Myös saksalaislähtöinen Maira on aloittanut ompeluharrastuksen jo 14-vuotiaana. Hän osti ensimmäisen OTTOBRE design® -lehtensä olleessaan vaihto-oppilaana Suomessa. Sen jälkeen palasi Saksaan opiskelemaan muotisuunnittelua. 

Myöhemmin elämä ja rakkaus kuljettivat Mairan Ruotsiin, jossa hän nykyisin työskentelee kaava- ja kangassuunnittelijana Elvelyckan designilla. Viime vuoden lopulla yksi Mairan unelmista kävi toteen, kun hänen suunnittelemaansa kangasta käytettiin OTTOBRE kids® 6/2020 -lehden mallistossa. Vaikka emme päässeet nauttimaan Mairan seurasta harjoittelijana ja kollegana, Elvelyckan design on varmasti saanut hänestä hyvän ja luotettavan työntekijän!

I loved looking through the OTTOBRE design magazines from my mother, when I was younger and started to make my first clothes when I was about 14 years old.

During my exchange year in Finland, I bought my first OTTOBRE magazine in Finnish. Around this time, I started to share my sewing journey on my Blog and on Instagram and found a lot of nice friends in the sewing community.

My dream was to become an internee at the Ottobre headquarter one day and to become part of this amazing magazine.

But after my exchange year I returned to Germany and started an apprenticeship in Stuttgart to become a custom tailor and fashion designer. I started to profess my hobby and passion.

After that life and love dragged me again into the north, this time to Sweden. I started to work as a pattern maker and fabric designer at Elvelyckan Design. And in the end of 2020 another dream came true when I saw my fabric that I designed, for Elvelyckan Design, in the Ottobre magazine 6/2020 and could become part of the magazine the first time.