Sometimes I just don't find the energy to take pictures of my creations. I have so many 'unblogged projects'. You can't imagine. But then all of the sudden spring is in town and we all get a vitamine D boost. That's…
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…
It's time for a new contributor's week! Before we started the series, we picked the themes. The Susanne week was supposed to be online about 2 months ago. But because we had to wait for the Art Gallery fabrics for…
I love Lara's little story about tailored dresses and fabric prints! ;) But I'm especially pleased to read that the Louisa dress pattern was spot on for her. That's the biggest compliment a pattern designer can get. Thanks a lot…
Dorothée is one of those bloggers I admire a lot. She's super creative and her pictures are always perfectly styled! For my contest the made this 'upside down Louisa' as she calls it. A beautiful hack that I will surely…
Today I show you two last Louisa dresses, but I'm sure you will see a lot more amazing versions appearing soon on the internet. If you sew a Louisa dress yourself, feel free to send me the result. Can't wait…
As you've probably seen already, Lindsy, Evi and An organised a great photoshoot! Make sure to visit their blogs to see the beautiful result. Thanks ladies!! You can tell that you had a great time! Amazing pictures, is one of the…
Four Louisa dresses on this 3rd tour day! These ladies blogposts are so sweet, so make sure to visit their blogs! Thanks ladies for begin part of the test event and for your kind words. :) (Click on the images…
More Louisas for you: stunning dresses sewn by amazing ladies. Laura is a sweetheart. Every one that ever met her knows that. For me it was the first time that I saw Els in real life and I hope we'll keep…
Today I'm launching the Louisa dress of women. Both on paper and as a PDF pattern. I've been really looking forward to this moment. Ever since I launched the Louisa for girls, I got the question to release this one.…
Today I'm presenting the last Louisa dress option. Next to the big kangaroo pocket, I wanted to have a 2nd alternative pocket wise. :) The kangaroo pocket is what makes the Louisa so unique, but I can understand that you don't…
Today I present to you the final Louisa dress with kangaroo pocket. One of my favourite dresses ever! Not only because of the big pocket, but also because of the amazing fabric. To be honest with you: I don't know what type of…
Exactly seven weeks ago I started drawing my very first test version of the Louisa for women. Two weeks later I made this basic Louisa dress with a stunning Nani Iro canvas. Yes canvas. It's a soft, light weight canvas…
Last week was hectic. I had to prepare for the Louisa dress test event. I invited 28 Belgian and 2 Dutch seamstresses to sew a 2nd test version of the Louisa dress for women at Bar Stark. After preparing the…
Here is my very first attempt at the Louisa dress. I am VERY new to sewing and I couldn't be happier with how it turned out! The pattern was fantastic for a beginner and I look forward to trying it…
In my opinion the Compagnie M. pattern collection was still missing a pinafore. So I hacked the Louisa dress pattern and turned it into one. I used the big pocket piece to draw the new dress front and added triangular…
Mijn eerste Louisa werd een ééntje in een stofje uit de eerste collectie van Soft Cactus. Het werd direct een geslaagde combinatie, en het kleedje werd graag gedragen door mijn dochtertje van toen 1,5 jaar. In de zakken werden heel…