Sujata Shah
Quilt Artist based in San Francisco
Sujata Shah is an award-winning quilter, designer and the author of Cultural Fusion Quilts. She finds inspiration in the rich handmade tradition of her home country, India; the quilts of Gee’s Bend; Indian and American utilitarian quilts, and African textiles.
Drawn to the imperfections and irregularities of handmade crafts, Sujata believes each quilt has the personality of the maker. Using imperfections as design elements has led her to abstract interpretations of traditional quilt blocks. She finds hand stitching therapeutic and nourishing to the soul, ultimately helping her write personal stories in stitches.
Photo Credit: Melanie Zacek for Quiltfolk Magazine
Projects & Publications
Book: Cultural Fusion Quilts, A Melting Pot of Piecing Traditions. 15 Free-Form Block Projects, C&T Publishing, 2014
Quiltfolk issue 27, California Bay Area edition, July 2022
Kluge Magasinet - Dansk Patchwork, April, 2023, Denmark
Norsk Quilteblad, focus April 2023, Norway
Quiltfolk issue 27, Northern California edition, July 2022
American Patchwork & Quilting, issue 171
August, 2021
Today’s Quilter #83, Designer Profile. 2021
Simply Moderne #10, cover Paper Beads, 2017
Les Nouvelles Patchwork et Creation Textile #126, 2015, France
Les Nouvelles Patchwork et Creation Textile #124, automne 2015, France
Exhibitions & Appearances
The Quilt Show (#3705), 2024
Inspirational Instructor, Quilter's Affair 2024, Sisters, OR
New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA, 2022
Presentation and workshops, Quilter's Affair 2022, Sisters, OR
Workshops, Madeline Island School of Arts, 2022
String Theory exhibit and workshop, Iowa Quilt Museum, 2021
Presentation and workshop at Vermont Quilt Festival, 2021
Presentation and workshop at The Quilter's Guilds of the British Isles, 2021
The Quilt Show (#2705), 2020
Featured Artist, San Francisco Quilters Guild Show, San Francisco, CA 2019
Pacific Northwest Quilt and Textile Museum, Laconner, WA, 2018
Featured Artist, Pajaro Valley Quilt Show, 2018
Pacific Northwest Quilt and Textile Museum, La Conner, WA, 2017
Quilter's Affair 2017 Sisters, OR
Quilter's Affair 2016, Sisters, OR
AQS Paducah, 2015
Keynote presentation, Mid Appalachian Quilters Conference, Gettysburg, PA, 2015
AQS Lancaster, 2014
Bush Barn Art Center, Salem, OR, 2011
PNQF, Seattle, WA, 2004