About Angelique Shah

Angelique Shah is a Bronx-born New Yorker now proudly rooted in Shepherdsville, Kentucky, where she creates, quilts, and teaches from a vibrant studio marked by two hot pink garage doors and a bold, colorful sign — just like her art.

Her creative journey began at the High School of Fashion Industries in New York City, where she developed a love for designing clothing, accessories, and home décor. That foundation in fashion and design continues to shape her work today, where quilting, wearable art, upcycling, and fiber art come together in unexpected ways.

Following high school, Angelique served five years in the U.S. Navy as an Aviation Mechanic, maintaining aircraft during the Iran-Iraq War. She was honorably discharged and received a Good Conduct Medal for her service. Her military experience strengthened the precision, discipline, and resilience that continue to influence her creative practice.

Angelique discovered her passion for quilting in 2017 and has since developed a distinctive style that blends traditional textile techniques with bold color, fashion, storytelling, and experimentation. Today, she works on her Elna sewing machine and Bernina Q20 longarm, transforming quilt tops into finished works of art while also creating original quilts, wearable art, fiber installations, and upcycled clothing.

She offers both hand-guided free-motion quilting and Q-Matic edge-to-edge (E2E) quilting, as well as custom quilt finishing, quilt repair, memory quilts, T-shirt quilts, classes, workshops, and creative upcycling.

✨ Awards & Recognition

Angelique's work has received numerous honors at the Kentucky State Fair, including:

2026 Kentucky State Fair

  • 🥇 1st Place — Original Design - Sewing & Wearable Textiles

  • 🥇 1st Place — Upcycled Quilt - Sewing & Wearable Textiles

  • 🥈 2nd Place — Fabric Collage Quilt

  • 🥉 3rd Place — Stitched Wall Hanging

2025 Kentucky State Fair

  • 🏆 Best in Show — Sewing & Wearable Textiles

  • 🥈 2nd Place — Original Design, Sewing & Wearable Textiles

Her continued recognition at the Kentucky State Fair reflects her commitment to pushing the boundaries of quilting, wearable art, and fiber-based design.

She has also been honored as an Artist-in-Residence through the COLLIDER Program at Louisville Public Library (2024) and is a recipient of the Folk and Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Grant through the Kentucky Arts Council (2024/2025 and 2025/2026).

🎨 Exhibitions & Artistic Practice

Angelique's fiber art blends traditional craftsmanship with expressive storytelling, often drawing on memory, identity, fashion, culture, and lived experience.

Her exhibited works include:

  • Our Lady of Guadalupe, exhibited at Harrison County Arts Gallery (2026)

  • Sometimes I Dream of Frida, featured in Reflections: An Exploration of Self and Identity, Roberta Marks Gallery

  • LOVE, a mixed-media painting on fiber, included in Mothering Me, Floyd County Carnegie Library Cultural Arts Center

  • Colores y Recuerdos / Colors and Memories, a fiber art installation included in the Human vs Machine exhibition at Gallery 104

She has also collaborated with Sunshine Joe Mallard as a longarm quilter on works exhibited at the National Quilt Museum, including Threading His Grandmother's Needles, and at the Frazier History Museum with Let Freedom Ring.

From January through April 2025, Angelique presented solo quilt exhibitions at both the Bullitt County Library and Mt. Washington Library. She returned to the Bullitt County Library in January–February 2026 with a new exhibition featuring 11 quilts, continuing her exploration of story-driven textile work and community engagement.

🌟 Industry Recognition & Community Engagement

In 2026, Angelique was selected as a Benartex Sewcial Star and Sewcial Ambassador, joining a creative community of artists and makers who inspire and engage quilters through original projects and fabric-focused content.

Through this creative partnership, Angelique creates original projects using Benartex fabrics and shares inspiration, techniques, and behind-the-scenes glimpses into her creative process through Mojo Quilts and More.

Her work also extends beyond her own studio. Angelique teaches quilting, sewing, upcycling, and fiber-art workshops, creating opportunities for others to explore their creativity and develop confidence with textiles.

Through her newsletter, classes, workshops, social media, exhibitions, and community events, she enjoys bringing people into the creative process — whether they're learning a new technique, discovering what can be made from an old garment, or simply finding inspiration in color and fabric.

🧶 Let's Connect

At Mojo Quilts and More, Angelique brings together her love of quilting, fashion, fiber art, and storytelling.

Whether you're bringing her a quilt top to finish, a collection of clothing filled with memories, an idea for a custom piece, or simply a desire to learn something new, she believes textiles have the power to preserve memories, tell stories, and become something completely unexpected.

Come see what happens when quilting and fashion meet.

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