About Mimi Couture
Mimi and Sonia
Hello, this is Sonia!
When I was a child, I loved watching my mother, Mimi, sew. What impressed me the most were the beautiful festive dresses she made for me, my cousins, and herself. Seeing her sew so often, I quickly wanted to imitate her.
Of course, my dolls were the first to wear my creations. I remember having clothing catalogs for Barbie dolls, which came with patterns. With my mother’s help, I took great pleasure in making these outfits, so for me, playing with dolls became synonymous with sewing.
Over the years, sewing became an enjoyable hobby that helped me relax and clear my mind. Later, after finishing my studies in architecture (another thing I have in common with my mother), I decided to take sewing more seriously and make it one of my main activities.
As sewing became a bigger part of my life, some of my friends started getting interested in it as well. At their request, I helped them choose their first sewing machines, showed them how to use them, and taught them some basic sewing skills.
However, as they wanted to become more independent, they struggled to find clear, simple, and beginner-friendly resources to create their own clothes and accessories.
A Lack of Clear and Comprehensive Resources
Despite the availability of sewing patterns online and in certain magazines, they are rarely accompanied by clear and accessible tutorials to guide you through the project.
On the other hand, there are sewing tutorials that explain how to make different projects, but they rarely provide the matching pattern.
Some tutorials explain how to draw the pattern or provide rough sketches, but for a beginner or someone who simply wants to focus on making their own clothes and accessories—like my friends did—this process can be tedious, if not discouraging.
A Clear and Complete Tutorial for Every "Mimi Couture" Pattern
To support my friends and anyone new to sewing, my mother and I came up with the idea of creating the French-language YouTube channel Couture Facile Mimi, which later led to the English-language channel DIY Sewing Mimi, as well as the website Mimi Couture and our store Mimi Couture Patterns.
We decided to pair each "Mimi Couture" pattern with a clear and comprehensive tutorial that guides you step by step through the sewing process. This way, we hope to make sewing as accessible as possible and allow anyone interested to create their own clothes and accessories.
Whether it’s simple projects like pouches and coin purses or more ambitious ones like bags, dresses, sweatshirts, and pajamas, each project includes a ready-to-print PDF pattern and a step-by-step tutorial available on the website or as a video.
Feel Free to Contact Us
To achieve our goal of making sewing accessible to as many people as possible, we strive to make your experience with "Mimi Couture" patterns as enjoyable as possible. If you have any questions or encounter any difficulties, don’t hesitate to contact us.
You can use the contact form on the "Contact Us" page, send us an email, or reach out via social media—Facebook, Instagram, or Pinterest. You can also leave a comment under the relevant tutorial video.