My daughter brought in a dress to be altered, just the straps. She was told it would cost between 25 and 30 dollars. Returned on Saturday the person there said 45 dollars because there was lots of work to shorten the dress. My daughter said only the straps were shortened then the person said 40 dollars. Never return to this place again. Rip off. April 19, 2025 read more

Small shop, owner does all the alterations. I was happy with my alteration. Friendly owner. Not a fancy place, the the workmanship is very good read more

She died excellent work and is so kind as well. You receive your garments back in no time and she priced very competitive with others in the area read more

I brought a dress in to be taken up at the shoulders. Maria pinned it and it seemed fine, but I rarely get anything altered and don't know the ins and outs of what to look for in an alteration. When I came back to pick it up, I noticed that it had been altered so high that now the waist was too high. I mentioned it while I was there, but Maria didn't seem to be interested in engaging me about it and I decided it would be OK but since I've had it home and I've been trying it on it's just not sitting right with me. She should have enough experience to know not to bring a top up so high that the waist is altered. The top did not need to be as high as it ended up. I decided to call and speak to her and she said to bring it in and she'd let me know how much it would be to alter it again. I told her I would bring it in, but as I was driving over with the dress in the car, I decided to wear it as is to the event on Saturday and then take it to a better qualified seamstress to lower the waist because I would imagine that lowering the fabric from the shoulders is going to be a little more complicated than taking them up in the first place. The dress is all black so I can get away with wearing it, but it does take away from the original look of the dress. She also told me To bring it in and she would let me know what the cost would be! I don't think I should pay for her to correct this. I will pay someone else as I have no confidence in her work. read more

Absolutely love Maria! She is very talented! Amazing on the bead work she did on my daughters homecoming dress. O fully trust her on all our special event attire. read more

Maria is very detail oriented and knows what shes doing. I appreciate her small business and her employees. I have been coming here for a very long time and she never fails to deliver excellent work and customer service. read more

She was nice and did what she could but she should have told me she doesn't have much experience with my material of dress. It is a wedding dress that has a lot of detail and when I got a second opinion about that work she had done, it would have looked better meaning the line would not be there if done right. read more

Maria's Alterations - That is the hem that was done and a line where she sewed it on was there. - Sewing & Alterations Near Me - Palm Desert, California

Perfection. We took my daughter prom dress and dress for Lizzo concert to them And they did such a great Job. 5 stars highly recommend... read more

On Monday, I brought in a jumpsuit and a dress to be altered. Maria asked questions and pinned the garments. She gave me a price and promised to have the garments ready by Friday. I came in Friday, the garments were ready, I tried them on and they fit just right. I now have a place to bring clothes to be altered and I know they'll be done right and ready. read more

Maria has done many alternations for me. She does a wonderful job and has helped with some difficult outfits and fabrics. Always has things ready when she states it will be ready. She is the best!! read more

I have used Maria's Alterations for a few years now, but never have I experienced the extortion that I experienced today. In the past, she fixed a bridal shower dress for me, my mother's cocktail dress for my wedding rehearsal dinner, and countless shirts and pants (even some activewear). This past week, I dropped off 3 shirts of my mother's to be hemmed since she is petite, pretty standard thing that I have this place do. I was told it should be about $35-45 for the 3 shirts, to which I agreed, it seemed fair and close enough to what I've been charged in the past. Yes, there have been price increases, but they're understandable, and I obliged, however, I went to pick up today and was told by Maria's assistant that it would be $75! I was in disbelief, for a second I thought she was joking. When I questioned her, she just said that's what Maria wrote down and she's not here. Well, she's never there and you can never track her down. I just don't understand how there can be that much of a discrepancy with an estimate. I understand $5-10, but that's outrageous. If they were my clothes, I would tell her she could have them because I'll never pay that, but unfortunately, they're my mother's so I will have to go ahead and pay this outrageous amount, but you can bet I won't be going back. There's better places in the desert, like Blanche's Alterations, stay far away from this place and save yourself the headache. read more

absolute joke ! do not go here !! quoted $10 to repair a small tear and said she would have it done the next day instead, it took her a full week and butchered the pants, and charged $40 to even give them back to me I wouldn't go here ever again even if it was the last alterations shop on earth read more

Horrible job. I asked for an extra hidden button hole inside my new silk blouse. Not only did they put it on the outside panel, but they made a horrible mess of this button hole. The beautiful blouse is ruined. I would never recommend his shop!!! read more

I don't recommend, nothing is ever finished on time . And hemmed length is always incorrect. Scary !

