A little alterations shop that's nestled between a chiropractor's office and a tobacco store. There are 2 separate parking lots, and since it seems to be exactly in the middle, I suppose either one would work. I bought some curtains recently, and thanks to the builders of our home, they just have to use a non-standard length window. Enter the Yelp app. Found Nancy's: small business, does good work, happy customers' reviews, near my home and good prices. Need I say more? The job took just a few days. The trimmed ends look clean and straight. I have not hung them up yet but they appear to be the correct length. So I'm a happy customer. The owner (Nancy, I assume) isn't exactly the chatty type, but she's nice. If I have alteration needs, she's on the top of my list. I love supporting small businesses. Notes: * near the corner of 2nd st. & Duarte Rd. on the North side. * cash only * she also rent mailboxes. see my photo for prices. * closed Sundays. read more

Nancy Tailor & Gifts - Look for this sign. - Sewing & Alterations Near Me - Arcadia, California

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Super simple place (no frills), but Nancy addresses everything you need regarding the clothing you bring her and how to alter them. I didn't leave confused about what to expect when I picked up the dresses. Super fair prices (per dress only $10 for a hemming and $15 to sew in a new slip plus small alteration on straps), cash only, and quick turnaround. I came here pretty desperate to get three bridesmaid dresses hemmed. Nancy was amazing at addressing my needs and concerns with the dresses. She said some of them could do with a slight alteration at the straps and even explained if we wanted to get a longer slip how to make that possible. She explained what type of fabric we would need and how she could sew that in. We went with just the hemming, but, later, I decided to try to add the slip and bought some fabric at JoAnn's. I went back to Nancy to see what she thought and she said "no problem." So easygoing and straightforward. I got my dresses back last week and they look great! One note-- I was kind of concerned after reading the reviews since I don't speak Chinese, but I had no problems at all! Nancy is on the shy, soft-spoken side, but has no problem communicating about the alteration. read more

I prefer Quick Fit Tailor, a few blocks away, over Nancy Tailoring. The first time I came here, it was on Veterans Day Monday and Quick Fit Tailor was unexpectedly closed. Instead, I found Nancy Tailoring on Yelp and gave it a shot. The shop looks like a long, walk-in-closet with a counter in the middle. __THE CLOTHES__ - A sports jacket to have its sleeves shortened. The tailor mumbled she couldn't do anything about it, because of the placement of the buttons on the sleeve. So, that was the end of that. Except that I have since taken the jacket to Quick Fit Tailor, instead, where he also conveyed the same problem, but was able to do a creative solution for me. - A pair of slacks that needed one pant leg to simply be re-hemmed because it had come apart. Simple. - 2 pants that were too loose, and needed to lose about 1-2 inches off the waist. After taking to Nancy Tailoring, they fit much more comfortably now and I have not had any complaints. I am very happy with the end product. __THE CHANGING ROOM__ It's actually about a 2FT x 2FT curtained off area in the middle of the room. Awkward, and really ghetto. __SERVICE__ Nancy is a woman of few words. No greeting when I came in. About 5-10 total mumbled English words came out of her mouth my first visit. After seeing some of the reviews about how her English is bad, I then thought: "OK, Mandarin speaker. I can handle that." When I came back afterwards to pick up my clothes, I thought I would try to be friendly and talk to her in Mandarin instead. However, even talking to her in Mandarin, I still got only about 5-10 mumbled Mandarin words out of her on the 2nd visit. She also has a super poker-face which she wears the whole time. __PRICING__ CASH ONLY. -$3 for the single pant leg that needed to be re-hemmed... honestly, I imagine that someone with a sewing machine could do it in about 20 seconds. I obviously am too lazy to learn to do this myself, because I accepted her quoted price for these 20 seconds of her time. Imagine... that's like $9/minute... $540/hour... $4,320 for an 8 hour day.... $21,600 for a 5 day work-week... $1,123,200 for a 52-week year! At this price, she could have at least done the work for me right then and there. But she didn't. -$7 for each pair of pants that needed its waist adjusted. I feel like this price is good. Quick Fit Tailor charges $8-9. __COME BACK?__ No. Although I am happy with the work she did for me, I will avoid coming back here. Her silent treatment is weird, the 2x2 changing area is uncomfortable, she only takes cash, and communication is terrible. Also, she says she closes at 6pm, but her hours are not consistent. I originally came back 2 days later to pick up my clothes at 5:45PM (she said she closes at 6PM), but at 5:45PM the place was already locked up and dark. I was forced to drive back another day instead. I highly suggest calling in advance if you are going to come near closing-time. read more

Nancy is the sweetest lady and she does a wonderful job in all her alterations! She has more than thirty years of experience in sewing and gives great attention to detail! Note: they also have po boxes for rent! read more

Shirley is a very nice lady and did the work very well. she made my dress very beautiful. I will go there again.

how do i contact the tailor? i brought a 2 pairs of pants here but I cannot pick up my pants during normal work hours. I tried the phone number on the yelp site but it doesn't work. when can i pick up my pants? Thank you! i will remove this review once I receive my pants read more

Nancy rocks! I always brink my jeans here for hemming, she does a wonderful job. I messed up once and had Nordstroms hem some pants I bought there and they didn't do as good of a job as Nancy does, I will never go anywhere else. Her prices are very reasonable and she has them done in a few days. I live far from her now but still drive out of my way to go to her, she also has other services there such as mail boxes and dry cleaning. read more

i asked nancy to sew a shirt w an open sleeve design on the arm part, she did exactly wat i asked for. also to cut open a dress with pants sewed in, and make the pants into a skirt. she did a nice job too! read more

Nancy does great work! As someone who cannot sew, it is lovely to have someone so talented so close by. Her services are cheap and she does an excellent job. I would highly recommend her. read more

I took my new dress blues pants in the get a hem and have blood stripes sewn on. i understand that not many places away from a base have sewn on stripes before, but I even brought an old pair so that she can see how it's done. She told me that she could only do it if she sewed the pockets shut. (At least I think that what she said because her English was horrible) What?? read more

Nancy is awesome! She's not a big talker, but she gets the job done well for a great price! She has altered jeans, sewed a leather purse back together, and altered a few dresses for me over the years. All for an amazingly low price. = ) read more

I just moved from west side. I found this place through the yelp. She was very kind and gives attention to detail. I am so glad that I found this place. read more

I took two prom dresses to Nancy for alternations. She did a beautiful job and had the dresses done in a few days. Her prices are reasonable. I sew so I can tell when a tailor knows what they are doing and if they are over-charging. In the past I have taken clothes downtown L.A. for alternations, but now that I found Nancy I will continue to go to her for alternations. read more