A quilt shop with real quilters behind it. Our brick and mortar shop in Louisville, Kentucky is home to our quilting studio, longarm quilting machine training center, APQS showroom, and Intelliquilter dealership. Angela and the Quilted Joy Quilt Fairies offer insight, tips, advice, and a helping hand to new and experienced makers alike.

Angela co-hosts PBS’ Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting, which airs in 95% of US markets — she has appeared on the show for over 10 years. Breaking down complex quilting topics into approachable, whimsical, bite-sized bits is one of her superpowers, and you can enjoy her instructional videos right here on Quilted Joy.

After a broadcast television career — complete with an Emmy award — Angela discovered machine piecing and machine quilting in 2000 and never looked back. She began quilting for hire in 2007, the very beginnings of Quilted Joy, and our official APQS Showroom and Education Center opened its doors on October 26, 2013.

The Quilt Fairies are specially trained to guide you through every step of your quilting journey, and the Shipping Sprites work to mail out your sewing lovelies FAIRY fast. Since 2014 we have helped quilters complete hundreds of cozy creations through our online quilt shop, quilting classes, and Quilt By Mail longarm quilting service.

Our mission is to instill courage and self-confidence in quilters while wallowing in the joy of quilting. Angela travels nationally and internationally to guilds, studios, and quilt shows teaching piecing and longarm quilting techniques, has been featured in magazines like Machine Quilting Unlimited and On Track, and is a former nominee for US Machine Quilter Teacher of the Year. Since 2019, the Quilted Joy Clubhouse livestream has shared her love of quilting far and wide, twice a month on all our social channels.