Debbie is a professional seamstress with 30 years experience in sewing and fashion design.
Wedding dresses are her speciality, she has altered thousands of them re built some, made dresses from scratch, sized them up, sized them down repaired them and made bridal gowns into christening gowns for babies that have followed the wedding.
We also offer an alterations service for most items of clothing
See below for our price list for alterations.
Please note Bridal alteration prices are subject to change as the dress and fitting will need to be completed to gauge the full extent of the cost of the alteration, please call Debbie to book an appointment for your fitting.
ALTERATIONS PRICE LIST
Trousers /Jeans (Prices From)
Shorten £9.50
New zip plain £8.00
New zip invisible £10.00
Suit trousers zip £10.00
Lengthen £8.00
Hem turn-ups £11.50
Shorten incl.lining £12.00
Taper legs 2 plain seams £10.00
Taper legs 4 plain seams £18.00
Take in waist & seat £12.00
Let out waist £12.50
Re-hem (2 legs) £6.00
Waist darts £8.00
Skirts (Prices From)
Shorten / lengthen hem £8.00
Shorten with lining £11.50
Shorten hem pleated £15.50
Let-out/take-in waist £13.00
Let-out/take-in waist & hips £15.50
Replace lining (full length) £18.00
New zip plain £8.00
New zip with lining £12.00
New zip invisible £10.00
Reinforce splits £5.00
Blouses (Prices From)
Shorten / lengthen plain £8.00
Narrow shoulders £11.00
Shorten sleeves plain £8.00
Replace pads £8.00
Take in sides, armhole to hem £8.00
Dresses (Prices From)
Shorten plain £12.00
Shorten with lining £15.50
Take-in hips & waist £15.00
Lengthen £10.00
Let-out waist £15.50
Re-hem £7.00
New zip £10.00
New invisible zip £12.00
Shorten straps £8.00
Shorten lined straps £10.50
Shorten cord straps £6.50
Sports and School wear (Prices From)
Shorten sleeves or hem £8.00
Shorten pleated skirt £13.50
Shorten sleeves with cuffs £12.00
Take in sides £10.50
Make darts £7.00
Turn collar £9.50
10 Labels £5.00
Coats and Jackets (Prices From)
Shorten £18.50
New zip (metal plastic or chunky zip) £15.00 (zip extra)
Shorten sleeves with buttons £18.50
Shorten sleeves £16.50
Take in (with lining £25.00
Take in sides & back £30.00
Collar-Turn £15.00
New Elastic Cuffs £14.50
Re-line 3/4 length without sleeves £40.00
Full re-line £65.00
HOME & INTERIORS
Curtains Alterations (Prices From)
Shorten net curtain per metre £4.50
Machined shortened per metre – Hem line £4.00
Machined shortened with lining per metre – Hem line £6.50
Hand sewn shortened per metre – Hem line £9.00
Hand sewn shortened with lining per metre – Hem line £12.50
Shorten Curtains, under 10cm (4″) unpick and replace header tape per metre £10.00
Shorten Curtains, 10cm (4″) or more – cut, remove header tape and replace per metre £8.00
Split existing curtain to make a pair from £25.00
Join existing curtains to make a single curtain from £30.00
length up to 2 metres (fabric width up to 1.37 metres) per width £25.00
Blackout lining – additional cost to be added to standard curtain price per metre £5.00
Hand Sewn Headings – additional cost to be added per width from £20.00
Cushion cover (Prices From)
Cushion Cover Small (20cms) £10.00
Cushion Cover Medium (30cms) £12.00
Cushion Cover Large (40cms) £14.00
Cushion Cover (75cms) £24.50
Repair seam £5.00
New zip £12.00
Roman Blinds – New- (Prices include header tape, cording and rings. Fabric not included.) (Prices From)
Roman Blind – length up to 1 metre (fabric width up to 1.37 metres) £80.00