If you are looking for a designer who is as brilliant as she is kind, look no further than Sarah!…read moreWorking with her for my wedding celebrations was an absolute blast. From our first meeting, she was incredibly responsive and so flexible with every little change and "what if" I threw her way. She managed to pull off the ultimate fashion magic trick: designing my dream gown for our ceremony in Italy, then totally transforming it with clever add-ons for our San Francisco wedding. What touched me most was how she beautifully incorporated heirloom pieces from both my mom's and grandmother's dresses. It made the whole experience feel so personal and full of love! As a professional opera singer, I'm used to being in costume fittings, and I can honestly say Sarah is a total pro! She understands movement, drama, and detail like no one else. Sarah is my go-to for all dress needs, whether it's for the stage or another big event. She's simply the best!

Sarah is a real-life fairy godmother. I am so grateful that a friend referred me to her. I wanted…read moreto wear my grandmother's wedding dress that she originally wore in 1958. My aunt and mother also wore the dress for their weddings in 1983 and 1991. I wanted to keep the design as close to the original as possible. I wasn't sure what was going to be possible but Sarah did an absolutely impeccable job. It was impossible to tell that it had been altered and I felt like a princess. It meant so much to me to get to wear it.

Fast pace. Always great with customers. Knows how to do the job of your preference. I've been…read morecoming here for a while now because I get my items hemmed to fit me because I am short and I've never been anywhere else because of the value and service they put into my clothing on how I want them to look like.

It was fast, I asked for my suit to be pressed and dry cleaned for the next day and they had it…read moredone. Easy to conversation and caring,

I do not recommend Maria. She charges a lot. We found someone else who can do the same thing for a…read morebetter price. When I went to reach out to Maria she said I owe her money for her time. The woman did no work on the dress yet. Stay away!

If I could give Maria NEGATIVE stars I would! She RUINED my daughters prom dress hem…read more First of all her studio is disgusting and dirty but her name was on a recommendation list and we trusted her. All we needed was a simple hem on a multi layered tulle skirt. I have a background in clothing design and marketing so I could have done it myself but didn't have the time. She not only sewed the hem CROOKED and made it too short in areas but she left a train on the back of the dress despite me specifically telling her we want a straight hem all the way around with NO train. When we went to pick it up she told us it would be $500 CASH!! I was shocked. Shame on me for not asking the hem price in advance but I assumed I knew the average alteration prices because of my background. Here's where it gets interesting. I knew I was screwed and had to pay the $500 because the prom was in 3 days but I wanted her to fix the hem. We were desperate! She gets on the floor and starts willy bully pinning the hem to fix it and is moaning and groaning and mumbling...then she proceeded to start taking the pins out. When I asked her what she's doing she said she didn't want to work on the dress anymore because it was killing her! I said she shouldn't have accepted the job if it was too much work for her (4 layers of fabric). She told us to leave and take the dress. If you are wondering, yes, I did NOT pay her a dime. At that point I had a $600 valued dress that had been ruined and I had to try to fix the hem within a few days. We drove right over to Kathryn's dress shop in McHenry (where we bought the dress) and every employee in there bent over backwards to fix the dress. We immediately saw the seamstress and came up with a compromise to fix the hem enough so that no one would notice and have my daughter wear flat shoes. They fixed the dress beautifully at a very fair alterations price and had it ready in 48 hours on the morning of prom! (Originally they could not alter the dress because they were booked so they gave us a referral list. They will no longer be referring to Maria!) NEVER use Maria's Alterations in McHenry and ALWAYS shop at Kathryn's in McHenry for your special occasion dresses!

Great service & price! Flexible hours & convenient location. Kamila is a professional.read more

Needed a bridesmaid dress tailored and Kamila did a great job and had it ready faster than I…read moreexpected. Will definitely be coming back for future alterations, highly recommend!!

Absolutely terrible dry cleaning service. First they are severely over priced for the quality of…read moreservice. Second, the completely ruined a shirt that was essentially brand new. Didn't offer to replace or anything then proceeded to blame it on the shirt being worn out. Do not take any clothes or anything here. Would be better off just wearing dirty clothes.

This place rocks. They come to my workplace and pick up my dry cleaning. They bill my credit…read morecard and the service is always as promised.

I brought in my bumbag for repair on the strap. They were friendly and restored it to looking brand…read morenew. I was able to pick up the next day. I will definitely use them for future repairs.

Great owners. Very pleased with the service received. Very happy customer!!!!…read moreIt's a great value. Quick service. Awesome work on the boots we took them.

Paige is awesome and she does amazing work. She fixed a party dress for me, The staff here has…read morefixed many things for me here,The staff is kind and professional. Pricing is excellent. If you need alterations this is the place. They can fix anything. I take all my business here.

