19 May Jill Zollinger in Threads of Liberty Exhibit

The American Quilter’s Society has launched its 2026 Threads of Liberty exhibit “Celebrating 250 Years of American Spirit with AQS Instructors.” One of the quilts in the exhibit – It Began with Solidarity – was created by author, designer, and educator Annie Smith of Annie Smith’s Quilting Stash. You may remember Annie as one of our CVQA Zoom speakers during the Covid shutdown. But that’s not the exciting part. Annie asked Jill Zollinger to quilt her masterpiece and the quilting is exquisite! Here is the online description (or is this a love letter to Jill???):

“Before we wrap up, we must applaud the custom and computer assisted quilting of It Began with Solidarity. The piece was longarm machine quilted by Jill Zollinger of @sewsouthern_jill on an APQS Millenium using Aurifil Cotton 50wt/2 ply thread. Many kudos to Jill for “reading” the quilt wonderfully and choosing “just the right quilting design” for each amazing block!!”

You can read more about the Threads of Liberty Exhibit at Auribuzz.com.