And suddenly, 2026 arrived
As always, I write a small blog post about the year we are standing on the threshold of. Not in the form of New Year’s resolutions — I have never really been good at keeping those, who is? — but in the form of an intention. A quiet, yet insistent direction. Because if you don’t believe in it yourself, why set it at all?
I choose to believe in my intentions. Not because I know they will hold or unfold exactly as I imagine, but because believing in them sets the tone. A positive, hopeful tone — one I need to begin the year with.
2025 was a difficult year for me. A year of major, yet quiet, personal changes, and a year in which my business — and my working life — felt unsteady. I spent a long time in deep doubt about which direction to take, and I entered 2025 hoping it would give me answers.
It didn’t.
But 2025 did something else. It nudged me. Pointed me in a direction. Gave me a slow, but increasingly clear sense of what I want from 2026 — and perhaps beyond. Who knows.
For many years, my working life has largely revolved around coordination. Overview. Systems. I have spent enormous amounts of energy creating structure — something that does not come naturally to me — and along the way, parts of my passion quietly slipped away. That is something I want to reclaim.
I began gently in the final months of 2025. Small steps. Small realisations. But this is what will receive my greatest focus in 2026: rediscovering my passion for craftsmanship. For creating with my hands. For slowing down, immersing myself, and going deeper. In short, the passion of being a creative human being. And, of course, of sharing what I know.
This was, in fact, also a theme in 2025. But often, when something begins to take shape within us, time passes before we have the courage and capacity to act on it. That only came to me at the very end of the year.
Now I look ahead to a year that I hope will hold more creativity. More development. And not least, more teaching.
For many years, I have dreamed of learning another craft — or deepening one I already know. I have considered further studies, perhaps art history. I have thought about learning to knit on a knitting machine. But when all is said and done, my deepest passion always leads me back to the same place: clothing. Construction. Fit. Materials.
To working with truly beautiful fabrics, and exploring what happens in the interplay between material and craft.
That is why I have decided that 2026 will be the year I learn to weave. I want to create even more unique garments — built entirely from the ground up. Where not only every seam and cut is a conscious choice, but where every warp and every weft thread is, too.
It may sound a little extreme — I know that. But for someone who loves craftsmanship, loves clothing, and sees the creation of garments as an art form rather than merely a craft, this is my way of elevating the expression into something even more special.
Last year, I also released my Sewing Planner — a tool designed to support the sewing process, but also to encourage a more conscious relationship with one’s wardrobe. It will continue to play a role in 2026.
Alongside all the professional reflections, I have also been navigating something deeply personal: rediscovering my style. Finding myself as I am today. In a different body. With a different shape. A different energy level than five or six years ago. It has been a long journey — and it is not finished — but I can feel a breakthrough approaching. And that is something I want to give space to explore in 2026.
At its core, 2026 will likely be a year with a little more focus on me. On my dreams. On my thoughts about how I want to spend the rest of my working life. But also on how I choose to see myself — perhaps with more kindness than I have allowed myself for most of my life.
I will, of course, share the process. What I create. The reflections I have, and the path I choose to follow. Here on the blog, on YouTube, and on Instagram — but at a slightly quieter pace.
My dream is that what I share with you will have more depth and less urgency. That it will be allowed a longer life. Because that is how I thrive best. This applies both to the clothes I sew and to the content I send out into the world.
I hope you have a beautiful beginning to the new year.
With love
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