Freda altered my wedding dress and the sleeves that attached and detached. She made sure the dress was perfect in every way. She made it so PERFECT! I couldn't be more happy with the results. Would absolutely recommend. read more

Freda's Tailoring & Upholstering - Sewing & Alterations Near Me - St Clair Shores, Michigan

Let me start by saying I love my wedding dress, and I want to give Freda a better review because she was very kind and sweet, but unfortunately there were several things during my experience that are preventing me from doing so. I was recommended to Freda by my sister-in-law. At the 1st appointment I requested to add fabric underneath the top - it was see-through and I didn't want so much of my skin to show. Freda recommended against this and instead suggested I find shapewear that could help with coverage. Services we decided on were: hem, bustle, taken-in, replacing built-in cups, shortening the off-the-shoulder sleeves, and securing the buttons on the back - they were loose and even 1 fell off. Freda said she would have everything but the hem completed by the 2nd fitting. She broke down the price for each component and I paid the deposit. At the end she asked that I call a day before my next appointment to remind her, which I thought was a bit odd since I watched her write it in her calendar. Between the 1st and 2nd fittings I decided against altering the sleeves, so I contacted Freda to remove this. Also, in this time between appointments, I'd searched for shapewear per her recommendation and came up empty - I could not find anything that would work with the low plunge and lack of sleeves. 2nd fitting: the only part of the dress completed was the bustle - none of the other things she promised to have done at this point. I told Freda that I had searched for shapewear and could not find any and asked again to add fabric underneath. Freda declined this request again and said it's because "it would make the dress tighter". I thought this was odd because 1) she hadn't taken it in yet and there was plenty of room to work with and 2) shapewear would also make the dress tighter. At that point I realized I was going to feel more exposed than I was comfortable with on my wedding day. When I was getting measured for the hem, we had issues with me stepping on the bottom and Freda seemed to get frustrated and took all the pins out and started cutting off the bottom while I was in it. This startled me and I had to be very still so that it was cut evenly. She kept making comments about "once it's cut it can't be made longer" and this was making me very nervous. At the end of the 2nd fitting, Freda reminded me of the balance, but it still reflected the total with sleeve shortening so I had to remind her to remove that. She again asked me to call before the next appointment. 3rd fitting: I noticed that 2 buttons on the back were super close together - the 1 that had fallen off at the 1st fitting was not evenly spaced. When I put my dress on, I saw the hem on the first few layers was a good inch or more off the floor and could see the underneath layers. When doing up the buttons one fell off (not the one that had been re-attached) and there were others that were very loose. Then, I saw a very noticeable dimple/dent above one of the cups -we agreed to remove and replace them again. When they were removed, Freda said she thought it looked better without any cups. Reminder - the entire upper part of my dress was SEE THROUGH, I could clearly see the nipple cover I was wearing! I said absolutely not! It seemed like she didn't want to do more work, but obliged and fit me for 2 more cups. I waited about 20-30 minutes while she fixed the cups and (finally) secured all the buttons. If everything that was completed as promised prior to my 2nd fitting, this issue could have been avoided during the end of my last fitting. Lastly, Freda said because of the fabric I wouldn't have to steam my dress again before wedding day which I was excited about, but this ended up being untrue. The day before my wedding day, I noticed some wrinkles and decided to do some touching-up with the steamer. I'm glad I did because once I started, I noticed a LOT more wrinkles as well as some hair/debris stuck between the layers. On wedding day, once my dress was on, we noticed multiple stray strings coming off the details - one of my bridesmaids cut them all off. Then at the end of the night when I was taking my dress off, one of the buttons came off easily again. Overall, my take-away is that Freda is a very busy, tired and likely burned-out business owner. She shared on multiple occasions that she is always booked and hasn't had any breaks. I think that due to this she is missing key details and does not want to do more work for each item than the bare minimum. I did research online and everything I found supported my assumption that a seamstress is responsible for working with their customer's desired vision, and that adding fabric underneath garments is both common and simple. Additionally, the sister-in-law who recommended me has also revisited Freda and reported noticing a clear difference in workmanship and attitude. The pictures included show the overall dress, the difference in lengths in the layers, and the dent in the cup prior to fixing. read more

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Freda is a joy to work with and very good at her job. Everyone is reviewing dresses but I also take her shirts and others items to fix and she does everything perfectly! Very happy. read more

Freda's service is friendly and professional, and her work is of high quality. We have hired her to upholster bench seat cushions for the kitchen, for formal dress alterations, and most recently Freda came through for us with last minute dress alterations for two flower girls! I appreciate her work and I bet you will too! read more

Freda's Tailoring & Upholstering - Sewing & Alterations Near Me - St Clair Shores, Michigan

Disappointed She quoted $300 to reupholster a small chair with wood arms using my fabric Said not to bring in just send her photos Quality good but she doubled price afterwards saying chair looked much smaller in photos Did not do a great job on daughter's wedding dress either But other places are worse read more

