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Glad everything worked out! You were smart to investigate other options.
I have an alterations appointment this weekend and I am a little nervous! But luckily I found a dress that is just the right length, so the only thing they should have to do is bustle and take in on the sides.
Yeah um, hemming is not rocket science, dude. And definitely not a $200 job. That's why we have sewing machines nowadays....they make everything magically quick. Kudos for gong to the dry cleaners, though! THey'll do a fine job.
And yay for $45 for the newer panels on top!
That is so weird that she would give you a $45 dollar deal and then try and charge you that outrageous amount for a hem... I'm glad you found a better deal :)
ejs4y8 - do you think that 45 was a decent price? I feel like it was decent and she knows what shes doing. i seriously felt sick after the appt tho, i wanted to cry. people just try to rip you off sometimes! Its ridiculous!
That's ridic. I wouldn't want to pay $200 for it either. But I bet a lot of brides do because they don't know of any other places.
Yay for you!
This is something that is scaring me because I just bought my dress and it needs significant alterations. I bought a sample (which was LUCKY), but it's too big in the bust area (who thought I'd EVER say that?!?) and I want to have the a-line skirt made into a much slimmer a-line. Basically, I have a dress with excellent bones that I want to be similar to a MUCH more expensive dress (it's the curse of falling in love with something that is over your price range and you're too much of a control freak to break the budget). You've given me hope that there ARE options if I get a quote for $500. lol
THANKS!
Arwen Bride - if the dress alterations are nothing intricate i really think that you can get better prices. please check around at all the dry cleaners, seamstresses, etc around your area. you might be surprised. since i found the hemming for so cheap, im now having anxiety about the jobs on the alterations for the front and straps. did i get ripped off there too?!
I think $45 for the top and back alterations is good because while it's relatively simple, the undoing and repinning will take her at least an hour, probably hour and a half to finish it all. It is a pain to undo stitches and repin them. It's not hard but it's time consuming. It always amazes me how long it takes to pin things together carefully. I wouldn't do my own neckline necessarily, so I'd pay $45 to have it done. But i would no way in heck pay $200 for the hem sheesh.
^ SERIOUSLY! I was choking. but i had a feeling that davids bridal where i bought the dress wouldnt do any better :\
Im so relieved that all my alterations to the dress will cost under 100. that was my limit and for a moment of madness i said i would hack the dress myself before i paid that much! hahah
Oh wow, your dry cleaners had a good save there! And I think $45 for work up top is a good deal, too. So you should be all set, as long as she'll just do the work up there quality now that she might know you're going elsewhere for the hem. (Some people just aren't professionals, you know?)
I'm not trying to worry you though!
LaborofLove - Actually she doesnt know i am going with another person for the hemming. she said she would call me when she finished the top and then ask if she wanted me to proceed with the hemming, ill break it to her then ;)
Man, I am scared to go for my alterations appointment in a month! I am going to need it taken in all over, but at least I don't need to get it hemmed. Good luck with the dry cleaners - let us know how it turns out, as I might want to go with a dry cleaners seamstress as well if my seamstress is astronomical.
daniellemybelle- i will keep you guys posted ;) im not really worried at all tobe honest. the seamstress who has done my pants has done the perfectly. it looks as though she never touched them! so im sure she can do it on my simple satin-y wedding dress ;)
This is why I bought a dress that fit me off the rack - no alternations necessary :)
GirlWithARing- LUCKY! I really regret how i rushed into buying a dress so soon. if i had just looked around longer i could have found a vintage dress that fit me. *sigh* I still love my dress i just regret how i went about the whole thing = =
My dress shop wants $350 to hem my dress (if by some miracle they actually add on the extra length they agreed to). I am considering going to my trusty alterations lady, but I still think it will be at least over $100
I guess I am in the minority. I sew a lot, and I would pay someone $200 to hem my dress. There is a lot of work and time involved in hemming a gown. And the work is a reflection of the person doing the work. My gown is a ballgown, so it would be worth it to me. I would never trust someone to do it for just $20.
noritake22- I also think it very much depends on the TYPE of dress. like if i had an all lace or intricate dress of some kind i most definetely would not trust a dry cleaner. but my dress is just SO SIMPLE that its almost impossible to mess up ya know?
I think it depends on how the hem is going to be done. If it's just a straight hem (ie, you can just fold up the fabric), then no problem. However, it if has to be done higher up (take something apart), I can see how it'll add up.
Dear Lord! Yeah, that's highway robbery. Thankfully my dress would have only needed 2" off but I found shoes that will take care of that problem. I do need my straps taken up a tad, but I think I have someone who can do that for me with no problem at all. So glad you looked around else where. That lady should feel really stupid.
So is she doing the panel part for you and the other lady doing the hem? Or are you having the new gal do it all?
I agree with everyone about it just depends on the dress. my dress is so simple (you can see in my profile) that its really just a straight dress. the fabric just needs to be cut shorter and thats it. its basically like any other dress.
Im having the original lady do the more detailed work as she DOES know whats shes doing. I trust the dry cleaners with the hemming but maybe not actual body work. does that make sense?
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So if your remember my last thread i went to go get my dress altered! I met with the seamstress in her home and we got to work! For shortening my straps, altering the front to make the from panels thinner and tightening the back it was 45. steal, i dont think i could get better BUT THEN she quoted me for the hemming of my dress that is way too long. she wanted 200 DOLLARS to hem my simple dress. I mean COME ON it has no embelishments, lace NOTHING, and her reasoning was there was 3 layers or tulle underneath. when i told her i didnt care about the quality of hemming on the tulle because no one would see it she still said it would be 200 regardless. Folks my dress was just over 300...im NOT in a position to pay that much
Thankfull i remembered the dry cleaners near my house has an AWESOME alterations lady. she seriously can sew a mean hem ;)
So i went tio the dry cleaners and asked how much it would be to hem the dress, and I said i didnt care about the perfect hemming of the tulle. they said 20 dollars.
yes 20 dollars. THANK THE LORD! OMG = =;;
I am so relieved i found someone who would do it cheap. and in case you ladies are wondering why i dont care about the hemming quality of the tulle it is because
1) no one will see the tulle its hiding under my dress. and
2) after the wedding im cutting the dress short to make it a cocktail dress anyways.
Sorry I know i just rambled and it isnt anything amazing. but i was just so relieved hehe