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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 techniques, Tasha spins flax, dyes wool, and weaves on one of her seven looms. With the help of friends, she dips candles, makes soap, and concocts herbal creams and lotions. She harvests wood for making baskets and fruit for canning, presses cider, and dries herbs and flowers.
Her Nubian goats supply her with milk for cheese and butter. Her bantam hens offer eggs for cooking and decorating. Stray feathers from her guinea hens end up as part of her toy owls. Her rambling cottage has its own marionette theatre and a built-in dollhouse, and all of the puppets and the dollhouse inhabitants were made by Tasha.
Whether Tasha is crocheting a piece of lace to edge her petticoat, sewing a dress copied from an 1830s pattern, knitting intricately designed mittens and socks, or working on a quilt, her hands are never idle. For this book, she has created a series of new paintings in the style that has made her one of America’s best-loved children’s book illustrators.
In this magical sequel to Tasha Tudor's Garden, Martin and Brown revisit America's beloved children's book illustrator, taking readers inside Corgi Cottage to watch Tasha craft items that are an integral part of her legendary 19th-century lifestyle. 100 color photos.
Anonymous
Posted December 26, 2002
This is a book I both treasure and use a great deal. Not only does the author speak or write well about her love of weaving, knitting, making soap and cheese, gardening and candle making and much more but the text and photos demonstrating how it is done are scrumptious. This is a book that will appeal to those who have the intense curiosity to want to learn how to do things. Whether because like me they wish to be both self sufficient, but love making things with their own hands and talents, or those who love the idea of learning how to do one thing well as a gift giving treasure. I consider Tasha Tudor to be a long distance mentor of mine, in a day an age when so many women think that gratification and success can only be found outside ones home or homestead. This is a keepsake book that will be wellworn when it is handed down to the next generation in our family.
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Overview
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 techniques, Tasha spins flax, dyes wool, and weaves on one of her seven looms. With the help of friends, she ...