me so darn curious that I found this online.
I remember a higher yoke and bigger flowers. A larger woman made it look big and full...of course my memories are from being 9 years old.
LOL
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"NEVER underestimate the power of a woman."
farmgirl #71 Linda in PA |
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
4247 Posts |
Posted - Apr 23 2008 : 9:01:23 PM
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I bet the patio dress is simpler.
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"NEVER underestimate the power of a woman."
farmgirl #71 Linda in PA |
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Jana
True Blue Farmgirl
482 Posts
Jana
Eau Claire
Wisconsin
USA
482 Posts |
Posted - Apr 23 2008 : 10:28:08 PM
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I remember my sis-in-law making and wearing a mu-mu that was like a strapless dress with elastic around the top and under the bust, gathered and very full. That was 1964 and I was 6!
Jana |
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Lainey
True Blue Farmgirl
2401 Posts
Elaine
Waco
Kentucky
USA
2401 Posts |
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
4247 Posts |
Posted - Apr 24 2008 : 06:22:32 AM
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now that's what I remember as a muu muu!
(I'm practicing my photobucket)
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"NEVER underestimate the power of a woman."
farmgirl #71 Linda in PA |
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Ronna
True Blue Farmgirl
1891 Posts
Ronna
Fernley
NV
USA
1891 Posts |
Posted - Apr 24 2008 : 10:14:13 AM
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| Linda, the first photo (pretty fabric!) seems to have be high waisted. The second one, free flowing from the yoke, is more of what I would consider to be a muu muu. The main idea, for at least some wearers, is to be full and loose, and not require a bra....and cover up whatever was "loose". |
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Stitching & Crafting Room: Muu Muu's are back! |
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Muu Muu's are back!
He thinks I'm getting dotty anyway