Dealer Focus: Bits & Bobs, Weymouth

Located in Wyke Regis, Weymouth, Bits & Bobs has plenty of sewing supplies and classes for craft lovers.

Sewing machines and a wide range of workshops in Weymouth

Bits & Bobs was founded in 2014 by Roberta (Bobs) as a new business venture. Bobs had bought the premises in 2013, but they were in dire need of renovation. Bobs wondered, one day, sitting amongst the bare shell of the building, whether she could run a shop in it – something she’d not yet tried in her career.

Bobs knew a bit about sewing and knitting and other crafts, having been bought up in a crafty family who made all their own clothes and accessories, but knew very little about retail. It couldn’t be that difficult, she thought, and so her journey began!

Haberdashery and sewing machines for all skill levels

Five years on, the shop is now well-stocked with plenty of fabrics, haberdashery, notions, crafting products, yarns, patterns, kits and threads - everything you might need for your favourite crafts. The shop specialises in dressmaking and quilting fabrics, and has supplies for all sorts of other crafts. Alteration and repair services for clothes, home furnishings and jewellery are also available.

The store sells a wide range of Brother sewing machines, including the new A series and high-performance Innov-is F420, embroidery machines such as the M280D, and Overlocker and Coverstitch machines. On top of these, it also offers accessories, servicing and repairs, helping sewists get the most from their machines.

Learn new skills with sewing classes and workshops

Bits & Bobs runs regular workshops and classes on a whole host of topics, including:

• Quilting Techniques
• Working with Fusible Materials
• Free Arm Machine Embroidery
• Specific Sewing classes
• Applique
• Learn to Sew
• Pattern Interpretation
• Getting the Best from your Sewing Machine or Overlocker
• Learn to Crochet
• Knitting
• Needlefelt
• Textile Painting
• Hand Embroidery
• Soft Furnishings 
• Have a Go for a Tenner 

Bespoke classes are available for customers who want to tailor their training and the shop also offers children’s workshops during the school holidays, with all staff DBS-checked. Bits & Bobs also hosts the annual Weymouth & Portland Sewing Bee competition in aid of Project Linus, their preferred charity.

Since the outset, Bits & Bobs has run Crafternoon, its own informal group meeting once a week where a friendly group meet to share ideas and chat over tea and cake, and the business also offers a discount scheme to various affiliated groups in the town, such as the Women’s Institute and The Hardy Quilters. Lastly, the store's experts exhibit at regional shows throughout the year and produce period costumes for historical societies. All of this is in line with their strap line: keeping the knowledge alive!

Sewing supplies in idyllic Wyke Regis

Bits & Bobs is located on the A354, south of Weymouth in a large village called Wyke Regis, (famous for it’s smuggling history) and is popular with holiday makers and campers. The shop has its own free car park outside the shop and is very easy to find on a parade of small shops and eateries in the locality, including a community café to rear of the premises.

Whether you're visiting on holiday or live nearby and need a base for all your sewing, embroidery, quilting and crafting projects, Bits & Bobs is a fantastic choice, with lots to offer!

Bits & Bobs
114 Portland Road, 
Wyke Regis, 
Weymouth, 
Dorset, 
DT4 9AD
01305 773966
bitsandbobsweymouth@gmail.com 

Open Monday - Saturday, 10am - 4pm 

Website - https://www.bitsandbobscrafts.co.uk/

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