DO NOT use Barbara Wells as a seamstress! i went to her to make some alterations on my wedding gown. she had it for about five months. the main thing i needed was for it to be shortened because it was too long and there were few other alterations i needed. she accidentally made small holes in it, barely shortened it, replaced the zipper without asking, and did a poor job sewing buttons back on lining the zipper. she had my gown much longer than said at first to the point i needed to pay extra at the dry cleaners to have it rushed and still almost did not have it for my wedding day. my gown was so long i literally tripped walking down the isle more than once. worst of all she did not properly install the zipper so as i left my hotel room to go to the ceremony the zipper completely bust open and i was an hour late because i needed a seamstress at the hotel to sew me into my gown so i was not exposed. the very last straw of my encounter with Barbara was she lied about the hours she worked on my gown. we agreed to pay her an hourly fee and at our last visit i counted the hours she had tracked on my dress assuming there may be an extra hour or two on the bill, but once i received the bill she had doubled the hours charging us almost $750! when i questioned the large amount of hours she refused to return my gown! after the wedding myself and my mother reached out to Barbara to express our frustration in a professional manner two separate times and never got any response back. please save yourself the stress and hassle and never go to Barbara Wells at Classic Stitch Fine Sewing! read more