A mixed media embroidery course with Fleur Woods.

Slow down, explore your stash, and reconnect with the tools and treasures that spark your creativity. Fleur shares simple ways to remove creative barriers, and how to let intuition lead.

You’ll discover how to:

• Curate your materials with purpose and joy.
• Create time to stitch whenever inspiration strikes.
• Understand the “what and why” behind your tools and supplies.

Colour can bring pure joy, or complete confusion. Fleur helps you get comfortable with it – guiding you through the basics so you can break the rules and create your own unique palette. Learn to balance colour, texture, and composition.

This stage equips you with:

• The tools to identify your personal colour palette.
• A relaxed understanding of colour theory and harmony.
• The confidence to use colour and texture to enhance your designs.

Explore Fleur’s go-to stitches, experiment with fibres, and play with scale, texture, and density. From beginners to experienced stitchers, discover the potential individuality in every mark you make.

Expect to come away with:

• A personal stitch sampler to guide and inspire future projects.
• An understanding of how different stitches communicate form and feeling.
• The confidence to more freely express yourself in your own mark-making.

It’s play-time! Fleur shares her signature mixed-media techniques for creating beautiful, stitchable backgrounds that add depth and individuality to your work.

This stage equips you with:

• Simple ways to create washes, drips, and abstract effects with ease.
• Techniques for making your own unique, stitch-friendly backdrops.
• The skills to mix paint and thread for truly one-of-a-kind embroidery pieces.

Designing and drawing don’t have to feel intimidating – they're simple foundations that can give you more freedom to explore and evolve your ideas. Sketch, trace, and print fabrics to create layered, story-filled designs.

Expect to come away with:

• Greater confidence in using design and drawing as creative tools.
• Practical skills for building layered compositions and transferring imagery.
• A deeper understanding of how structure supports artistic freedom.

Explore quicker, more textural techniques inspired by nature. Join Fleur on a walk by the sea as she shares how to translate natural forms, colours, and textures into expressive fibre art.

This stage equips you with:

• The skills to master punch needling and working confidently with different fibres.
• Techniques for creating rich, textural pieces inspired by nature.
• A renewed approach to embroidery that’s faster, freer, and more tactile. 

Set your inner child free with hands-on ways to add dimension to your work. Immerse yourself in curiosity, creativity, and the joy of making unique hand-built elements for your future textural pieces.

You’ll discover how to:

• Create clay and fibre forms to add height and texture to your work.
• Group and arrange elements using Fleur’s zero-adhesive approach.
• Expand your creative toolkit with sculptural techniques that invite freedom and play.

Take your work to the next level as you dive deeper into texture, colour, and adding the details. Building on your earlier projects, you’ll slow down, layer thoughtfully, and add the finishing touches that make your pieces shine.

Expect to come away with:

• A deeper understanding of how to elevate your work through fine details.
• Techniques for layering colour, texture, and outlines with intention.
• The joy of seeing your pieces transform into cohesive, expressive artworks.

It’s time to celebrate everything you’ve learned, by designing your own textile collage. Play freely, experiment boldly, and trust your creative instincts as you combine colour, texture, and composition into a cohesive work of mixed media embroidery.

By the end, you’ll have:

• Designed and created your own unique textile collage.
• Learned techniques to blend, layer, and attach elements seamlessly.
• Gained the confidence to trust your process and overcome creative roadblocks with ease.

Fleur guides you through the often-overlooked art of finishing and presenting your work. Honour your creative process from start to finish, and discover simple, budget-friendly ways to professionally display your embroidery.

By the end, you’ll be able to:

• Display and present your embroidery art beautifully and confidently.
• Share the story and intention behind your creations.
• Value your creativity by displaying your work in a way that reflects its spirit and care. 

Building a Brand
Fleur has built a thriving, authentic brand – and she shares how you can too. Explore her tips for building a creative presence that feels true to you, from social media and storytelling to collaborations and intuition-led decisions.

You’ll be inspired by learning:

• Practical ways to build and express your unique creative brand.
• How to confidently share your work and collaborate with purpose.
• To trust your gut and stay true to your artistic voice.