Did a great job on two prom dresses. We loved how she was also able to add a bustle. Quick…read moreturnaround and very friendly.

Sara's Alterations did not disappoint! I contacted her in…read moreJanuary for my vow renewal in March after four other alteration shops told me they couldn't work on my dress because of the pearl embellishments. Sara looked at it and immediately said she could do it. My dress was originally a pearl maxi dress, but I had a vision of adding tulle with a long train for my beach vow renewal in Hawaii. Sara brought that vision to life beautifully. I had several fittings, and she was always professional, patient, and attentive to what I wanted while also giving helpful professional advice. She made my $200 something dollar Maxi dress look like a $1,000 dress. I highly recommend Sara's Alterations -- 10/10! I'll be posting pictures once my photographer sends them.

Jamie made me feel so comfortable & made me feel beautiful in my consignment store wedding dress. I…read morebought a size 12 dress and she alternated it down to a size 8! She also took off a layer of tulle to make it lighter. Her pricing is very reasonable as well. She also taught my bridesmaid how to make my train into a bustle. She always was very easy to contact as well.

Jamie was so hospitable and was quick with my wedding dress alterations! She was kind enough to…read morefilm a video of how to bustle my dress for my friend to do it on my wedding day! Great service and was an affordable quote!

I needed a quick turnaround, somewhere close by, and someone that would do a great job. Enter Bali…read moreand her kind heart. Pros: - Fast responses - Flexed pick-up/drop-off times - Listened well - Accepts Venmo Side Notes: - Expedited fee for rush jobs - Plan ahead if you can - Missing buttons on a tux jacket - Needed reinforcement (buttons) - She no longer offers dry cleaning Summary Heading out of town on a last-minute trip, I noticed that I was missing buttons on one of the tux jackets I was planning on wearing. I only had a few days to go, so I called Bali, and she said she could do it but didn't have buttons that she knew of to do the job. I instructed her that I would buy some via Amazon and then bring it over to her. In parallel, she was looking for some buttons and found some a day later! My buttons came in a bit delayed the next day, but she still found the time to do it, called me in the morning, and told me she'd come out to deliver it directly to my car. I have yet to do extensive alternations, but she knows what she is doing from the other reviews. If you need someone up North Austin, she's one to call. I'll go to her again when I need something, but hopefully, I'm not in a rush next time!

Ms. Bali was responsive, expert, fast and fairly priced. She makes an in-home business feel…read moreprofessional, accepts Venmo, and goes the extra mile. Feels like you have made a friend by the time your project is complete to your satisfaction!

Lily did great work and was able to finish hemming a dress I needed within the deadline of 7 days…read more My bridesmaid dress was bought from Azazie so it wasn't super complicated but it had 3 layers to the hem and also needed chest padding removed - I can't even see where Lily cut and hemmed. It is professionally done. My only quip about my experience is that Lily doesn't always respond to texts. Nothing bad happened but there was a quite delay to getting responses. Moving forward, I would still be happy to use her again but just not so last minute next time so I don't have to worry if she doesn't answer right away.

Most amazing experience with alterations I've ever had! She was so accommodating to my schedule…read more She wanted to be quick as we were on a tight schedule, but also make sure it was exactly what I loved, and she delivered just that. I fell in love with my dress because of her. She made the whole process stress free, as she had a quick turn around time! The dress fits like a glove and was absolutely stunning on my wedding day. Also, well worth the money! Price was very reasonable. When I have alterations in the future I know exactly who to go to!

A little expensive, but she does good work. Absolutely rescued a pair of jeans for me.read more

