5th Annual Big Island Quilt Shop Hop - 2013 - The Plumeria can be found growing wild all over the island of Hawai'i (the Big Island) and is used for making lei's. I created this image based on a photograph that I took. It is one of 9 blocks in the 2013 Big Island Quilt Shop Hop, the 5th Annual.

5th Annual Big Island Quilt Shop Hop - 2013 - This is the whole quilt assembled. It is copyrighted by Mary M Moody-Cox, December 2012. The patterns can be requested by checking Facebook, Big Island Quilt Shop Hop.

Austin's preschool drawings 2012 - A Christmas quilt using Austin's preschool drawings of his family. I had forgotten how much I like embroidery.

Brandon's 1st grade drawings 2012 - Brandon's 1st grade drawings. Based on a Mary Lou Weidman quilt. I did have to re-draw the Christmas tree because I couldn't applique his version but eveything else was drawn by my Grandson. I had them do the drawings to keep them entertained while I was looking after them.

Just Before Dawn - Quilt is all hand applique and home machine quilted. The binding is a mirror of the inner shashing, a technique I have not tried before.

Bouquets for a New Day - I started this quilt in 2008 when Sue Garman's pattern and instructions were first posted. I followed month by month faithfully. But good hand applique takes time. Work schedules, illnesses, then a move across the ocean when all my things were in storage for months got in the way. Once the blocks were finished, I sewed on the plain cream border suggest but was not satisfied. I just had to do more hand applique to complicate things. Then how to quilt it? The center was mostly done struggling with a domestic Bernina. Half way through I decided to buy an Innova long arm quilter. Now, four years later, I can finally say I am finished and satisfied. Four years was well worth it!

More Common Beauty - I made this from beautiful old shirts my husband no longer used and new stuff from my stash. It is handquilted in Cotton perle in big stitches (1/4"long). and the binding is pieced from all the leftover bits.

Mixed Bouquet - I made this from scraps and leftovers for Christmas and then took a while to hand quilt it with gold metallic thread and put a sleeve on the back to make it a wall hanging.

DRAGONFIRE - Satin backgoud with trapuntp applique dragons.

Charlie - A friend asked me to make a quilt of her mother and dog with a picture of a boat in the background to represent her father. She sent me some photographs and I was able to reproduce the dog with the help of friends on the forum but have yet to get the skills to make her mother to the standard I would like. So the church window represents her mother (a vicar). Thank you my TQS friends for your encouragement.

Stars For A New Day quilt top - After years of start and stops, I finished the top. Omitted the Flying Geese Border. Will start the quilting in January 2013.

Beach Buddies - Several years ago I took a photograph of my husband and oldest granddaughter. I knew then that someday I would have to interpret it for an art quilt.

Stars&Coins Forever

Bubblegum Parfait - I wanted my quilt to have spaces to highlight my long arm quilting, so I took the blocks and placed them en pointe with cream muslin. I surrounded the muslin setting squares / triangles with piano key pieces to form a mock sashing. I surrounded the quilt center with 8" strips of the cream muslin and finished it with more piano keys. I used a quilting pattern called "Chrysanthemum" as the basis for the quilting.

Twisted Rudy - My 10 year old granddaughter, loves Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer , so when I saw this pattern, I had to make the wall hanging for her. It gave me the chance to try out my Lil' Twister Ruler by Country Schoolhouse. This looks hard, but is actually fun and easy.

Quilt for Lucille, Mother-in-Law - This is my first original design.

CloseUp of Quilt for Lucille - This is my first original design