About Niona

I grew up with a mom that was a part time seamstress and during her spare time, I watched her make everything she could.  She made beautiful wedding dresses and for some time, she even made my clothes and let’s just say that from a young age, I had a flare for everything bright and beautiful.  As I was growing up, my mom taught me how to sew and she gifted me her old sewing machine when turned 13.  Sewing has always been something that I enjoyed as a hobby and that I’ve always turned back to.  When my children were young, I made their clothes just as my mom made mine. 

I discovered sari wrap skirts during the COVID pandemic and during a time when we were all sequestered in our homes, it was truly a way to bring beautiful touches that could brighten my day no matter what.  As I learned more about sari skirts, I found not just a piece of clothing, but an entire community.  I started purchasing skirts from other people and ventured into dresses and kaftans!  It was then that I was reminded that every single piece is recycled.  Someone else owned it, wore it and sometimes, it was a skirt or dress before it came to me.  There is a history and an unknown mystique in each piece.

And so Niona was born.  The Abenaki word for “ours.”  A place where I can embrace two things I hold dearly and can continue the tradition of sharing these beautiful sari’s and do my part to truly make them all of ours.