This place can be great, but be careful- there's a major language barrier. Don't bring in anything…read moreyou couldn't stand to see altered in a way you wouldn't like. I always get holes in the knees of my jeans, which didn't matter until I started buying more expensive jeans. I'd get maybe one pair a year which would typically last longer. But they'd still eventually wear out and get holes in the knees. My wife eventually asked me to throw them out, but I discovered this place which went to heroic lengths to patch up anything. The results looked kind of messy but also cool. That was all well and good. But for the past two years I've taken exceedingly good care of the last pair of jeans I bought. For instance, I always make sure to pull them up to add some slack to the knees when I sit down so I won't stress the fabric there. In spite of my efforts the other day I noticed a very tiny hole had started to form (not even big enough to stick my finger through). I decided to be proactive about it and take them to Velma's before the problem got worse. They say a stitch in time saves nine, right? I'm crestfallen because for some reason Vilma's Tailor Shop sewed giant patches in BOTH knees of these otherwise perfect looking jeans (tangent: to be fair there was a knick- but not quite a hole - around the other knee; however I didn't ask them to fix that problem at all!). There's now this noticeable line of stitches in a boring 10x6 inch box pattern on the outside that make the jeans look weird, like I had them bedazzled. That's always a risk of patching up jeans, but I didn't ask for a patch in them at all- I just wanted a simple stitch! I also got a previous pair fixed and some of the patches were smaller- like 6 x 3.5 inches. So if they could've used a smaller patch, why didn't they? These were easily my favorite pair of jeans and now they look so stupid. I don't have the money to buy a new pair right now but that's all I've been able to think about since returning home. I don't understand why a tiny problem had to be addressed with a huge alteration. It's not intuitive. However they don't have great English skills here and I'm wondering if maybe when I was warned and accepted this somehow so its on me. I tried very hard to talk with her to just let her know I was disappointed, but it was impossible to communicate the subtleties even with the help of Google translate. I'm only knocking one star off my review because I feel like good people are working here and they try their best, and this was mostly a communication problem. I can't help but feel responsible because I dropped them off and had issues communicating in the first place. In hindsight I never should have handed them my best pair of jeans but did because I'd had good experiences in the past and didn't think they'd do something so bizarre . If you've read my warnings and follow them it will be a five star experience.

Absolutely Terrible Experience - Dishonest and Unprofessional…read more I went to Q Alterations & Cleaners to have three jackets dry cleaned. I was clearly told the total would be $20 for all three. When I came to pick them up, they charged my card $42 -- TWICE. That's $84 for a $20 service. When I brought it to their attention, they did not refund the full amount, and gave me the runaround. Their business practices are shady, deceptive, and completely unprofessional. I trusted them with my items and my money, and they took advantage of that trust. Do not bring your clothes here unless you want to be overcharged, ignored, and scammed. I will never go back, and I suggest everyone stay far away from this place. They don't deserve your business.

Quality alterations at a reasonable rate, the workmanship is great and the cleaning services were…read morevery good too!

I was very satisfied with my service here. They have an express option which I needed. I had a…read morebridesmaid dress from Azazie shortened and the speed and expertise was great!! Very quick and great communication.

Overall not a great experience with this business and they did not treat me professionally…read more - The tailor is decently skilled, but his limited ability to speak English created some miscommunications and confusions - The tailor brought the dress shirt in too tight around chest, which created a bulge at the buttons, and I had to return to the shop four more times before the bulge was reduced to an almost acceptable level, though not completely - The tailor is not the owner of the shop, and the owner was never present. I had a lot of difficulty trying to get in touch with her to find a good solution for my tuxedo. She ignored calls and texts for days at a time. This was after I had already paid for the work - The price of the work was on the high end, and I feel for the quality of work and experience there are tailors that charge much less - The owner gave me her word that she would reimburse me for having another tailor adjust the shoulder seam without shortening the sleeve length, which could not be done with her tailor. After bringing in the coat with amended shoulders and an invoice, she went back on her word and refused to reimburse me. She claimed the other tailor (a reputable one) didn't make the adjustment at all. Even after I was able to confirm with her tailor it was adjusted, just in a different way than he expected Pictured is the bulge that remained in my shirt after 5 trips to the shop to get it right. I would recommend spending your money and time on another tailor for a better experience.

They were supposed to help, and made it worse. Don't know how she sleeps at night providing service…read morelike this. I came to this local cleaner desperate for help getting a bleed reversed on the bottoms of a two piece heirloom Chinese brocade outfit. I explained the situation and said I would pay upwards of $200 to get it looking better, and explained I just did NOT want it to get worse. I didn't hear anything for a while and although there was a race against time to get my daughter photographed in it, I didn't want to put extra pressure on them. Despite multiple efforts from me, and the workers in the shop to get some kind of update, the owner was incredibly non-responsive. They had the garments and reference imagery for two months without update, and I went to pick it up and they had completely ruined the top. The top wasn't in perfect condition as it had a small localized bleed, but it looks like they did some treatment that definitely made the top worse. The owner said she didn't know what it looked like before and I had a framed reference sitting in her shop for two months. Really just sucks that my one request was for it to not get worse, and it was ok if they couldn't do anything about it. But they failed to communicate or understand their own professional limitations. The entire situation was already heartbreaking and this unprofessional business touching this garment was just the cherry on top.

