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Mimi's Custom Design & Alteration

4.4 (45 reviews)
Closed 12:00 pm - 3:00 PM

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Clothing mending and repair

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Mimi's Masterpiece!
Flora D.

A beautiful soul. Mimi is from Hong Kong and she made a prom dress that I have used for TWO different prom's! As an eager 15 year old, I pitched this crazy idea to Mimi for a prom dress that was based upon the Star War's Movie. I wanted a Queen Amidala dress from Star War's episode II - The lake scene. Mimi SLAYED! She didn't deter me from my dreams of having this dress when everyone doubted me. I was so happy! The plan was to have her create the dress and then I would dye it. We bought all the materials to keep the cost down and she worked for several months creating the masterpiece! The fabric was so delicate that it wasnt worth it to potentially destroy the dress, so we kept it white. I walked into her shop the other day and I told her, "Screw an Aaliyah, I'm going with Mimi when I make it!" Loyalty, through and through! Never forget! The pictures do not do her handiwork justice! I love Mimi's work!

Ski pants repair (supposed to look like that!)
Tony D.

Really expert clothing repairs. I brought in a pair of ski pants that were all torn up by my boots. I was a little unsure that she would understand what I wanted- lots of lacy wedding dresses in the window and I wanted athletic gear repaired strong not pretty. She took what I was describing and figured out how to do it much much stronger and even a little bit uglier! Neg: not cheap. Worth it though. (pic up; it's the gray spiral repair job)

Shay S.

Mimi came to my rescue! I purchased a skirt online for a wedding I was attending out of state. When the skirt arrived, it was unflatteringly too big. Running out of time and options, I took the skirt to Mimi and she created for me a masterpiece! I received so many compliments and I honestly can't thank her enough. If you are ever looking for a alteration miracle worker, look no further!

Vickie T.

Mimi is the best. I've been going to Mimi's for several years. She's done several alterations, plus remakes of several wrap skirts into pants and skirt. She always know what's best. I've never been dissatisfied with her services. If you want it done right, try Mimi's.

This picture is of a dress I purchased and she cut out the back. Thank you Mimi for over 10 years of service to me !

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Needed my daughter's wedding dress altered in two days and she made it happen. She's amazing, creative and straightforward.

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cute little shop with fair prices. They do very nice work and going in threes like going back in time

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Mimi has altered several dresses to fit me, perfect fit, great work. One was a difficult repair on a long 50's gown, excellent work.

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I love Mimi's! I take all of my alterations to her. Work to perfection!! Prices are reasonable.

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Don't let the surroundings fool you, Mimi is an expert at her craft and was an excellent choice for my wedding dress.

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Diana came over and provided one on one serger lesson for me. She was really patient and showed me…read morethe very basics of getting going with my serger - how to thread, some interesting tools and tricks specific to my machine - things I need to know to even begin to play around with this complicated AF machine. Full confession: this is a second review, the first one was immediately after taking a class and I was extremely disappointed - I felt like the class wasn't organized or efficient with time and I left not knowing anything more than when I started. But Diana reached out to me directly and came to my house and provided 1.5hr personal lesson, which I tremendously appreciated. After talking with her, it sounds like that class was really challenging for many reasons and I respect that there are situations out of your control, like the class dynamic and when people show up with weird machines you're not familiar with. I greatly appreciated her reaching out to me - I'm so used to getting burnt by things like that, that it didn't even occur to me to reach out about the negative experience! At the end of the day, all I wanted was to be able to load the d*mn machine and to serge a corner. That being said, I realized that moving forward, spending the extra $$ for a one on one might be a better choice for me in the future - with a baby, a full-time job and often very specific needs/questions re: sewing/serging, this hour+ together was way more helpful and manageable than a class. Ultimately, I found Diana to be very approachable, easy to work with, and very patient.

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I found out about and registered for the class super last minute by calling Cecilia the day before…read morethe start date and she was able to fit me in. Cecilia is pleasant and the class I am in consists of 8 women, all 30-40 age range. The class that I am taking is called Beginning Sewing I : From the Start. This is a 5 classes series that consists of a weekly 3 hour class from 6pm - 9pm. The class in 5 parts costs $175 (not including materials, which you would have to purchase yourself) consists of: Class 1: Sewing and general concepts Class 2: How to read pattern, marking and cutting patterns, and custom fitting. Class 3: Sewing machine, sewing seams, finishing seams. Class 4: Pressing techniques and pressing tools Class 5: Finish sewing project The series consists of making of a garment from patterns, and we are not expected to touch a sewing machine until the 3rd class. There is a lot of learning -- about fabrics, patterns, and cuts. Thus far what I find the most interesting thing I have learned is why clothes don't fit and how to make adjustments. It is an eye-opening experience for me to take this class. Cecilia is very organized and knowledgeable -- you will learn things in her class that won't be found in your regular beginning sewing book. As for the store, you won't find fabrics or patterns here. The small store offers a good selection of notions (Cecilia has mentioned that she's picky about the quality of what she puts in her store), some books, sewing machines, and sewing furniture (which needs to be ordered and then delivered). There are other classes available but schedules are still being worked out. Beginning Sewing seems to be the most popular regular class.

3 words for $28 seems like a lot but I'm not keen on how much these things are supposed to cost…read more Brought in an apron on Wednesday to have 3 words embroidered (not more than an inch in size) and was told it would be ready by Saturday. The only really frustrating thing about the experience was trying to get an estimated time frame of when the apron would be done. When I asked when I could expect it, the lady sternly told me she had a lot of orders but it would be ready by Saturday. I probably should have been more direct about when exactly I needed it but I just figured they close at 6pm so it would have to be done before then... I called around 3pm and was told it would be ready by 4:30. Luckily I was able to get it wrapped and ready for a bday dinner...but it was definitely cutting it close. I'd recommend bringing in your items way in advance just in case they are backed up and can't turn an order over quickly.

Mimi's Custom Design & Alteration - sewingalterations - Updated May 2026

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