One of my favourite things about drawing patterns is to see how you add your own touch to my work. Not only by choosing fabrics and notions, but also by hacking them. It's just so creative when you use my…
Compagnie M.04/11/2016
Surprise! Today I launch a new sewing pattern: the Lewis winter coat for boys. Really... for boys! After drawing the Louisa for girls, I wanted to organise a contest with 3 categories. One of those would be a winter coat…
Compagnie M.04/11/2016
Today two of my 'seamstress search' candidates are sharing their Louisa coats. What I love about this way of working, is that I get to know new blogs. People that already follow Compagnie M. but that I didn't know before...…
Compagnie M.30/10/2016
Welcome again for a new Louisa coat overview! Barbara was the tester that finished her coat first. That's always a special moment. When a first person gives you feedback on your pattern. Goosebumps. I loved the result so much…
Compagnie M.29/10/2016
It's the last day of the Louisa coat pattern tour. I will miss seeing all the creations, but I'm sure it will not take a long time before new coats will be published. I'm organising a big Compagnie M. coat…
Compagnie M.28/10/2016
Nathalie has two adorable girls. You already know that. But I was so nicely surprised to see that she made both her girls a Louisa coat! Really! Sewing a coat is so much work, so respect Nathalie! Your girls are…
Compagnie M.28/10/2016
It's already day 4 of the tour and I have so many beautiful coats to share today! I'll start with Lille Gumma's (alias Linnea's) Louisa coat. She has sewn an adorable mini Louisa for her cute little girl. Doesn't she…
Compagnie M.27/10/2016
As I told you before I accidentally drew the first version of the pattern too large. This way I could easily add a size 11 and 12 to this new pattern. But actually it was rather difficult to find testers…
Compagnie M.26/10/2016
Today's first tour participant is Sylvia. I don't have to introduce you to my 'pattern-designer-buddy' anymore. I'm so happy that I launched the Lila pattern together with her! When she posted her first Louisa coat preview pictures on Instagram, I was blown…
Compagnie M.26/10/2016
I don't know if it's just me, but only recently I got to know Jill's Instagram account (kneewocksandgoldilocks). I think it was a repost from Art Gallery that made me scroll through her feed. WOW! This lady is so talented. That was…
Compagnie M.25/10/2016
In this first part of the 2nd Louisa coat pattern tour day, I'm redirecting you to 4 amazing blogs. But make sure to come back again because my last participant doesn't have a blog of her own so I gave…
Compagnie M.25/10/2016
As you ready for a massive tour? I have soooo many Louisa love to share with you. Not only 14 amazing tours participants did their very best to inspire you. I also organised 2 photoshoot days with some of the…
Compagnie M.24/10/2016
The 1st of September I started working on this project, seven weeks later I can finally launch a new pattern: the Louisa coat for girls. A quick introduction to this winter coat! (Make sure to read all the way till…
Compagnie M.20/10/2016
It's been 12 days since I showed my last Louisa coat. Oops! But I think you can already guess why... The Louisa coat pattern is ready and being printed at this very moment!!! Hooray! On Thursday you can buy the…
Compagnie M.18/10/2016
I think you know by now that I like to combine handmade clothes with 2nd hand stuff. But more often, I'm starting to use thrifted fabrics for my creations. In my first Louisa coat, I used a thrifted lining fabric and…
Compagnie M.06/10/2016
When I posted this Louisa coat in my testers group, one of the comments was: 'Looks amazing but I'm excited to see the back'. I was thinking: oops! I didn't do anything special with the back. No special detail in a…
Compagnie M.03/10/2016
Since the day I subscribed for my coat sewing course last year, I wanted to draw a coat for girls. It's like the icing on the cake for every pattern designer. So after our long holiday I felt more than…
Compagnie M.21/09/2016
I've sewn this remix pattern in the past but the dress turned out too short and in the end also too small... A pity because it was one of our favourites! It ended up as sewing room decoration. :) I took the same…
Compagnie M.06/09/2016
I don't know how this sometimes happens, but I never got to chance (till now) to show you my very first Noa pants. Hmmmm. Probably I was just too busy or the kids didn't felt like taking pictures. Probably it…
Compagnie M.18/08/2016