Freda is the best! She is super sweet and understanding, she will take her time to listen to you and actually do what you ask for, so professional and very fair with pricing. read more

Freda's Tailoring & Upholstering - Pic of my dress that she tailored and it looks amazing - Sewing & Alterations Near Me - St Clair Shores, Michigan

I have so many wonderful things to say about Freda's Tailoring. I have been coming here for years. As someone that is on the shorter side, I have had a terrible experience finding clothes that fit me. It's been a difficult journey, but when I first found Freda it was almost 8 years ago. She was the most kind and wonderful person. She has been someone that I 100% know I can trust to help me get all my clothes fitted perfectly. She has done my 2 prom dresses when I was in high school to almost all my pants that are always so big! She does the best job, is very professional, and does everything in a timely matter. The price is amazing and I will not go to another place. Freda is an incredible hard working tailor and puts her heart and soul into what she does. She is amazing at what she does and has the sweetest soul, being her customer for almost 8 years she has just gotten sweeter. I really recommend Freda's Tailoring you will not be disappointed! :) read more

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I wish I would have known about Freda my whole life, not only for me, but friends and family as well. SHE IS ABSOLUTLEY AMAZING!!! Not only the work she does, but she is the most beautiful, kindest person and made me feel like family. She truly cares about her customers, and that is an absolute understatement. She is a MIRACLE worker. I brought in my wedding dress I was having such regret about and after just the first fitting - when she pinned me and did her magic..I felt like WOW this IS my dress. Well I went back yesterday and cried the most happiest tears because ITS ABSOLUTLEY AMAZING!!!! I will never ever go anywhere else. She is doing my Mother's dress and also one of my bridesmaids. If you're looking for someone that truley cares and has your best interest, it's Freda!!!! I will be putting pictures up after my wedding, we are so VERY thankful we found her read more

Fred's tailoring shop is Top Notch. She is extremely fair with pricing. If you need to wait for something, the wait is Worth the quality you will recieve. I like to give her time and I've never been disappointed. Plus she is very personal. read more

Freda did an AMAZING job for my daughter's dress for a school function. I ordered it in January and it didn't arrive until the second week of March and we needed it done by the end of March. The dress was very long and Freda did a spectacular job in a huge time crunch for a very fair price. Not only did she alter the length but she also added a nice finish at the bottom for a very elegant effect. She was so very sweet and very talented. I would recommend her to anybody! read more

Freda's Tailoring & Upholstering - My daughters dress before alterations - Sewing & Alterations Near Me - St Clair Shores, Michigan

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I got my prom dress altered here and she had it done within 2 weeks and it fits perfect. You won't beat her prices anywhere either!!! spent 1/4 here than I did at another place and her work is so much better! Totally recommend her and such a sweet lady :) read more

Freida's work was wonderful!! My wedding dress had very intricate lace and beading on the back of it, Freida did such a wonderful job with the alterations and had that dress fitting like a glove. She was very professional, and her prices were very affordable. The place I bought the dress from said $500 to start off. Frieda didn't charge that for beautiful alterations, a veil, and adding cups inside. Anything I need alterations on from this day forward I'll only go to her!!! read more

Freda's Tailoring & Upholstering definitely went ABOVE & BEYOND on not just the alterations on my MOB Dress, but my daughter's Wedding Dress.. Freda is sooooooooo TALENTED with her love & patience with each stich, let alone her expertise & patience to detail. Being "Little People" we continously have to have our clothing altered & again... Freda is whom we ALWAYS return too because... "SHE IS THE BEST!!" read more

Absolutely terrible experience. Dropped three dresses off on February 8, 2022 (my mother's dress, my dress and my daughter's dress) to be altered before my sister's wedding next week. We went to pick them up last week (one month later) and they hadn't even been touched. They told us to come back in a few hours and when we came back they were all done incorrectly. The shoulders needed to be taken in on my dress and instead of separating the fabric, removing the excess and resewing it, they just pinched the fabric together and added some stitching. It has given me a mini-shoulder pad effect. But they completely butchered my mom's dress. The hemline is wavy - it's so bad that the only way it could be fixed is to completely shorten the dress from floor length to tea length. The back was not completed the way we had agreed upon when we came in and had everything pinned up. Instead of again, removing the seam, removing the extra fabric, and reattaching the fabric on the back, they added a dart and made a completely different seam. In doing so they completely altered the look and fit of the dress. There's now a gap/bulge under one of her arms in an area that should not have been impacted by the alterations at all. My mom is beside herself. To have spent that much money on a dress that she loved for something she is so looking forward to, to wait one month for alterations to be completed, and then to have the dress ruined with no time to find another tailor to even try and fix what they did - it's unconscionable. To truly make things right they should refund her for the dress as well as the alterations (it's truly that bad), but if nothing else they should absolutely refund her for the alterations, as they did not perform the service they were paid for. read more