Why "Athena"?       
                                                 

     "Athena" has multi-meanings for us. Those meanings only became clear after we chose our name.  Here's the story: While doing research on the embroidery industry, we needed to order a catalog with a business name.   We hadn't thought that far ahead yet... Well, I (Kim) happened to be watching the Olympics from Athens at that moment so I typed in "Athena Embroidery" to request the catalog.
    
     It turned out to be the perfect name for us!  Athena was the ancient Greek goddess of war, wisdom, and weaving.   Bessie is Greek, I teach alliteration to 4th graders :), and we both are determined, intelligent, independent women.  An added perk: it put us first in the phone book!  :) 

     Enjoy some links to the Athena myths on our Catalogs/Links page.