Michelle does fantastic work, we've had my daughters dresses (including prom dress) altered here as well as pants hemmed, it's our go-to location! read more

Please note, this review was started a few months ago and finally completed today. This shop is small and dated but relatively clean. There are no signs for prices listed anywhere in the shop. Basically, you bring it in and she takes a look at it and gives you a price which should've been a red flag. I was pleased with my initial visit. I had a pair of slacks from Macy's shortened for about 12 dollars plus tax. I was happy with the work. Several months later, I brought another pair of my slacks purchased from Express, a pair of my husband's slacks (Mens Wearhouse) that were ripped and a blazer for him. The initial consultation price for my slacks were agreeable. I wanted to shorten the slacks again as I am petite. I also wanted the legs to be brought in (tapered) so that it would be more fitted. The pricing to repair my husband's slacks was also agreeable. All was good until she told me the price for shortening the sleeves on my husband's blazer. She told me that since we were Hmong like her, she would give me a "Hmong" discount. Instead of the normal price for shortening the sleeve of a blazer, it would be about 40-45 bucks with the "Hmong" discount. We thought it was ludicrous but since we wanted to get our clothes altered asap, we decided to just go ahead with it. When I picked it up about a week or two later, I took a quick look at the items before taking them and leaving. At home, upon closer inspection and after wearing my slacks, I noticed that only the back part of the thigh was altered. The excess fabric was not removed and left the back of the thigh area looking unnatural and bulky. The legs was not tapered. The pant's hem was also not done properly as well. Instead of cutting excess fabric off, she left the excess fabric.. leaving roughly 2 and a half inch at the bottom. It was way too wide. I had to undo it myself and cut the excess fabric off. My husband's slacks were fine for a couple months and just ripped again recently. I looked at the blazer and noticed right away that the work was pretty shoddy. The buttons on the sleeve of the blazer were also stacked upon each other.. seeming as if she didn't take too much time or effort into it. It was not worth 40-45 dollars (Hmong discount)! I brought my slacks back to her to fix several weeks later as I had gone out of town. Michelle refused to fix my slacks, wanting to charge me more to unhem my slacks and then charge me for doing work she had initially agreed upon (taper). So I said forget it. The sleeve on my husband's blazer was terribly sewn, so I asked her to reinforce it. The buttons on the sleeve were stacked on top of each other as well. So I asked her to remove them and space them out properly. Initially she claimed that that was how the buttons on the blazer were. I had to point out that she had to shorten the sleeves and it was her who stacked the buttons on top of each other. End note, I refuse to go here again. Like the previous reviewer mentioned, she does not follow directions. I did take a look at my initial pair of slacks when I asked her to shorten it, the sides are coming loose. Really? read more

I have taken many items into Michelle and have always been pleased with the results. She has hemmed pants, jeans, long sleeve shirt sleeves, and done dress alterations for my daughters prom dress. I highly recommend her and her prices are reasonable. read more

What a life saver! Michelle did a last minute alteration for me. In the process she found a flaw with the dress (straps were too different widths). She not only fixed it perfectly, she fit us into her schedule so we had it in time for the wedding. So glad I found her! Won't be the last time I'll be bringing her my business. Oh, and she could have charged us much more (we were really in a bind), but she didn't. Beyond appreciative! read more

I recently made a hash of altering my daughter's prom dress myself and was panicking as we are one week away from the date. After seeing some good reviews on other online sources I thought I would provide one on Yelp! Michelle Ly's business is tucked away in a local strip mall, in which I've found some great local businesses, and it's on a main road and near a main Twin Cities freeway intersection, so easy to find. There is good parking. Michelle has a tidy storefront with beautiful handmade fabric flower decorations that can be hung on a wall, or used on a table, I plan on buying a few in different colors to show off my collection of teapots. Michelle is very friendly and understanding of what you want, marking down exactly what will be done at what price, we decided due to budget reasons to get the front of the dress fixed this week, but come back after the Prom for more alterations and also have my daughter's Graduation dress altered at the same time. (my daughters dresses are vintage swing/dance styles, so she knows she is going to wear them again) There is a changing room beside a nice carpeted raised platform in front of a large floor to ceiling three-way mirror where Michelle has you stand to pin where alterations will be made to your clothes. The workshop is behind a curtain in the back of the shop. Today is a Saturday, and Michelle will have the repairs complete on Thursday, plenty of time for the Prom, this was the fastest anyone could do the repair in town during the busy Prom season. Michelle is continuing to remodel her space, and she will soon have a sign up that lists all her services, along with tailoring and alterations and making fabric art for sale she does dry cleaning! So I can see us coming back many times! Thank you Michelle, you saved the Prom! read more

Simply terrible. Could not follow instructions on shortening 6 pair of pants to the same length. 3 are correct and 3 are way too long. Never, ever again. Language is a barrier but I went to great pains to explain what I wanted but she didn't get it. Its just such a hassle for something so simple. read more