- Hardcover: 160 pages
- Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Trade) (14 Dec 1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0395735270
- ISBN-13: 978-0395735275
- Product Dimensions: 27.2 x 22.1 x 2 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 957,525 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This sequel to "Tasha Tudor's Garden" revisits America's beloved children's book illustrator, to take us inside Corgi Cottage to watch Tasha craft items that are an integral part of her 19th-centruy lifestyle. Surrounded by authentic American antiques and collectibles and using original tools and techniques, tasha spins flax, dyes wool, weaves on one of her seven looms, dips candles, makes baskets and soap, and makes cheese from the milk from her Nubian goats.
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WHEN YOU FIRST TURN IN to Tasha's long and scenic driveway, you see the rather handsome forest that skirts the road's twistings and turnings. Read the first page
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WHEN YOU FIRST TURN IN to Tasha's long and scenic driveway, you see the rather handsome forest that skirts the road's twistings and turnings. Read the first page
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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful
A Book of Dreams
26 Mar 2000
Format:Hardcover
I spend hours looking through this book and marveling at Tasha Tudor's 1830's lifestyle. This is truly a book of dreams -- well...my dreams anyway. Travel through the seasons with Tasha as she cards linen to be woven, sews, stitches, spins, weaves, knits, and cooks.
The photographs are lovely. You will marvel at Tasha's creations. And you'll end up wanting to see her other books in order to get a further glimpse into her life, her home, and her gardens.
This is not a book of crafting instructions or patterns, but it will still be an inspiration to those, like me, who long for a simpler life and who wax nostalgic for the past.
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
When I grow up I want to be just like Tasha!!
16 Jun 2001
Format:Paperback
Wow! I have always been fascinated by the processes of making things by hand and really starting from the ground up. Tasha Tudor lives her entire life this way, starting with flax seeds and ending up three years later with a hand woven, hand sewn linen shirt.
Little did I know, at age six, reading The Doll's House, that the illustrator of this lovely children's book was also a kindred spirt. I wish I lived closer to Vermont and could go visit and learn from this amazing wise woman!
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Wonderful, and inspiring
6 Dec 2002
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Tasha Tudor is a kindred spirit and this book is a treasure, full of photographs and text on her life and loves, from making baskets, to processing wool from her sheep, milk from her goats, or baking with the eggs her hens provide. Candle making, drying flowers, growing and processing flax into linen, making pottery, raising a vegetable, herbs and flower gardens as well as making hand cream and sewing everything from quilts to clothing.
I guess one reason I wanted and love this book is it shows that one can in 2002 still savor the arts of the past and provide a lot of what one needs to survive day to day. And being small homesteaders in the Sierras I felt as if I were reading the diary or how to journal of one of my older neighbors. The book is one that I can really identify with.
This is a book that anyone who loves making things with their hands will love. And it is a wonderful book for reminding people of what is really important in life.
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