Troube (Cube Pouch) – Free PDF Sewing Pattern

Fancy sewing a small, compact pouch with real character?

With this free PDF pattern you can make the Troube — the cube pouch from the video — a small zipped, lined pouch that is perfect for make-up, small accessories, sewing kit or a child's treasures.

Its square, almost cubic shape gives it a lovely look and a real volume in a compact format.

✨ A compact cube pouch

The Troube is a lined fabric pouch with a zip and a nearly cubic volume.

• make-up bag;
• storage for small accessories;
• portable sewing kit;
• cables, earphones or odds and ends;
• a useful, colourful little handmade gift.

✂️ What you need

• one piece of outer fabric, 20 × 40 cm;
• one piece of lining, 20 × 40 cm;
• one piece of H250 fusible interfacing (or similar), 20 × 40 cm;
• one 20 cm zip;
• your usual sewing kit.

📐 The pattern

• one main piece, cut on the fold: 2 in the outer fabric, 2 in the lining, 2 in the interfacing;
• the whole pattern fits on a single page;
• seam allowances of 1 cm (3/8 in) included;
• beginner level, one size.

🎥 The video tutorial

📦 What you get in the download

• EN-A4-Troube-Cube-Pouch.pdf: the pattern in English, 1 A4 page;
• EN-LETTER-Troube-Cube-Pouch.pdf: the same pattern in US Letter, 1 page, with both test squares (5 cm and 1 inch);
• in the same download: the French, German and Spanish A4 versions.

The video is filmed in French; YouTube offers automatic subtitles and automatic dubbing in English.