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Bridge
True Blue Farmgirl
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Bridgette
Southern
Indiana
USA
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
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Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
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 Posted - Apr 24 2008 : 2:07:18 PM
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yep...they look like muumuus to me... We could make prettier ones for a lot cheaper.
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"NEVER underestimate the power of a woman."
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
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Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
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Posted - Apr 24 2008 : 5:02:36 PM
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Hey, gals! I'm Hawaiian - really! Okay, and I'm Irish and a buncha other things, but the "traditional" muu muu's are a "Victorian Nightshirt" style gown - usually with a high mandarin-type neck and tucks around the yoke - front and back, and the back has a deep center pleat, as well as a front opening placket with tuxedo buttons (I forget what they're called). They really ARE quite lovely - and not quite the touristy hibuscus-printed housedresses that ya' see around!
XOXO, Libbie
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
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Posted - Apr 24 2008 : 5:07:32 PM
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Libbie, sounds lovely. I'd like to see a pic someday.
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farmgirl #71 Linda in PA |
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
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Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Apr 24 2008 : 7:05:06 PM
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Yes, Libbie. The other ones look more like what we used to call a house dress when I was growing up.
farmgirl sister #43
Kind hearts are gardens
Kind thoughts are roots
Kind words are blossoms
Kind deeds are Fruits
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Lea Vollmer
Farmgirl in Training
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Lea
Evansville
IN
USA
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Posted - May 04 2008 : 10:26:45 PM
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Wow - Muu Muu's - haven't heard that word in a long time! Back when I was growing up in California, muu muu's were kinda the standard fare in casual wear. I remember having a couple when I was just 5! That also reminded me of "zorries" or as everyone calls them today, "flip-flops". Clam-digger's are now capri's...
Lea - Farm Girl at Heart in Indiana
My blog: www.kneedeepinfibers.blog-city.com
The cat's blog: www.justopenthecan.blogspot.com
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
4247 Posts |
Posted - May 05 2008 : 09:39:13 AM
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We used to call them "pedal pushers"....now called capris
The term came from the length of pants that would not get caught in the bike spokes when you pushed the pedal.
Anyone wear them?
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farmgirl #71 Linda in PA |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - May 05 2008 : 09:43:12 AM
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I do, Linda...and that's what my gran called them! Such a nice memory--in fact, every mother's day, we'd get gran a new pair of pedal pushers that she wanted from, believe it or not, Sears. Until she got so darn small that we had to start shopping in the kids department for her "capris".
I love them!!!
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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