STITCHED WOVEN WHEELS ON FELT- SATURDAY 17 OCTOBER
HOSTED BY LAURA KIRBY CRAFTS
THE WORKSHOP
HOSTED BY LAURA KIRBY CRAFTS
AT SOL CREATIVE FOUNDRY
Get to Know Us
A hand-stitching workshop for anyone who wants to take a familiar embroidery stitch somewhere more sculptural — building raised, woven wheels on felt using a mix of cottons, wools and ribbons.
What you'll do
You'll learn the woven wheel stitch from scratch, then choose from a wide selection of cottons, wools and ribbons to build your own composition on felt — playing with colour combinations and thread weights as your confidence builds through the session.
Who it’s for
Anyone drawn to textile art, mindful stitching, or building on hand-embroidery skills.
No experience needed. This is a good fit if you:
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want to learn a simple hand-sewing stitch
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like the idea of making something both pretty and practical
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enjoy slow, fiddly, hands-on work
What’s included
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All materials — felt, cottons, wools and ribbons
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Tools and guidance throughout
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Tea and coffee
ABOUT LAURA
Laura Kirby has always had a strong aptitude and curiosity for arts and crafts. Her earliest memory is a quilled card she made at the age of eight, and she has kept learning new techniques ever since — most recently mindful embroidery and iris folding. Her work has been shown in local exhibitions, including at The EDGE Café in Cambridge, and she enjoys crafts stalls throughout the year, always aiming to make things unusual and quirky.
Laura found her way into teaching by accident. She trained and worked in archives management, and it was a course in teaching and training adults, taken just for fun in 2018, that changed her path. She began volunteering as a crafts teacher for a mental health charity and a church, building her skills as she went.
Between 2022 and 2024, Laura and a friend received funding from a local charity to co-teach card making and other crafts for wellbeing, running community sessions called Fantastic Cards in Cambridge, inspired by mentoring from Cambridge Community Arts. In September 2024 she started Happy Crafters, a series of community crafts groups in a local café in Histon.
Laura's workshops draw on skills she has taught herself in card-making, sewing and embroidery, with a focus on wellbeing, fun, creativity and practicality. All workshops are suitable for beginners and all materials are provided.
You can find Laura on Instagram and Facebook at @laurakirbycrafts.