An Introduction & a Dress Refashion

Before I was a mountain biking, minivan driving, wardrobe refashioning, public school advocating, church going, marathon training, dog owning, kid’s journal creating, sparkly running skirt wearing, mother of four living in the OC, I designed children’s clothes in NYC for a little company that rhymes with Cold Gravy. While finding the time to be creative is harder than ever, I have never felt more creatively fulfilled.

Back in 2006, I joined Wardrobe Refashion and it totally changed the way I looked at clothing & sewing. In 2008 I started my blog, This Mama Makes Stuff to highlight my refashioning projects as well as my other sewing & crafting projects (as well as some biking and running).

I'm so happy to be a part of Refashion Co-op!

I found this old dress at the thrift store and those ruffles told me it had a lot of promise.

You can find a few more details about the refashion HERE on my blog.