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| homesteaderbelle |
Posted - Dec 19 2008 : 11:40:50 PM
Hello,
Are there any Farmgirls here, besides myself who are Tasha Tudor fans?
If you are, what was your favorite thing about this wonderful artist?
I loved Tasha's wonderful watercolor paintings and drawings. I love all of her books.
Belle
http://www.homesteaderbelle.blogspot.com/
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| yarnmamma |
Posted - Dec 27 2008 : 11:01:01 PM
here's a link
http://www.tashatudorandfamily.com/
Linda in Scranton, PA
farmgirl #71
Have a wonderful Farmgirl New Year!! |
| yarnmamma |
Posted - Dec 27 2008 : 10:58:48 PM
I'm going to search on internet right now,..you have me wanting to know about her...
Linda in Scranton, PA
farmgirl #71
Have a wonderful Farmgirl New Year!! |
| harmonyfarm |
Posted - Dec 26 2008 : 11:56:43 AM
I would like to know the name of her cassette/CD also. I'm starting to work full time soon and I could use it while I am commuting....maybe hearing her voice during my drive will make me feel better about going to work fulltime...
Debbie
"If you can't find the time to do it right...how will you find the time to do it over" |
| Farmtopia |
Posted - Dec 26 2008 : 10:19:12 AM
We did an interview of her for Big Town Farmer. Her family was very generous and her grandchildren are lovely and I hope they continue her legacy. I think they are trying to open a museum in VT for all of her belongings.
I think she was very brave and imaginative to live as she did. I don't know anyone willing to give up the modern world QUITE like she did!
~*~Dream all you dreamers~*~
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| homesteaderbelle |
Posted - Dec 25 2008 : 5:20:10 PM
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Originally posted by chessie
I have an audio cassette in my car that is Tasha Tudor herself telling the story of her life and then ends with her reading her book Corgieville Faire. Because it is audio, she stops periodically to describe her art work on the page she's reading of the book. I love, love, love this cassette. I have owned it for several years and i listen to it all the time. My favorite part is when she tells how she wanted to "grow her brother a shirt" Meaning that first she grew flax, next she learned from a lady in canada how to spin it into cloth and then she sewed a shirt from the cloth for her brother. She said it took 3 years to go from seed to shirt! Amazing. My favorite book with her illustrations is The Buttr'y shelf Almanac written by Mary Mason Campbell. They did several books together and i treasure them all.
www.edgehillherbfarm.com "where the name is bigger than the farm, but no one seems to mind"
blog http://edgehillherbfarmer.spaces.live.com/default.aspx?wa=wsignin1.0
happy farmgirl #89
DO you know what thecassette is called? I would like to listen to it.
Belle
http://www.homesteaderbelle.blogspot.com/
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| nubidane |
Posted - Dec 22 2008 : 8:45:12 PM
I adore Tasha. I have several of her books, her cookbook of "receipts", which I use regularly, & just finished watching "Take Peace" & Take Joy" , one chronicles her life & one her Christmas traditions. She was a truly insightful, unique gift that we are lucky to have a glimpse of.. Just love her Vermont farm, & right now, with or 55 degree Ohio Christmas forecast, I am absolutely envious of her Vermont SNOW!!!
Gotta love those Corgis too! |
| Contrary Wife |
Posted - Dec 22 2008 : 6:02:37 PM
A Toast......to Tasha Tudor.
Teresa Sue
Farmgirl Sister #316
MJ's Heirloom Mavens Badgebadger
MJ's Heirloom Mavens Bookclub Coordinator
"Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly." The Dalai Lama |
| harmonyfarm |
Posted - Dec 22 2008 : 5:59:04 PM
I'm a Tasha Tudor fan also.....I admired the fact that she lived her life the way SHE wanted to and she always had a love for the dirt and the critters and the flowers. I especially loved her RED CAPE!
Tasha died on June 18th of this year. I think she was 92. If only we all could be so lucky to live such a long and beautiful life.....
Merry Christmas to all!
Debbie B.
