MiMinaudière – Free PDF Sewing Pattern

📍 Level: Beginner • Video tutorial length: 36 min

Meet the free MiMinaudière PDF pattern: a small, elegant and practical pouch you can sew yourself. With its two zipped compartments and detachable chain, it works for an evening out as well as every day.

This lined clutch is both smart and functional: two separate compartments hold your essentials (phone, cards, keys, lipstick), and two zips keep everything secure. The swivel clasp lets you hook it onto a larger bag or carry it on its own.

📄 What this free pattern includes

• the full-size pattern, available in French, English, German and Spanish;
• three paper formats: A4 for French, German and Spanish, and A4 plus US Letter for English;
• the material list and the sheet layout guide;
• a 5 cm test square (and 1 inch on the US Letter version) so you can check the print is at 100%.

📏 Size

One size — approximately 18 × 12 cm, depending on how you assemble it.

🧵 What you need

• Outer fabric: 20 cm (H) × 50 cm (W) in a heavy fabric such as jacquard, canvas, denim or upholstery fabric
• Lining fabric: one 50 × 50 cm square in a lighter fabric such as cretonne, poplin or cotton
• Interfacing: 20 × 50 cm of heavyweight fusible interfacing such as H630 (or equivalent) to give the clutch body
• Zips: 2 zips, one 21 cm and one 17 cm
• Swivel clasp: 1 × 25 mm
• Ring: 1 × 20 mm D-ring
• Matching thread, scissors, pins, sewing machine

📐 Prepared fabric dimensions

• Outer: 20 × 50 cm
• Lining: 50 × 50 cm
• H630 interfacing: 20 × 50 cm
• Zips: 21 cm + 17 cm

✂️ Technical details

• Pouch with two zipped compartments
• Clean inner lining
• Detachable swivel clasp to carry it or hook it to a bag
• Pocket-sized, ideal for evenings or everyday use
• Outer fabric reinforced with interfacing for a crisp finish
• Sewing accessible to motivated beginners

🎬 The video tutorial