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Tasha Tudor's Heirloom Crafts
In this magical sequel to TASHA TUDOR'S GARDEN, author Tovah Martin and photographer Richard W. Brown revisit Corgi Cottage, this time taking us inside to watch Tasha create the handmade items that are an integral part of her legendary nineteenth-century lifestyle.
Surrounded by authentic American antiques and collectibles and using original tools and almost forgotten tech...more
Surrounded by authentic American antiques and collectibles and using original tools and almost forgotten tech...more
Paperback, 160 pages
Published
October 24th 2000
by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
(first published November 16th 1995)
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I'm on a Tasha Tudor kick these days. This book is a treasure trove of the MANY artisan level skills that Tasha Tudor cultivated and learned over her lifetime. (Tasha herself hated the word "crafts" for anything that she did. I would have to agree. No one says of Norman Rockwell, "oh, he painted such lovely crafts", or of J.S. Bach that he composed lovely little "craft" songs. No, Tasha creates art! And that art is often edible or wearable or can be played with! She is a true artist.)
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I have always been drawn to Tasha Tudor's art and lifestyle for their beauty and simplicity, so this is why I chose to read this book. It allows one to step into her life with all the richness of our heritage for a little while. I soon realized that her life was anything but simple! From planting and growing her own flax, harvesting and preparing it, spinning it and dying it, weaving it into linen cloth, cutting it out and sewing a shirt...the whole process took almost two years! And yet her pat...more
You have to love a tiny, 80 year old free-thinking woman who is fiercely independent and makes her own soap, beeswax candles, baskets from trees on her property, weaves her own blankets using wool she dyed and flax she grew, knitwear, quilts, clothing, marionettes, toys for her grandchildren, and cider using techniques from the 1830s.
A little confusing, as this isn't a craft book but a book on the late Tudor's lifestyle, but it's still great fun to page through on a cold night in front of a roaring fireplace.
Anything more charming that Tasha Tudor- have all of her books and used to have a Christmas callendar she made. Love her.
Um, can I be Tasha Tudor when I grow up? This woman inspires me so much.
I felt liberated and inspired by the diverse traditional arts and crafts in Tasha's beautiful book. Life seemed to be her muse. Tasha recognized and infused everyday matters of home and hearth with simple beauty and grace. For me I never loved to simply sew, or spin, or make candles, or grow a garden, or paint, or make soap, or can food, or raise goats, and rabbits--I love it all.
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I find it interesting that Tasha Tudor dislikes the word ‘crafts’:
“Well then, how shall we describe the things you do?”
“Call them anything you like, but not crafts.”
What is a good synonym for ‘crafts,’ a title-worthy synonym? ‘Handiwork’ comes close, but doesn’t quite fit…
“Well then, how shall we describe the things you do?”
“Call them anything you like, but not crafts.”
What is a good synonym for ‘crafts,’ a title-worthy synonym? ‘Handiwork’ comes close, but doesn’t quite fit…
I love this book, sprinkled with kernals of wisdom and gorgeous pictures, it's worth re-reading again and again. Comfort food book, almost as good as chocolate.
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