What a nice lady! Willing to help with a special project for my boss and at a great price! She also had same day. So I used her again and the second time didn't go so well. Just read her reviews and a little concerned. I need this project done in order to mail off. I dropped it off on 03/21/17 It was suppose to be done by this last Monday 03/27/17 and I went to pick it up today 03/31/17. She said it wasn't ready and did not show it to me so now wondering if it has even been started. ???? She says "ok" to everything you say and beginning to wonder if she understands or only speaks Spanish. ???? Also both times i asked for an estimate and not sure if she is ripping people off or quoting current moderate prices. I hope she sticks to her quote. Hopefully she hasn't even started it and I'll just pick it up and go elsewhere. So I went two days later to go pick up my item and she had never started on it. Now I have to find someone else and time is against me as I needed it done 4 days ago. I won't be back. read more

She never has anything done on time. At one point I waited 6 months for a sleeve to be fixed on a blouse. read more

This place is wonderful! I came in because my jean shorts were ripping something awful and I was in town for Coachella. These were the only shorts I brought. So I called Maria and she told me to come in. She patched my jeans on the spot. She is awesome. Great work too!! Thanks Maria! read more

Horrible reviews horrible work done last in your face when you have a problem with what she's done are many reasons not to use this person as a seamstress or alterationist read more

DO NOT TAKE YOUR CLOTHES TO THIS PLACE! it is a rip off. This lady charged me 30 dollars to make the most basic underwear. I don't even think victoria secret has such an expensive basic underwear. I asked her to make it attached to the skirt I took her and she made it separate. (Guys I provided the material for her as well) I explained my frustration to her and she didn't even discount the price. She said it was a hard job. Hard job? I could have bought myself a Victoria's secret underwear to wear under this skirt for less. To top it off I asked if she had the tags to the brand new skirt I had taken her and she said she threw them away. I told her I was planning on returning it if she couldn't do the job. This lady has no pitty. She didn't even say sorry instead she said next time I need to tell her not to rip off the tags. How about you do the job that you were asked to do and if you can't, simply call the client and let them know it's not possible. HORRIBLE SERVICE! read more

I needed to get a dress taken in and a trim that I had already bought put on the dress. At first impression, the lady at Maria's was willing to help and said it wasn't going to be a problem. The USMC ball that I am attending was two and a half weeks away from the date that I went in. After telling her my situation and asking a couple times if she had a cost estimate and being ignored I got the dress fitted. While fitting my dress I asked again if she had an estimate, (keep in mind I was getting the dress taken in, she wasn't adding any cloth except the trim that I had already bought and brought to her), she said "lemme think about it" and went to fit another girl. So I changed out of my dress and waited at the counter for her to finish the other lady. While she was fitting the other chick she gave me a scrap piece of paper to write my information on and hung my dress up in the back still without giving me a price. So I asked again when she returned from the hanging rack and she finally told me that it was going to cost about $200 to alter it. After just hearing the girl next to me's price at $12 for a take in & hearing that adding a trim that I bought and was only going to go on the straps and a stripe accross for $188 more. After telling her that it was more than I paid for the dress, she reluctantly dropped the price to $170, being what I paid for the dress I was fed up and just wanted to leave so since she was still fitting the other girl I walked around the counter, grabbed my dress and walked out. My mother a former seamstress losing vision was furious when she saw the was that Marias was going to alter my gown. The lady had gathered all material to one side and every few inches put a saftey pin in. She then went along the bottom and took the liberty of pinning where she thought would look best for length. I then went to this little shop in cathedral city on ramon across from u-haul to a lady that makes quincenera gowns and stuff from scratch. Same alteration, $145 CHEAPER, better service and quality. This lady had my dress done in 3 days. She even let me come back in to try it on when I finally found shoes and she did the bottom. I told her the first time I would just tip toe it, but she offered this for when I got shoes! Lovely lady, recommend her. NEVER GOING TO MARIAS EVER!!!! read more

Maria's is the bomb!! I have had multiple pair of pants (overall length and also pockets length and adding of) altered at Maria's. Each time my expectations were exceeded, by the quality of work, the time frame and best of all the price! I've been to other tailors before, but won't be to any others as long as Maria's is around! read more

What a rip off. I found this little shop as I wondered by after leaving my barber. I walked in and asked how much it would be to have a pair of slacks hemmed and the owner Maria told me $12. I asked it to be done in 2 days and she said no problem. I told her I would also be having my partner drop off his slacks as we were going to a wedding that weekend. She didn't mention anything as a far as a different pricing. After he dropped off the slacks my partner called me confused that she quoted him $75. When I called her she mentioned that she would also need to take in his blazer. I reluctantly agreed. I sent a friend to pick it up the day off the wedding. When I got it not only were the pants horribly hemmed to the point that they both came undone within 2 hours of wearing them. The blazer wasn't even altered. I called her upset that she collected the full money but didnt even do half the work and what she did do was a chop shop. She laughed and blamed it on me for not picking it up personally and checking before taking it. I asked her for a partial refund to which she laughed at and hung up on me. She ripped us off! Stay clear for your own good. read more

maria is awesome--she does excellent work and has excellent customer service--i have taken her every kind of alteration--she can do it all --her personality is fun and kind-- read more