I think one of my favorite requirements for quilty friends is a sense of silliness. The group that I go on retreat with certainly fits that criteria. At our Spring retreat April showed us a pair of old, dirty bib overalls her husband got at a rummage sale. He wanted to stuff them to make a Halloween scarecrow, but she wanted to wash them, patch the holes with doilies, and wear them. We were all encouraging her and then the conversation morphed into a challenge ~ where we would each buy a pair of bib overalls and embellish them. Cathy suggested we call it the Bib-a-thon, and the big reveal was planned for our October retreat!
We gathered together this past Thursday for our Autumn retreat at Cattail,
set up our machines and began to stitch, and talk, and giggle.
On Friday Ruth, a first timer, arrived and was welcomed into the group. From the start it was pretty obvious she wasn’t wearing bibs, since she didn’t even know about the challenge, and then one of the group started teasing that she was wearing invisibibs 😄.
Friday lunch is always spent at Fitz’s restaurant on Lake Wisconsin, and we were hoping our usual waitress would be there to pick the best bibs. But sometimes plans don’t turn out the way we intend. Shortly before we were to leave for lunch Cathy injured her leg and got a free trip to the urgent care. She’s doing fine and we made it to Fitz’s for dinner.
We asked our wonderful waitress Pam to pick her favorite and…she picked Ruth’s invisabibs 🤣.
We held a secret viewer’s choice vote amongst ourselves and Sandy was the winner of that! Her appliqués are amazing.
Here’s the fashion show of the rest of us:
I’m pretty sure there was more talking and eating accomplished than sewing, but a good time was had by all. Now where am I going to wear those bibs???
Marcia Singer says
You can wear your bibs, Chris, wherever you dang well please. Love them.
Linda Ferguson says
Very cute! Nice to share a cute event with a bunch of great ladies!
Helen Best says
What a great idea!! And what a fun group 😊
" class="comment-author-link" rel="external nofollow" itemprop="url">Sandra Kohls says
All of the bibs were fun and the invisibib was by far the MOST creative! Thanks for sharing this unusual challenge. I think you need to wear them at least one day of your next retreats–they could even be “updated” from time to time.
Judy says
What an amazingly cute challenge! Also brightens my Sunday!
Mary Miller says
Love your bibs!!!
Donna says
What a fun idea! PS I like yours the best ❤️
Donna K
" class="comment-author-link" rel="external nofollow" itemprop="url">Louise M Haddon says
What a cute idea and yours are so creative! an colorfull!
" class="comment-author-link" rel="external nofollow" itemprop="url">Dotty Sutfin says
I love the pictures!! The bibs are awesome!! Did they ever figure out how the quilt mysteriously appeared?? It was great to see all of you. Looking forward to next time.
" class="comment-author-link" rel="external nofollow" itemprop="url">WANDA E KRUGER says
Fun, Fun, Fun!!
Karen Moore says
Great idea! Loved all of them. We head up there next Monday for our last retreat of the year. Can’t wait!!! Maybe our group will come up with and interesting challenge.
clkquilt says
Have fun. Can’t wait to see what you creative ladies come up with.
Cherine says
Very cute idea. Did April’s husband get his scarecrow after all of this?
clkquilt says
Not yet!