Christmas Tree Pouch – Free PDF Sewing Pattern

This free sewing pattern lets you make an adorable pouch shaped like a Christmas tree.

Decorative and practical at once: it works as reusable gift wrap, as a little sweets bag, or as a table decoration for the party. Sew several and you have a home-made Advent calendar.

✨ What it is for

• reusable gift wrapping;
• a sweets or small-gift pouch;
• decoration for the table or the window sill;
• an Advent calendar to hang up.

📐 About the pattern

• one size;
• two pieces only: the tree (cut 4 times on the fold) and the trunk (cut once);
• seam allowances of 1 cm (3/8 in) included;
• beginner level — a first project on the machine.

✂️ What you need

• poplin or cretonne for the outer, 30 cm high × 40 cm wide;
• poplin or cretonne for the lining, 30 cm high × 40 cm wide;
• poplin or cretonne for the trunk, 8 × 9 cm;
• about 10 g of wadding to stuff it (or fabric scraps, or nothing at all);
• 100 cm of ribbon, 6 to 10 mm wide, or cord;
• your usual sewing kit.

📦 What you get

• the free PDF pattern for the Christmas tree pouch;
• the file EN-A4-Christmas-Tree-Pouch.pdf, 1 page, fully in English;
• the same pattern in US Letter (1 page, both test squares included);
• also in the download: the French, German and Spanish A4 versions;
• a step-by-step video tutorial.

🎥 The video tutorial

Julien sews the pouch in the Couture Enfant video and walks you through every step. It is in French; YouTube's auto-translated subtitles can be switched on.

🗣️ Pattern language

The sheet is fully in English: piece names, cut quantities, grain line, place-on-fold, test square and all printing instructions. Only the video is in French.