Countryside Softies Dragonfly project

Countryside Softies Dragonfly project

by Danielle Dews on March 22nd, 2011

Now that we have been parading the characters from Countryside Softies past you for the past couple of months (in this blog post and this blog post), we thought we’d take a break from teasing you. In celebration of National Craft Month, we’ve giving Amy Adams’ Dragonfly project to you, right here, right now!

You are going to have a great time mixing and matching different scraps of fabric and experimenting with hand sewing and machine sewing to come up with your unique little insect. One of the coolest things about the softies in this book is that imperfect stitching actually adds to the personality of your project. I wouldn’t be surprised if you ended up making a whole menagerie of these little guys like Glenna did when we commissioned her to make some models for the VIPs we visit with at Book Expo America in May.

A menagerie of dragonflies and a couple of Collins from Fanciful Felties, who somehow snuck into the photo

Amy Adams‘ Dragonfly project is free for you in celebration of National Craft Month 2011. It’s one of 28 unique fabric softies in her new book Countryside Softies.

click here to download the project PDF.

Happy crafting!

Heidi Rand

Posted March 22, 2011 at 10:22 am | Permalink

These are great! Thanks for posting the project. Hmmm… I have some photos of gorgeous dragonflies in my backyard pond — I can print them on fabric and use the fabric for the dragonflies. Or is that too literal?
dls

Posted March 22, 2011 at 10:45 am | Permalink

Thank you for sharing this adorable project!
letrecivette

Posted March 22, 2011 at 11:26 am | Permalink

great this project! Thanks a lot for sharing this!
ciao monica
Debbie St. Germain

Posted March 22, 2011 at 7:34 pm | Permalink

That is a fun project and I have a friend who loves dragonflies, so I will have to make some for her. Thank you for the free pattern.

Debbie
Elaine

Posted March 23, 2011 at 6:32 am | Permalink

I love Dragonflies, and never thought anyone would make one quite like that. I love it, thank you so much for posting it.
Elaine
Kristy

Posted March 23, 2011 at 1:55 pm | Permalink

Those sneaky Collins
Chris

Posted March 23, 2011 at 5:09 pm | Permalink

I love these! thanks for the pattern!
Colleen

Posted March 23, 2011 at 5:09 pm | Permalink

What a cute little project! thanks!
Kelly

Posted March 25, 2011 at 2:29 pm | Permalink

These are so pretty!!!!
Thank you for sharing!!!http://runwithglitter.blogspot.com/
Rosali

Posted March 26, 2011 at 7:24 am | Permalink

Gracias por compartir el tutorial es muy hermoso. Saludos desde México.
Lisa

Posted April 7, 2011 at 9:05 am | Permalink

What a delightful dragonfly project. I’ll give it a try.

I hadn’t heard of this book prior to stumbling here. I’ll keep an eye out for it.

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