Hello Everyone, I…read morecannot recommend Simple Stitches enough!!! I flew in from San Francisco to Chicago, and drove to Rockford, IL in the morning to attend a Wedding Rehearsal & Dinner & Wedding (the following day). I bought a dress last minute, the day prior to my flight, and I could only zip up mid scapular region of my back. Despite all my methods to zip this beautiful dress, I could not. I knew I was going to need this dress to be tailored. The only issue was I needed a VERY fast turn around time, as I needed this dress to be ready by 4 PM the same day! I called about 10 minutes after they opened, explained my situation, and was asked to come in. Immediately I was greeting by the friendly faces working there! They took a look at my dress and gave me a solution. The prices & rush fee were EXTREMELY REASONABLE!!! My dress was done within 1 hour of me dropping it off. And I felt like a princess!! They did such an amazing job, and I would not hesitate to fly all the way from California to Rockford, IL to get any of my clothes tailored. That's how amazing the service was. I received so many compliments on my dress (a House of CB dress), and the alterations made only further enhanced the beauty of this dress. If you are in need of alterations, I beseech you, GO TO SIMPLE STITCHES!!!! Oh, and by the way, if I want to remove the alteration, I can do so without any damage to the dress! And if I don't it is sturdy that it can stay as a permanent alteration to the dress! I wore this dress pretty much from 4 PM to Midnight, and it held up, perfectly!

DO NOT go to Debra for your alterations. Even if she was recommended by your bridal boutique. The…read morework she did on my wedding gown was just awful. I had and am still having an awful experience with Debra. From the beginning she was hard to communicate with. At first, I wanted to give her the benefit of the doubt because she had mentioned that she would be having some surgeries and would be trying to get the alterations done before then. But I regret giving her my dress at all. She never knew who I was or what she was altering for me whenever I spoke with her regarding my dress. This was a big red flag but she already had my dress. She was very forceful/rude when it came to payments being in cash only and constantly reminded me of this fact. The alterations she was going to do were adding a bustle, shortening the straps, replacing the zipper, fixing the snags on the lace, and adding cups. The buttons and hooks she added for the bustle are sloppily sewn on and make the fabric pucker and it does not lay correctly. They are also not evenly placed. There is also one hook missing. She did not shorten the straps (or she didn't shorten them enough because they still fall off my shoulders) or fix the snags. The zipper replacement was also very sloppy. You can see the zipper through my dress and it is crooked. I've spoken to another seamstress since and she confirms that the work is bad and very sloppy. As you can imagine, this was all very upsetting to me when I finally tried on my dress. Which she didn't mention that I should do before picking up the dress. My mom picked it up for me and I didn't have a final fitting. Not only was all of the sloppy work upsetting, but I also spent almost $300 on alterations that I will just have to have fixed by someone else. She also charged me for the cups to be added in but she did not finish the work. She wanted to wait to add the cups because they don't fair well in the dry cleaning process. At the time, I thought that waiting on the cups was fine because I assumed I would be going back to her to finish my alterations. I will not be returning to her for future work. I contacted Debra on more than one occasion to share my concerns and ask for a refund and her response further confirms that she does not know who I am and she does not remember my dress. She said that I had a final fitting with her and that I did not voice any of these concerns. As I stated earlier in my review, I did not have a final fitting. She never mentioned having one and rushed me to pick up the dress because she was having a surgery. Because I couldn't get there in her time frame, my mom picked up my dress for me. She did refund me the amount for the cup installation. Even if it doesn't come close to what I will have to pay to get it all fixed. I understand that she was having some surgeries but she should not have taken me on as a client if she could not deliver quality work. Debra is unprofessional and does not take the time to even try to know the client she is talking to.

Throughout the years my daughters have been coming here for their prom and homecomings-now here…read morecomes the weddings . Wouldn't go anywhere else . Deb is one talented and classy lady .

DONT EVEN BOTHER. We dropped off our suits and were told they were ready. We walk in and first…read morething is a bloody bandaid on the countertop. Gross. Second we wait for a few minutes, and all we hear from the back is what sounded like a woman periodically coughing. We ring the "service bell". Clearly that's a prank bell because absolutely nothing happened. All we heard was coughing and silence. Didn't come to the front. Actual silence for 10 minutes interrupted by this overpaid, useless, dead weight coughing in the back. We still waited, even a few loud "Hello?'s" We just left because we have things to do unlike these deadbeat "employees" if you can even call them that. We have yet to get our stuff.

This is by far the worst place to have any kind of work done! We dropped my daughter's petticoat…read moreoff to be pressed. First they tell us it will be ready 2 weeks after we dropped it off. We go back there to drop off my husband's suit to get cleaned and the petticoat is not ready and we gave them a couple extra days. My daughter had her fitting scheduled and she needed the petticoat for the final fitting. We had to cancel our appt because we didn't have everything that was needed due to this cleaner! Then they tell us it will be ready by the following Thursday. Nope! That never happened! My daughter had an appt again for her final fitting and we had to cancel again. We went in there to pick it up on said day and they tell us that it won't be ready until Saturday because they shipped it out. Are you kidding me?!? These people do not communicate at all. They have never called us to tell us that it's going to be late! We still do not have the petticoat and we have to cancel the last fitting once again. They have had my daughter's petticoat for over a month! I try to call and it's constantly busy! And of course they were prepaid for this service! We will never go back here! After reading all of these reviews, I should've known better. This place is horrible!!! Do not waste your time or money going there!