CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR OPENING TIMES
Christmas Eve: 9.30am – 2pm
Christmas Day & Boxing Day: Closed
27th – 29th December: Closed
Monday 30th December: 10am – 3pm
Tuesday 31st December: 10am 3pm
New Year’s Day: Closed
Thursday 2nd December: Open as normal 9.30am – 5pm
Check out the Online Shop/Workshops if you want to learn a new skill in 2025 CLICK HERE
We’ve got crochet for beginners, improvers and beyond. If sewing’s your thing, we’ve got free motion embroidery and quilting tasters and bag-making sessions in the pipeline and for the knitters there’s a sock-knitting workshop.
**NEW ** Opening hours: Mondays: 11.30am – 8pm; Tuesday to Friday – 09.30 to 5.00pm and Saturdays until 4.00pm
We will open later on a Monday and stay open later into the evening for Monday Makers’ Circle – full details coming soon!
Your one-stop shop for knitters, sewing enthusiasts, crocheters or just those wishing to learn a new skill. Situated in the heart of Southbourne Grove in sunny Bournemouth, BH6 3RA, we stock a vast range of haberdashery items for all your sewing and dressmaking needs, from bias binding to buttons, knicker elastic to zips and everything in between. We also have a comprehensive range of fabrics for dressmaking and soft furnishings, including cotton poplins, viscose, linens, jersey, boucle, McCalls and some indie patterns, trimmings, decorative finishes, Anchor embroidery threads, hoops and accessories and fabric dyes. For knitters and crocheters we stock Sirdar, Rowan Mode, Stylecraft, King Cole and Rico yarns as well as knitting and crochet essentials, patterns, craft, crochet and knitting kits. For the home we stock net curtains in 14 different drops and pvc table coverings sold by the metre. We offer one-to-one lessons as well as workshops for those wishing to learn to sew, knit or crochet. Get in touch for details.
We are also stockists for Brother Sewing Machines. We have most of the Innov-is A range of machines to demonstrate, along with the F420 and NV1300 sewing & quilting machines. Also for demo is the 880 embroidery machine and over lockers. Come in any time for a demonstration. The ever-reliable John carries out our machine servicing and repairs too – just bring your machine in and John will have it returned within a week usually. All makes and models serviced.
Our aim is to provide you with the inspiration, skills and equipment to create, learn, make and mend … so whether you need something to jazz up an outfit, some ideas for your kids’ fancy dress, some thread to patch your jeans or you want to learn a new skill, we can help you haberdasher-do!
Thanks – Jane, Helen & Ali – the Haberdasherdo Crew
