Plain & simple: that's all it takes when combining beautiful fabrics. This chambray & Art Gallery fabric were meant to be... a Louisa. I didn't change anything to the pattern I had, but I wish I did: the dress turned…
Although I'm in the final stage of developing the Julia sweater pattern, I couldn't resist experimenting with the Louisa dress! When Katelijne from Mondepot asked me to sew with her fabrics for a professional photo shoot, I just knew that I…
We had a great day at the seaside last Friday. Louisa x2! An old one and a new one. The mint green Louisa was sewn by Annika at Abilmente: again! Thanks a lot for this great Louisa. I think the mint…
Today the 3rd issue of STYLO magazine has been released. Together with Sharon and Eva, I got the opportunity to represent Belgium! I choose to sew two of my own favourite patterns. The popular Louisa and my latest pattern, the Charles…
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…
Since the day I made this dress I've fallen in love with Hamburger Liebe fabrics! Susanne (the owner of Hamburger Liebe) was charmed by my creation and asked me to guest post on her blog. Since I've just launched my Louisa…
Today I'm launching the Louisa dress in German! The Louisa pattern is the first pattern that I had translated to German. Hopefully more will follow. :) No launch without a tour: of course most of you already know the Louisa…
An exciting announcement today! I'm launching my Louisa dress pattern in French! I found a very good translator: a native speaker addicted to sewing! Perfect match if you ask me... You can buy the French version of the Louisa dress…
Intro I'm sure I don't have to introduce Suz anymore! She made two adorable dress for her smallest girls and will be making a third one for Isabella! So much sewing fun with a lot of polka dot fabrics... I…
Exactly one year ago I made two dolls for the 2nd B-days of the girls! 'Poppen van Tante Hilde' was the perfect book to guide me though this project! One year later it was time to start sewing some new…
The 12th of January 2014, so actually next year, I'll be organising my very first workshop. How exciting! After posting my thoughts about a workshop on Facebook, there seemed to be enough interest, so if you like to sew the Louisa…
Today I don't announce the release of new patterns, but the translations of my Mara blouse pattern & Louisa dress pattern to Dutch! How strange when your mother tongue is Dutch... It almost felt like the English versions sounded more natural to…
Just a small practical thing that I would like to let you know. The Dutch version of the Louisa dress pattern is ready. So if you already bought the English version, you should have received an update in your mailbox…
Last but not least I have two great ladies to announce! For Jenya it's hasn't been her first Compagnie M. sewing project. After this first Mara blouse, she recently created a lovely Mara dress for her participation in the secret squirrel series. So…
When I saw 'by Eva Maria' appearing in the list of pattern testers, I just couldn't refuse asking her again. I love her work soooooo much! She always chooses the right fabric with the right pattern and then adds these…
I hope you're enjoying this pattern tour? Well to be honest I do. It's just great to see how creative you all are with my Louisa dress pattern! I'm especially a big fan when people start to 'Flip my pattern'. Most of…
Around the time that I was drawing the pattern of the Louisa dress, Suz & Laura announced their Christmas series. The impressive list they announced blew me away! Of course I wanted to ask some of these great bloggers to participate in…
Today I'm announcing the release of my Louisa dress pattern. After posting my first version I got overwhelmed with positive reactions, so I hope you like the way I interpreted your feedback to draw this pattern! You can find the Louisa…
The last step in the finalisation of my Louisa pattern is like always the most difficult part for me: how shall I describe this dress? I have 3 back options so that's something I have to mention for sure. And of…
Debora did it again: she made another wonderful version of the Louisa dress! Check out her blogpost HERE! That's all I wanted to share. Happy blog hopping!