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Who am I?

I’m Marie, in my forties, based in the Loire (42) in France, with my husband and our two children.

Portrait of Marie Alhomme, smiling
An oil still life I painted as a teenager

I’ve always needed to create, ever since childhood: painting, cross-stitch, theatre, singing, writing... more than a passion, I need it to feel good.

I’m autistic, gifted, with ADHD 😅
What could look like a burden, I know to be a driving force: a visceral need to explore, to learn, to keep finding new things to make.

I’m also, and above all 🤭, a foodie, a devourer of good food, books and films, I love dogs and I love making people laugh.

I looked for my medium for a long time.
A visual-arts nut, I studied cinema and then 3D design for video games. I’ve been building websites professionally since I was 17. And I even tried my hand at book and magazine publishing.

No cigar, something was always missing.

It was sewing, in 2016, then leatherwork, in 2020, that finally answered that quest.
I rediscovered the love of detail and the intellectual challenge of my digital career, plus the tactile, sensory and emotional side it had always lacked.
As long as I steered clear of overconsumption, THE classic trap of the field (a reminder that the textile industry is one of the most polluting sectors in the world, usually ranking between 2nd and 5th depending on the ranking 🫠).

Baby blanket made of several rectangles of sentimental fabrics

The trigger came from a blanket, sewn for the arrival of our second child, from fabrics that mattered to our family: my first baby wrap, a t-shirt from my late father, a scrap of my niece’s lovey...
That mix of materials and emotions shook me.

Because right then, I understood that with my hands TOO, I could tell stories.

Ever since, bespoke has been at the heart of what I do: transforming the fabrics that matter to other people, more than 80 pieces so far, with Raconteuse d’Histoires Textiles ↗ (new tab).

And when I’m not telling other people’s stories, I’m telling my own: I thrift fabrics that “whisper” something to me, and I assemble them into unique pieces, ready to adopt at Maroquinerie Sentimentale ↗ (new tab).

A hand handling an orange-toned fabric among others

I still had one thing to solve: many people tell me they’re afraid of damaging a precious fabric by wearing it, or they simply don’t love bags and wallets enough to have one made. Fine 🤷🏻‍♀️
So I spent a long time looking for a home-decor object that would showcase their fabrics in an interesting, varied and original way... with no risk of premature wear.
It took me four or five years to find the right answer: Kinusaiga, a Japanese textile art, like a picture to hang, where memories are displayed on the wall.
After almost a year of work on it, I launched it in autumn 2026 with Kinusaiga Sentimental ↗ (new tab): ready-to-hang pictures, bespoke pieces, and kits and workshops so you can give it a go too.

And the code in all this? I never stopped: I still build websites for other people, with PouipouiDesign ↗ (new tab). Because beautiful code is art too.

My road isn’t over yet: there will always be a new material to explore, a story to coax out of a piece of fabric... 🌪️
And that’s the good stuff!

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