Most Irish women, and perhaps a few well-educated men, can probably recall a sewing or needlework project endured at school. A pillowcase, apron or skirt that took weeks to complete and usually resulted in your finger being transformed into a pin cushion, or perhaps that was just me? Arduous as they were, these largely fruitless yet noble endeavours served to teach impressionable minds an appreciation for how things are made. If you were lucky, you walked away with the ability to sew a button on a shirt, an invaluable skill as it turned out. For Rathfarnham-born Laura Weber, a pillow…

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