Doors open early so you can shop at the Batik Blowout!
Thanks to a huge donation of batiks to Comfort Quilts, we have a bonanza to share with guild members.
Hundreds of yards of batiks at amazing prices so bring $$$ and a shopping bag because you don’t want to miss out.
19 November 2025
BETSY HABICH
Thread Painting: It’s all about the Details
Slide & trunk show talk. A short introduction to my pieced and appliqued pictorial quilts shows the quilting style I developed to support the images, a bridge to thread painting. Then you see how to make a photorealistic thread painting: selecting the right photo, printing it on fabric, seeing all the colors in the piece, selecting threads, different stitches, blending colors smoothly, representing texture, and paying attention to detail. The third part follows a landscape thread-painting from start to finish, to show how a painting actually develops. Q&A and opportunity to look at the quilts follow.
BIO Betsy Habich’s quilts have been juried into national and regional shows, including International Quilt Association (IQA /Houston), American Quilters Society (AQS/ Paducah), Machine Quilters Expo (MQX), and Quilters Gathering, and her work has been awarded at regional quilt shows including the Vermont Quilt Festival, The Gathering, and the Machine Quilters Expo (MQX). In addition, she has had several one-woman shows at local shows, shops, and libraries. She is a self-confessed fabricaholic and cat person, though she has also been known to play with dogs. She lives with her husband, cats, and fabric in Beverly Farms, MA.
Click here to learn about Betsy Habich Quilts
Business meeting generally starts at 6pm, arrive earlier for sign-in, refreshments and socializing, with any lecture generally at 7pm.
Guests are always welcome, there is a guest fee, $10, which can be credited toward membership – click HERE for more information.
Our Hospitality team provides coffee and tea along with some cookies at guild meetings.
Please bring your own mug or water bottle.
Member contributions of home-baked treats or other simple snacks are always welcome!