DO NOT USE THIS PLACE FOR ALTERATIONS!! I was very hesitant…read moreto leave this review, but here we are. Before I explain, let me just say that the women who work here were very welcoming and nice my first time coming in. Their cleaning was also fine, no complaints there. The issue is the sewing. I had a breast reduction earlier this year and brought in two brand new Left on Friday swim tops because they were too big after my surgery. I thought I would save myself the $200 buying new tops and have them taken in a little. There was obviously some sort of communication breakdown between me and the woman who I spoke to, that did my measurements, but even so, the final result is the worst sewing I have ever seen in my life. I could have done a 10x better job myself, but I wanted my things taken to a professional. Their work was not professional at all. It was a total botch job. Both tops were cut down the middle in the back (WHYYY? Not even on an already existing seam, just cut that b*tch right through the middle ‍) and then the two sides were sewn (really terrible, rough, ugly stitches) back together with the ends folding awkwardly inward onto my back, in an itchy and uncomfortable way. In addition to that, she didn't take both sides in equally so now the straps on both tops are asymmetrical! I mean you can see it in the photos. It's inexcusably dreadful. Neither swim top is wearable and I ended up having to buy new ones anyway. When I confronted the woman about it, I asked if she had actually SEEN the work, because I didn't want to assume that she had done it herself, and I told her they look really bad. She seemed a bit uncomfortable and said that yes, she had done the work herself, and when I pulled out the tops and showed her all of the above mentioned things, she got a little bit belligerent with me. Immediately defensive, started raising her voice, denied any wrongdoing, blamed me for all of it because I didn't communicate well enough, etc. I'm not sure how clear you have to be with someone about having a top taken in, but it didn't seem productive to have a yelly argument with the woman in her store, so I just said, "Ok, I'm sorry if I wasn't clear enough", and I chalked it up to a communication breakdown. She then offered to give me a 20% DISCOUNT on the work. I was absolutely baffled by this because not only was I still having to pay her for ruining my swim tops, but I would also need to spend another $200 to buy new ones. Bottom line: do not bring alterations here. They will ruin your clothes. You'll get better results letting a toddler play with your sewing machine.

Got a bespoke shirt and some altered pants for my wedding. They quoted an accurate time, made…read morealterations quickly, and were pretty good with the final product.

After another tailor failed to alter some pants I desperately needed an alteration done . I came…read moreacross Continental Bespoke Tailors and Alterations. This man is a true custom tailor and does outstanding work. Continental Bespoke Tailors and Alterations is a little hidden shop off 183 before you get to Mc Neil at 12591 Research Blvd suite 202. There is only one entrance and one exit that's easy to miss and it's immediately after passing Technology Blvd. The owner is an amazing guy from Romania who literally is a lost gem in this day and age. He does everything so precisely you'd never know it's was altered in any way. A one of a kind tailor that's more like an artist in his own right. On his shop he also sells very nice dress suits and ties. I had him alter two pair of pants including tapering the fitment on the legs and he knocked it out in three days on top of all the other stuff he has going on. The owner is extremely humble and a genuinely kind person that works hard at pleasing customers. I was very blessed to find this man in such short time and am very grateful he was able to alter my clothes so well they look like they came that way. I absolutely recommend visiting him for any custom tailor needs especially suits. Last but not least his pricing was on par with his work , you get what you pay for and although he's not super cheap he also got my pants done quickly executed the work extremely well and was very professional about everything.

Alterations to Go will do a fine job hemming your jeans for the super low price of $8. That's no…read moretypo. Eight bucks. Says so right on the giant window cling at the front of the store, which faces a Dollar General and Big Lots in the faded strip center that time forgot - same dingy block where Asia Market and Ann's Kitchen Cakes are located. I had snagged an awesome pair of fancy Penguin brand jeans at Ross, original MSRP $128, Ross bargain price $19.99. Yay for bargains! The fit was fantastic, but as with most designer jeans on my 62 inch frame, the length was about 10 inches too long. If only clothing makers would realize that most human females are not built like the specimens on America's Next Top Model.... It took Alterations to Go only 2 days to complete my job, and that was on a holiday week. I asked that the original "designer" hem be replicated and was promised that it would be, but when I went to pickup the pants, a wrong colored thread had been used. I pointed this out to the tailor/manager (who was not the same person I spoke to when dropping off); he apologized and offered to replace the thread with one that was close to the original, as they did not have that exact color in jean-strength thread. The jeans were ready within 24 hours and the hem looked great. Even though I had to wait an additional day, I will use ATG again & recommend them to petite friends for hem work. The customer service response to my problem was excellent and the $8 price can't be beat. Just know that you have to be sure to check the work when you pickup, and don't be afraid to ask for a do over if you don't like the work the first time around.

Hands down best place I have found in Austin so far. I have had a ton of work done here and it is…read morealways top notch. You pay for good work but its worth it if you want to look good. Things done - Jean hem Suit jacket alternated to fit me (nothing off rack fits) Pants taken in