My Planned Sewing Makes for 2026: What I’m Hoping to Make This Year
After sharing my favourite makes of 2025 and seeing such a lovely response, it felt only right to look ahead and share what’s on my sewing wish list for the year to come.
I’ve learned that having a loose plan but not a rigid schedule, helps me sew with intention rather than impulse. These are the projects I’m most excited about for 2026: a mix of wardrobe staples, thoughtful repeats, trend-led details and a few pieces I know I’ll reach for again and again.
Some are firmly planned, others still evolving… and that feels very on brand.
1. Maison Fauve • Tempete Blouse Sewing Pattern
The first make I have planned for 2026 is the Tempete Blouse by Maison Fauve… it's a pattern I’ve admired for a while and one that feels like a great way to start the year.
Inspired by a ready-to-wear piece, I’m making mine in the Blunt Chambray by Mind the MAKER. I love the idea of pairing a beautifully drafted, slightly dramatic blouse with a fabric that’s wearable and unfussy.
This pattern is classed as an intermediate make, largely due to the zip closure at the neckline. I’m planning to replace this with a button-and-slit back closure instead, which feels more in keeping with how I want to wear the blouse. It’s a small change, but one that reminds me how easy it is to personalise a pattern and make it work for you — one of the things I love most about sewing.
If it turns out how I’m imagining, it’ll be a piece I reach for often — relaxed enough for everyday, but with just enough detail to feel special. With the option to make it sleeveless too, I can already see this becoming a style I return to again and again
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2. Friday Pattern Company • Button Shirt Sewing Pattern
Next up is the Butano Shirt by Friday Pattern Company, a pattern that feels very much of the moment, I love the clean silhouette and the detachable neck tie is a real bonus.
Neck-tie details had a real moment last season and are still very much lingering, and this shirt feels like a wearable way to nod to that trend without it feeling overdone. I’m planning to make mine in a Brushed Check Cotton by Sevenberry, in the Black & Grey colourway.
Stylistically, I’ve been drawn to this look partly thanks to Claudia Winkleman on The Traitors, and partly through Instagram favourites Aki and Koichi, pictured above. It's effortless, slightly androgynous, and quietly confident. This one feels like it could become a real wardrobe staple.
3. Tessuti • Evie Bias Skirt Sewing Pattern
The Evie Bias Skirt by Tessuti is one of those patterns that just makes sense, and again has been on my list to make for a while now.
It’s suitable for beginners, endlessly versatile, and the kind of piece that slots seamlessly into an existing wardrobe. I’m thinking a satin or sateen for this make, most likely in a plain colour, letting the simplicity of the silhouette do the talking.
This feels like a “quiet hero” project: not flashy, but incredibly useful. I can already imagine making more than one version of this style.
4. The Assembly Line • Drop Waist Dress Sewing Pattern
The Drop Waist Dress by The Assembly Line was my favourite make of 2025, I wore this on repeat last summer and I’m keen to sew another version for summer 2026.
This time, I’m planning to use one of the Cotton Poplins from Atelier Brunette to give the dress a slightly more structured silhouette. It’s such an easy piece to throw on and go, and changing up the fabric feels like a natural evolution rather than a repeat for the sake of it. If a pattern earns a second (or third) make, in my book that’s always a good sign.
5. Ann Ringstrand • Sew 10 Matching Key Styles for Your Wardrobe
From Sew 10 Matching Key Styles for Your Wardrobe, by Ann Ringstrand, I keep circling back to two options — and I can’t quite decide which one comes first.
The Archer Pants, above, are calling to me in a Light Gabardine by Atelier Brunette, structured, modern and very much aligned with the kind of wardrobe I’m trying to build.
But then there’s the Winterfell Skirt, inspired by the many kilts worn by Claudia’s on The Traitors, I can imagine this kilt like skirt in a Deadstock pinstripe fabric which I have arriving soon. This style is elegant, wearable, and perfect for layering.
What ties all of these planned makes together is wearability. I’m not chasing trends for the sake of it, I'm choosing patterns and fabrics that I genuinely want to wear .
Some of these projects may change as the year unfolds (they often do), but sharing my plans feels like a lovely way to start 2026 — and maybe inspire your own sewing list along the way.
If you’re planning your next project and looking to buy sewing patterns or fabric online, I hope this gives you a little nudge of inspiration to choose something you’ll love wearing again and again.
Here’s to thoughtful sewing, beautiful materials, and seeing where the year takes us.