Dottie Moon

Dottie Moon, a harried housewife and mother, going to school studying Criminal Justice and working for a Family Crisis Center ….. desperately needed a tension tamer!


She’s always had a “project” in the works, needlepoint, counted cross-stitch, painting and even leatherwork. One day, she admired a beaded watch on a girlfriend’s wrist and her friend said, “Oh, you can do it, I’ll show you how!” Much to her husband’s chagrin, that started it for Dottie.


Some of Dottie’s work is ethnic, like the Milagros necklace, but her favorites are designs with a southwestern touch. She’s always felt respect for Native American people. Their culture represents beauty, simplicity and a reverence for life that seems to be disappearing in our modern world. Her husband is of Cherokee descent but Dottie is basically German and English, although she was once told she was an Osage Indian in a prior life! Who knows, maybe that’s where her connection comes from!