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Sandy Fields
True Blue Farmgirl

165 Posts

Sandy
Portales NM
165 Posts
Posted - Mar 10 2012 :  07:36:27 AM  Show Profile
Fun to see yo-yos in the latest Mary Jane's Farm magazine! Yesterday I shared a photo of my great-grandmother's yo-yo pillow on my blog.

http://field-days.com/yo-yo-pillow

I'll bet many of us have sweet yo-yo heirlooms... or at least memories of them.

Love writing about "My Field Days"
www.field-days.com

vintagediva1
True Blue Farmgirl

1251 Posts

Michele
Brighton Michigan
USA
1251 Posts
Posted - Mar 10 2012 :  09:12:11 AM  Show Profile
Loved the picture and your blogpost. Sometimes it is hard for me to understand how our grandmothers got so much accomplished when they didn't have all the time saving devices that we do. I often wish for a simpler time and I know your frustration of wanting to be creative and getting nothing accomplished. I am bitten by that bug often. It's very frustrating.
Michele

www.2vintagedivas.etsy.com
www.sissyandsisterstitch.etsy.com
www.dreamingofspringtime.etsy.com
Love that good ole vintage junk
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jan49829
True Blue Farmgirl

2428 Posts

Janet
Gladstone Mi.
USA
2428 Posts
Posted - Mar 10 2012 :  7:51:28 PM  Show Profile
What a beautiful heirloom you have there. I am sure you will cherish it forever.

Janet

Farmgirl Sister #3340

http://hardatworkcrafts.blogspot.com

http://Jan49829.etsy.com
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Bonnie Ellis
True Blue Farmgirl

2474 Posts

Bonnie
Minneapolis Minnesota
USA
2474 Posts
Posted - Mar 10 2012 :  8:20:11 PM  Show Profile
I have yo yo quilt blocks from my sister's mil. They are awesome. Sometime I'll finish the quilt.

grandmother and orphan farmgirl
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oregonatural
True Blue Farmgirl

152 Posts

Susan
Sprague River OR
USA
152 Posts
Posted - Mar 14 2012 :  2:02:33 PM  Show Profile
I know of a soldier who made a beautiful Yo-Yo coverlet while hospitalized for PTSD after VietNam. He still has it. It's very colorful. He keeps it to remind him of his recovery. Great idea.

My off-grid homestead blog: http://oregonnatural.blogspot.com/
ETSY Shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/OregonNatural
Blessings to you from my mountain girl heart!
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Sandy Fields
True Blue Farmgirl

165 Posts

Sandy
Portales NM
165 Posts
Posted - Mar 14 2012 :  8:29:25 PM  Show Profile
I love the story of the soldier. What a peaceful and healing time that must have been for him.

I've never made a single yo-yo... but I'm really thinking I owe it to my great-grandmothers to make at least one small project!

Love writing about "My Field Days"
www.field-days.com
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Penny Wise
True Blue Farmgirl

1903 Posts

Margo
Elyria OH
USA
1903 Posts
Posted - Mar 15 2012 :  05:52:15 AM  Show Profile
i just posted a new yo yo swap including round OR heart shaped! would love to have you join us!

Farmgirl # 2139
proud member of the Farmgirls of the Southwest Henhouse
~*~ counting my pennies and biding my time; my dreams are adding up!~*~
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Sandy Fields
True Blue Farmgirl

165 Posts

Sandy
Portales NM
165 Posts
Posted - Mar 15 2012 :  06:44:51 AM  Show Profile
I just clicked over to read about the yo-yo swap. What a great idea! But... if I ever get 6 yo-yos made, I think I would covet them! Hee hee!

Still, all this wonderful yo-yo talk has inspired me, and I think it's high time I made some!!!

Love writing about "My Field Days"
www.field-days.com
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rough start farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl

3331 Posts

marianne
The Beautiful Pacific NW Washington State
USA
3331 Posts
Posted - Mar 24 2012 :  02:00:28 AM  Show Profile
Sandy,
Left a comment. What a pretty piece of art.
Marianne
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Ninibini
True Blue Farmgirl

7577 Posts

Nini
Pennsylvania
USA
7577 Posts
Posted - Mar 24 2012 :  09:02:51 AM  Show Profile
Such a treasure! Lovely! - Nini

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Farmgirl Sister #1974

God gave us two hands... one to help ourselves, and one to help others!
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Heartbroken farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl

604 Posts

Annette
rio vista Ca
USA
604 Posts
Posted - Mar 24 2012 :  11:31:29 AM  Show Profile  Send Heartbroken farmgirl a Yahoo! Message
Beautiful treasure!!

The tears I shed then, watered the flowers I harvest now.

www.broken908.blogspot.com
http://forums.familyfriendpoems.com/broken908


"The aim of education is the knowledge not of facts but of values."-Dean William Ralph Inge
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