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These upcoming designs are part of my Homemaker series, celebrating the joy of creating, organising, gifting, and belonging. This is your first look at what’s coming next — five new patterns I plan to release throughout the year.

Please note that all these designs are in the concept stage, so don't place too much weight on what each sketch looks like or the name shown. Also, the release dates shown are approximate, and are subject to change as well.

I would love to get your feedback on what you'd like to see on each of these, and what you think of the themes.

#1: The Sunday Baking Apron (April)

There’s something quietly transformative about putting on an Apron.

It creates an identity shift that signals your care and intention in the everyday. It’s not about perfection. It’s about showing up to nourish, to create, and to take pleasure in the work of home.

‍My first pattern release for the year, arriving in around April, is the Sunday Baking Apron — a natural extension of the Sunday Baking series and a piece I’ve wanted to design for a long time.

Designed to be sewn in rustic linens, softened cottons, or heirloom-style fabrics, this apron balances romance with resilience. It can be beautifully detailed with thoughtful pockets, gentle gathers, and subtle design lines — or kept pared back and classic for a clean, hardworking finish. However you choose to stitch it, it’s built to handle real life: splashes, spills, heat, washing, and the honest wear of a well-used kitchen.

The Sunday Baking Apron is designed to be stitched with intention and worn often — a hardworking, beautiful staple that becomes part of your home’s story over time.

Releasing ~April 2026.

#2: The Sewist's Travel Kit (July)

Releasing mid-year, the Arabesque Sewists Travel Kit is more than a beautiful train case — it’s a thoughtfully engineered sewing system designed for women who like to be prepared. Hint: It's not an empty case.

Imagine unzipping your case and finding everything you need fitting together perfectly inside. Each component designed to nest, stack, or sit securely in its place. No loose threads, no rummaging, no forgotten essentials. Just calm, order, and the quiet satisfaction of knowing you’re ready to stitch.

This project is being developed as a modular collection — a cohesive set of companion pieces that work together inside the structured outer case. You’ll be able to tailor the interior to suit the kind of project you’re taking with you, whether it’s slow hand stitching, piecing on the go, or a work-in-progress that deserves better than a plastic bag.

Structured, secure, and beautifully proportioned, the Travel Box is designed to feel refined and enduring. It’s about travelling well — by car, by plane, or simply from room to room — with your creativity protected and organised.

Because stitching away from home feels entirely different when everything has its place.

Releasing June-July 2026

#3: Little Village Advent Calendar (~Oct)

Launching as part of our Christmas collection later this year, the The Little Village Advent Calendar is designed to slow December down.

This isn’t a calendar filled with sugar or small trinkets that are forgotten by Boxing Day. It’s an invitation to build something far more lasting — shared experiences, quiet rituals, and simple acts of togetherness woven into the fabric of your family life.

Inspired by the charm of village living and the warmth of community, this design centres around the idea that Christmas begins long before the 25th. Each pocket becomes a place to hold a moment: reading by candlelight, baking together, delivering a small gift to someone who needs encouragement, wrapping presents side by side.

The design itself carries a sense of hearth and home — a gentle nod to cottages lit from within, neighbours gathering, and the beauty of ordinary December evenings.

Sewing this calendar is about intentionally choosing connection over consumption. About shaping the kind of Christmas your children will remember long after the decorations are packed away.

A handmade heirloom for families who want December to feel meaningful, not rushed.

Releasing Sep-Oct 2026

#4: Kindred Village Stocking (~Oct)

Part of my Christmas collection, the Kindred Village Stocking is designed around one simple idea: thoughtful giving.

This isn’t about filling a stocking for the sake of it. It’s about choosing small, meaningful treasures — a handwritten note, a favourite chocolate, a tiny book, a token that says “I thought of you.” It’s about teaching children that generosity is not measured in size, but in care.

Designed to feel timeless and heirloom-worthy, this stocking is structured beautifully so it hangs with presence and holds its shape year after year. Whether sewn in classic linens, quilted cottons, or rich seasonal fabrics, it’s made to become part of your family’s December rhythm.

Hung by the fireplace, along a hallway rail, or at the end of a bed, it becomes a quiet symbol of anticipation — and of thoughtfulness.

Sewing this stocking is an act of intention. Filling it is an act of love.

Over time, it won’t just hold gifts. It will hold memories — of early mornings, whispered excitement, and the steady shaping of a generous home.

Releasing Sep-Oct 2026

#5: Gathering Tree Skirt (~Oct)

Completing my Christmas collection, the Gathering Tree Skirt is designed to be the quiet foundation of your December celebrations.

It sits at the centre of it all — beneath the lights, beneath the branches, beneath the anticipation. It’s where gifts are placed, where children sit cross-legged in their pyjamas, where wrapping paper gathers in messy piles on Christmas morning.

More than decoration, a tree skirt frames the heart of the room. It softens the space. It creates a sense of completeness. It draws everyone in.

Designed to feel timeless and enduring, this piece is intended to be stitched once and brought out year after year. Whether you choose subtle textures, classic colours, or a design that nods gently to village life and community warmth, it becomes part of your family’s visual memory of Christmas.

Sewing it is an investment in tradition. In atmosphere. In the feeling you want your home to carry each December.

Long after trends change, this is the piece that remains — grounding your celebrations and gathering your family close.

Releasing Sep-Oct 2026

Help Bring These Designs to Life

Every one of my patterns begins in my sketchbook — but it takes months of planning, prototyping, writing, photographing, and filming before it’s ready for your sewing table.

If you’d like to see these designs become reality, consider supporting me by joining Sewflow — my warm community that helps shape ideas into finished patterns. Members receive early access, behind the scenes updates, and deeper guidance.

And I’d still love to hear your thoughts, which of these upcoming designs speaks to you most? Is there something you hope it includes?

Leave a comment below — I always enjoy seeing what resonates with you.