Custom pieces, repairs and alterations
Hendersonville · Asheville ·
Greenville and nearby

Step right up. Told it can't be altered? Bring it to me.

Email your alteration request

[email protected]

Text or call (828) 290-0620Call

I make custom pieces and do custom repairs on wedding dresses and costumes: the work a run-of-the-mill alteration shop does not take on. One-on-one, for all body types, for every event. Hems and zippers too.

A bride in a cream satin gown with a lace waist and a long veil, holding a red and white bouquet, beside a groom in a burgundy suit, against a dark woodland background
Cream satin, a long veil and a burgundy suit.

Now showing

Holiday outfits, ready for the table and the dance floor

The dress that is a little too long. The jacket that is a little too snug. The outfit you love that does not sit quite right. Bring it to me before the party.

  • Thanksgivingtell me your date
  • Christmastell me your date
  • New Year'stell me your date

Write early. Hems can be turned around in a day or two if there is nothing else on my docket.

On the bill

The Acts

What I do, all year. Custom work first.

Act I

The Custom Piece

Custom pieces, made with you one-on-one, to create what your ideal is. Wedding dresses and costumes most of all.

Act II

The Wedding Dress

Custom repairs and alterations on wedding dresses, for all body types. If you were told it can't happen, bring it to me and we figure out a way to make it work.

Act III

The Costume and the Heirloom

Costumes, vintage pieces and family heirlooms, for the times you can't find the run-of-the-mill alteration person to do it.

Act IV

Hems and Zippers

The everyday fixes: hems, zippers, taking in and letting out, for a prom, a gala, an anniversary or any ordinary day.

The fare

Prices

  • $20Pant hems
  • About $30 to $40Zipper fixes, depending on whether the zipper must be replaced
  • A quoteEverything else, once I have seen the piece

Hems can be turned around in a day or two if there is nothing else on my docket. Specialized alterations may take a little longer; I would discuss that with you and see your piece first.

In the ring

The Show of Transformations

A look at the work. Swipe to turn the spotlight.

Close view of the back of a pale satin gown: crossed straps, a tie ending in small drop beads, fabric-covered buttons and a lace edge
Covered buttons, crossed straps and a beaded tie.
A smiling woman at a fitting in a white off-the-shoulder satin gown with a draped bodice and a slit, standing barefoot on a wooden floor, the shop tag still hanging from the dress
At the fitting, the tag still on.
Close view of the back of the white off-the-shoulder gown at the fitting, the band folded and held with pins at the center
The back band, pinned.
Close view of the side of the white gown at the fitting: a hand pinches the fabric at the side seam under the arm, the shop tags still hanging
Pinching in the side seam.
A bride in the white off-the-shoulder gown looking back over her shoulder and laughing, hand in hand with a man in a tan jacket on a brick path under trees, a bouquet of white roses in the foreground
Looking back, hand in hand.
A smiling bride in the white off-the-shoulder gown holding a bouquet of white roses, beside a man in a tan jacket and white sneakers, on a brick path under trees
The off-the-shoulder gown and a tan jacket.
Back view of a woman with her hair in a bun wearing the white floral lace gown, white ribbons crossed down the open back and tied in a bow above a row of buttons
Ribbons crossed down the back and tied in a bow.
Back view of a woman in a white floral lace gown with a ribbon lace-up back and a row of small buttons, its long train spread across the floor
A floral lace gown, its train spread out.
Back view of the same white floral lace gown with the ribbon lace-up back, the train gathered up off the floor behind
The same gown, the train lifted off the floor.
A black and white tweed jacket laid open on a wooden floor, with many spots marked in red thread
A tweed jacket with its holes marked in red thread.
Close view of a hole in a black and white tweed jacket, below a brown button and a pocket, held in a hand
A hole in the tweed jacket, just below the pocket.
Close view of a hole in black and white tweed outlined in red running stitches, with a hand holding the cloth
One hole, outlined in red stitches.
The collar of a black and white tweed jacket turned back to show a quilted lining and an old woven maker's label
An old label and a quilted lining, inside the tweed jacket.
A laughing bride in a cream satin gown with a deep V neck and a lace panel at the waist, holding her skirt in one hand, in a wood-paneled room with a eucalyptus garland
Cream satin with a lace panel at the waist.
Black and white photo of a long satin gown with an open back and a sweeping train, hanging among dark lace-trimmed dresses in an attic room, with a woman seated on the floor at the right
A satin gown and its long train, among lace-trimmed dresses.
The same woman at the fitting, by a glass door, adjusting the off-the-shoulder band of the white satin gown with one hand
Settling the shoulder band.
The back of the white off-the-shoulder gown at the fitting, the band gathered at the center and held with one pearl-headed pin
The back band gathered, held with one pin.
A laughing bride in the white off-the-shoulder gown walking through a wood-trimmed lobby, with a woman in a sage dress behind her carrying a bouquet of white roses
The same gown, on the day.
Five cards of wool thread in brown, gold, tan, charcoal and gray laid on a piece of brown tweed
Wool threads laid against a brown tweed.
Close view of brown tweed cloth with a thumb, its nail painted dark green, resting on the weave
Brown tweed, close up.
A woman seen from behind in a white linen gown with a lace-embroidered strapless bodice and a wide band of lace along the hem, standing in a room at home
A linen gown with a wide band of lace along the hem.
A bride in a flowing white gown and a flower crown, holding a leafy bouquet, stepping up onto a stage with a man's hand to steady her; lace shows at the hem
Lace at the hem, on the way up to the stage.
A wooden bobbin wound with cream yarn beside two balls of brown and gray yarn, lying on bags of raw wool
I love textiles.

Behind the curtain

Meet the Seamstress

The seamstress on her wedding day: smiling, in a strapless linen gown with a flowered lace bodice, a flower crown and a long veil, walking hand in hand with a bearded man past seated guests
Me, on my wedding day.

Hello, I am Alicia.

I love creating, saving, and making beautiful clothes. I love textiles and turning something that was just okay into something amazing for people and for myself.

I fell in love with creating clothes and making garments when I was just 5 years old. I saw a beautiful kimono on Mr. Rogers' show, and I immediately started putting together fabrics for my little teddy bear with a little tiny purse sewing kit from my foster mom. I have been fixing, mending, and changing things ever since.

People come to me with alterations they're told can't happen, and we figure out a way to make it work. I really enjoy working one-on-one with people to create what their ideal is. I work with all body types.

This is your circus. Make it beautiful.The words on my sign, and how I work.

The route

Where I Work

  • Hendersonville
  • Asheville
  • Greenville

I serve Hendersonville, Asheville, Greenville and the surrounding areas.

Drop-off and pickup is the usual way. Some pieces need a fitting. Write to me and we will set it up.

Admit one

Your ticket to a better fit

Send me a note: what the piece is, what it needs, when you need it by, and a photo if you can. Or text or call me.

Email your alteration request

[email protected]

Text or call (828) 290-0620Call