When I saw this wonderful Birch fabric at Bobby Sewing I just had to buy it. At first I planned to make a Candy dress (La Maison Victor) out of it, but in the end I decided to keep it…
Just because I love this pattern! It's easy and quick to sew. A perfect pattern for fabrics with stunning prints like this beauty from Stoffe & Koffe. What more do I need to say!? I don't know if you've noticed,…
I got the opportunity to try some great fabrics from the new Nosh collection! Since Nore and Lise are bicycle champions, I choose this cute fabric combination. Although in general I don't like to work with figurative fabrics, I have the…
This is the 4th Maggie Mae dress I've ever sewn. Can't deny that I still love this dress! Although technically it's not the most sophisticated pattern, I'm always happy with the result when it's finished. Just like last year, Lisa's birthday…
Together with Annika from Näh-connection, who is giving the sewing workshops here at Abilmente in Vicenza, we are giving away a huge amount of prizes. All the details can be found on her blog : http://naeh-connection.blogspot.it/2014/10/abilmente-biggest-italian-craft-fair.html If you're visiting the…
Lisa and Nore are going back to school! That means it's time to catch up with all the work that has been waiting to be done! One of those projects is the Mara look-book! First of all I would like to…
For the back-to-the-roots-action, I made two prize packs: One for the sew-along , but also one for the tour participants! What's more fun than being able to win great prizes when you participate in a big tour like this? I…
Details: This pattern is for a blouse that has a tutorial included on how to make it an A-Line dress. That’s the option I chose here. Sizes: 1Y to 10Y, so you can get a ton of use from this…
If you follow me on Facebook you might know that I'm launching some patterns for big girls (ladies!) this autumn. Yeah! I already revealed that the Julia sweater & the Swing skirt have been drawn in one test size yet. Can't…
When I launched my Louisa dress in German, I received some awesome fabrics from Pamela, one of the Lillestoff designers. She asked me if I'd be happy to try to sew my dress in her jersey fabrics. Of course I wanted…
Holiday to us is... enjoying small things & our handmade clothes! ... using cherries to turn the kids into princesses! ... pretending to be a cowboy! ... picking berries & preferably eating them faster then we can pick! ;) ...…
Since I want to dedicate this summer completely to the Mara blouse pattern, offering a French and German version of the Mara blouse pattern seems obvious! I don't want to exclude anyone from the sew-along so I hope some French…
Exactly one year ago I was preparing the launch of my first commercial pattern: the Mara blouse. As you might remember, this versatile blouse pattern was called after a river in Maramures, Romania. Since we're back in the very same…
From time to time, I hear people complaining that tiling a pattern is a lot of work. I can't blame you of course, because it IS a lot of work. But here are some options when you don't like to…
Today I'm launching my Lucy dress / top / skirt pattern. You can buy it for 7 euro in MY SHOP. The Lucy dress / top / skirt is the perfect summer pattern. In about one hour, you can create…
Since I'm on holiday at the moment, working is not my priority! ;) But tomorrow a basic version of my Lucy dress pattern will be published in Love Sewing Magazine UK. I got the opportunity to write 4 pages for…
Two days ago I posed a simple question on Facebook: would you like me to organise a Lucy dress workshop. So many positive reactions! Thanks a lot for being so excited. So yesterday I immediately planned a workshop and a…
Since the Louisa workshops were a big success (also for me), I added two more to my workshop calender. The 8th or 10th of April (during our Belgian Easter holiday) you can join one of my workshops at Madeline De…