"If you can't find the time to do it right...how will you find the time to do it over" |
| chessie |
Posted - Dec 22 2008 : 3:06:59 PM
I have an audio cassette in my car that is Tasha Tudor herself telling the story of her life and then ends with her reading her book Corgieville Faire. Because it is audio, she stops periodically to describe her art work on the page she's reading of the book. I love, love, love this cassette. I have owned it for several years and i listen to it all the time. My favorite part is when she tells how she wanted to "grow her brother a shirt" Meaning that first she grew flax, next she learned from a lady in canada how to spin it into cloth and then she sewed a shirt from the cloth for her brother. She said it took 3 years to go from seed to shirt! Amazing. My favorite book with her illustrations is The Buttr'y shelf Almanac written by Mary Mason Campbell. They did several books together and i treasure them all.
www.edgehillherbfarm.com "where the name is bigger than the farm, but no one seems to mind"
blog http://edgehillherbfarmer.spaces.live.com/default.aspx?wa=wsignin1.0
happy farmgirl #89 |
| Amie C. |
Posted - Dec 22 2008 : 08:44:27 AM
If you want to order seeds from the Tudor family, the only catch is that you've got to do it kind of quick. They only have a limited stock, so they sell out fast. They list their seeds available for the year around the end of October, and I'd guess that by the end of February everything will be sold out. |
| FebruaryViolet |
Posted - Dec 22 2008 : 07:52:20 AM
The Tasha Tudor (and family) website has seeds that you can order directly...I don't mind if you plant flowers in her honor--the more the merrier! I think she'd be looking down smiling, actually :)
I plant hollyhocks and sweet william :) |
| homesteaderbelle |
Posted - Dec 22 2008 : 07:35:59 AM
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Originally posted by shepherdgirl
Watercolors are one of the hardest mediums to paint in Belle. I've tried my hand at all different kinds of art in my younger years (got pretty good a drawing with prisma colors-- birds were my specialty-- but I haven't picked up a pencil in years!) I found watercolors to be one of the HARDEST for me to do.
Keep on practicing! Someday soon we'll all be wanting YOUR paintings hanging on our walls right beside Tasha's!! ~~~ Hugs ~~~ Tracy
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. ~~ George Carlin
Hi Tracy,
I didn't know that water colors were the hardest to paint. I really enjoy painting watercolors, but I do think it takes some practice. I did take some classes for it.
That is so sweet of you to say that, about me being an artist like Tasha. I hope to someday get some children's books published with my illustrations, I need to practice at it though.
Belle
http://www.homesteaderbelle.blogspot.com/
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| Contrary Wife |
Posted - Dec 22 2008 : 07:34:01 AM
Really!? I would love that, did you just go to the Tasha Tudor web site to order or what?
Teresa Sue
Farmgirl Sister #316
MJ's Heirloom Mavens Badgebadger
MJ's Heirloom Mavens Bookclub Coordinator
"Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly." The Dalai Lama |
| Amie C. |
Posted - Dec 22 2008 : 07:30:43 AM
I ordered some perennial seeds from the Tasha Tudor website last spring. I should have flowers this year. If you want to get the exact same type of flowers from her garden, you can.
I love to look at her books, especially in the winter. Wouldn't it be nice to work from your home and not have to shovel out and drive in the snow every day? |
| Contrary Wife |
Posted - Dec 22 2008 : 06:59:31 AM
That is so sweet, that you plant the hollyhocks in honor of her. Would you mind if I did the same? I never realized it until I saw another post here, Tasha Tudor is one of my heros also.
Teresa Sue
Farmgirl Sister #316
MJ's Heirloom Mavens Badgebadger
MJ's Heirloom Mavens Bookclub Coordinator
"Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly." The Dalai Lama |
| FebruaryViolet |
Posted - Dec 22 2008 : 06:51:38 AM
I've always loved her work, and feel really lucky to have gotten my godson, Max, a copy of her illustrated "Childs Garden of Verses", signed by Tasha herself, for his christening.
Actually, over the weekend, I was in a rare book store down south and ran across 3 first editions that I'm thinking of purchasing after the baby is born (if they're still there). They are 1950's era, and the work is lovely. Each listed at $100-$150. I need them like I need a hole in the head, but can't stop thinking about them...that's usually a sign that I need them :)
I always admired the way she lived, and her love of animals. As a young girl, reading Victoria magazine, when they did stories on her, I ate up every detail, thinking that I would live just like her...well, I have the scores of animals, but I live in a little cottage. I do have garden beds and plant old flowers like hollyhocks in honor of her every spring :) |
| shepherdgirl |
Posted - Dec 21 2008 : 9:25:28 PM
Watercolors are one of the hardest mediums to paint in Belle. I've tried my hand at all different kinds of art in my younger years (got pretty good a drawing with prisma colors-- birds were my specialty-- but I haven't picked up a pencil in years!) I found watercolors to be one of the HARDEST for me to do.
