Cathy Mooney was born and raised in Gee's Bend, Alabama. Her mother, Tanzy Mooney, and grandmothers, Mary Major and Lottie Mooney, taught her how to make quilts when she was little. Her style comes from the simple but unique ways she was taught, using whatever fabric was available (mostly with cotton or cotton and polyester blend material). Some of her quilts are her versions of a traditional pattern and some are designed to respond to the way she feels that day. Cathy teaches the quilting techniques she learned from her family growing up in Gee's Bend to different people almost every week in one-on-one sewing lessons. One of her grandmother Lottie Mooney's quilts was selected to go on a US Postage stamp in 2006 and she is honored to keep this tradition of quilt making from her family and her community alive. In the past few years she has worked on collaborations with fashion designers including Marfa Stance in 2022, Greg Lauren in 2023, John Legend / Etsy in 2023, and Adidas in 2025. In 2024 her work was included in "Assembly: Contemporary Gee's Bend Quilts" at the Birmingham Public Library and in "Gee's Bend Quilts" at the Levi Watkins Learning Center at Alabama State University in Montgomery. Her work was also included in the 2024 exhibition, "Heritage: Southern Vernacular," at the Haley Gallery at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee, where she did a quilting demonstration and taught a quilting workshop to high school students. In October of last year she showed her quilts at the Kentuck Festival in Tuscaloosa, Alabama for the first time, and at the annual Airing of the Quilts in Gee's Bend. In addition to her sewing skills, Cathy is an accomplished baker. She is delighted to have her first solo exhibition at Gallery 905 at ArtsRevive in Selma, Alabama.