Friday, June 12, 2009

Once Upon a Time......


In a land not too far away down in Texas... lived a beautiful, Mystical, Heavenly dollye, named Tascha. She was an all original, late 1830's, 22" mache Milliner's Model, with hand carved wooden arms and legs on her pristine kid leather body.

She resided in an 18th century Red Cape with her owners, and lived a privileged life of leisure....dare I say, at a place here in our world, where past met present, and Heaven really did touch the earth.

She held the most coveted spot in her Mistresses' heart, and stood faithfully beside her bedstead. It was a charmed life. An unbelievable life of a fairy tale, when one horrible day, lightning struck her beloved Red Cape, and so much was lost


Tascha was a lucky girl, pulled with so many of her sisters from the fire. Her kid body, soaked from the fire fighter's valiant effort to save her home, was cut away and her arms, legs and head set out to dry. I imagine it was a strange and horrible time for her....but as you can see, her spirit could not be broken. Tascha has been sent here to me for restoration, and having received permission from her owner, I would be honored to share her story here with you all on the blog.
She is such an amazing doll, and we have come to admire each other greatly over our time together. She has many tales to tell, that no amount of smoke or fire could strip from her.
Tascha is nearly finished now, we are having a wonderful time stitching up her new wardrobe. I will be posting bits of our journey together here a little at a time, and you may keep track of her and her progress by clicking on the "Tascha" tab on the sidebar. She will one day be her Grande self once again, to take her place by her Mistresses' bed stead once more.........

4 comments:

Heather said...

She is gorgeous! How lucky she is to be with you now to get fixed :) that red cape is amazing too...didnt know they had those in Texas!~

Rachael Kinnison said...

Hi Heather~
The Red Cape was originally the residence of Thomas & Thankful Rice in 1768, and was located in Willington, Conneticut. It was carefully dismantled and moved to Texas in 1992.
xoxoxo rachael

Lone Pierette said...

Hi Rachael - Tascha is really wonderful , can´t wait to see her come to "life" again !
hugs, Lone

prairiegirl said...

RACHAEL, YOUR BLOG IS A DELIGHT! I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT EACH DAY BRINGS. CAN'T WAIT NOW FOR PICS OF TASCHA AS I ALSO READ THE RED CAPE.