I love historical accuracy and historical silliness equally passionately. One is about learning, the other is about laughing, and both are important!
For our 2025 Historical Sew & Eat Retreat I suggested (forcibly, it must be admitted!) that we do something very silly indeed:
18th century, but with dinosaurs!
AKA, add a touch of prehistory to your 18th century outfit…
And then play tag and do contra dancing with an inflatable dinosaur!
Things we learned from this theme:
- Every event is improved with an inflatable T-Rex costume
- Except tag. Poor Tyran Rex, Esq. isn’t built for speed!
- There are two kinds of people in the world. People who hear you are planning to dress up like Marie Antoinette and get chased by a dinosaur and ask ‘Can I join!?!’ and people who hear you are planning to dress up like Marie Antoinette and get chased by a dinosaur and ask “Why…?”.
We are definitely the former!
This is madness in such a marvelous way! I have no idea why any of this would happen but I feel refreshed just knowing that it did.
This is madness in such a marvelous way! I have no idea why any of this would happen but I feel refreshed just knowing that it did.
The sashes!!!
Who was the dinosaur, by the way?
(I would not want to be the dinosaur. My physiology does not mix well with plastics. A fun mix of historical clothing and anachronistic fun and whimsy, though? Sign me up!)