Keep on practicing! Someday soon we'll all be wanting YOUR paintings hanging on our walls right beside Tasha's!! ~~~ Hugs ~~~ Tracy
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. ~~ George Carlin |
| homesteaderbelle |
Posted - Dec 21 2008 : 6:24:10 PM
Tasha loved her animals. I remember reading a newsletter sent out by the Tudor family's website, it was about a time when she went to the grocery store and she took a pet chicken in with inderneath her coat. When she got to the register, the chicken underneath her coat made a loud noise. The worker asked her if she had a chicken in her coat. She said, no, that is my hearing aid making that noise.
I though that was a funny story.
I love her artwork. I paint with watercolors and I hope, with practice, I might learn to paint paintings somewhat like Tasha's paintings. I ecspecially love her borders around all of her pictures.
Belle
http://www.homesteaderbelle.blogspot.com/
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| homesteaderbelle |
Posted - Dec 21 2008 : 6:17:45 PM
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Originally posted by jennym
I love Tasha Tudor's work, too. I had "The Doll's Christmas" when I was a little girl, and I loved looking at it. I always wished I had a dollhouse like that! A couple of years ago, I saw on her website that you could order autographed books from her, so I asked my husband for one for Christmas. Well, he didn't get it, so I got one for myself! I have tons of Christmas books, but this one sits in a place of honor so everyone can look at it. :-)
Be still and know that I am God. Psalm 46:10
I wish I had a dollhouse like hers also. I have seen kits to make doll houses at Hobby Lobby, but they were $200-$300. I think it would be so neat to have a doll house like hers for all the little children who come over to play.
Belle
http://www.homesteaderbelle.blogspot.com/
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| homesteaderbelle |
Posted - Dec 21 2008 : 6:15:12 PM
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Originally posted by CRshelpmeet
ehehehe! I am sitting here laughing to myself as I realize what I was expecting when I read this post..lol
I had heard of Tasha Tudor before, but never really anything more than in passing. Oh my goodness, but I thought you were talking about real fans--like the kind that sit on your desk. I thought Tudor was a style and Tasha maybe the designer..Woohoo for blonde moments!
haha!
hugs
Jessie
Farmgirl Sister #235
Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work You don't give up.
Stop by my blog for a visit www.messiejessie2.blogspot.com
Ha Ha, Lol, that is so funny!
Belle
http://www.homesteaderbelle.blogspot.com/
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| homesteaderbelle |
Posted - Dec 21 2008 : 6:13:54 PM
quote:
Originally posted by LauraH
Yes, I love Tasha Tudor! Her books and illustrations are great. Victoria magazine did a nice tribute to her after her passing last June.
http://cottagekids-laura.blogspot.com
Hi,
Do you knwo which issue of Victorie magazine it was that there was a tribute to her? I would liek to get that issue.
Belle
http://www.homesteaderbelle.blogspot.com/
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| LauraH |
Posted - Dec 21 2008 : 2:38:53 PM
Yes, I love Tasha Tudor! Her books and illustrations are great. Victoria magazine did a nice tribute to her after her passing last June.
http://cottagekids-laura.blogspot.com |
| shepherdgirl |
Posted - Dec 21 2008 : 1:38:50 PM
Victoria-- Tasha had lots of antique clothing that she collected-- Yes, but there were also dresses she sewed for herself.
I don't think there was ever a "craft" invented that she hadn't mastered in her 90+yrs!!! What an amazing woman she was! Could you IMAGINE growing up as one of her children or grandchildren? How wonderful must THAT have been?!! ~~~ Tracy
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. ~~ George Carlin |
| sweetproserpina |
Posted - Dec 21 2008 : 11:20:16 AM
I am a big fan of Tasha! She was such an amazing, brave woman. She wore her historical clothes every day, her house was like a lived-in museum- she seemed so spritly and vivid even into her 90's! I really like her book "The Private World of Tasha Tudor." She's right up there on my role model list with Mary Jane :)
"Isn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive--it's such an interesting world."
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| vermont v |
Posted - Dec 21 2008 : 10:03:11 AM
Tasha had a home in southern Vermont. She lived her life in a way that might be described as the ultimate farm girl. Every year until the past few years there were tours of her gardens. Unfortunately, I missed going to it. She also was a collector of antique clothing and there recently was a big auction of her one of a kind collection. |
