Maria’s Alterations and Tailoring

Very sweet couple!!! Definitely will come back also did a great job on pants! For the first visit they offer discount but you must visit their website and after first alteration they give you a coupon! Definitely a great marketing tactic!

I just picked up two vests, and a suit. The suit had the sleeves shortened, pants hemmed and waistband taken out. No lining. The vests had the arm hole taken up a bit with lining. They charged me $ 148.00! Beware of old people!

Maria is fantastic! She did an amazing job on my work suits. I bought the suits on clearance and they didn’t fit quite right. Maria made them look like they were hand tailored for me. I would recommend Maria to anyone in search of having high quality alterations done!

I’m a long time customer of Maria’s and will continue to be. She will do whatever you need her to do, do it well, in a reasonable time frame, and treat you like family. Maria’s is the best!

I had a bad feeling when I left after dropping off several pairs of jeans to be hemmed. That feeling turned out to be spot on.
The rate here is $ 14 a pair of jeans and a two week waiting period. In every other city I’ve lived in, the going rate for jeans being hemmed is $ 11, with original hems reattached, and took no longer than a week to be finished. It’s remarkably easy and shouldn’t take more than 5 – 10 minutes a pair – I’ve done it myself in the past.
As I found out when I picked up my jeans, that $ 14/​per pair price ($ 11 after discount) was for the simple (ugly) fold-​over hem, not the original hem. If I had known this, I would have gotten it done for $ 9 at the place on S. Industrial. I specifically asked to keep the original hem, but we must have not communicated well. Now I’m stuck with pants that look too clownish to wear, unless I tuck the bottoms into my boots.
I don’t like giving bad reviews, particularly for local or independent businesses, but this was not what I understood to be paying for and I’m down several pairs of pants that can’t be fixed. Perhaps she does a better job on dress pants and dress, and to her credit, she gave me my money back on one pair of the five after sensing my displeasure. (Hence the second star.) I waited till I got home to fully break down and cry.
I hope no one else has this problem.

I am very happy that I looked at Unilocal before picking this place: Maria is a very nice person and she does a great job.
I had a number of suit pants that needed to be hemmed and Maria did a wonderful job in a very short time.
Thank you Maria.

Maria is a really friendly person, which is why I’m giving this review two stars instead of one.
I had taken a bridesmaid dress in to be altered in April. Note that the alterations were supposed to be minor (just taking it in a little bit in the bust area). Maria asked me when the wedding was and I said the first week of June, so she told me she would have it ready by the last week of May. At first I thought this was weird because I’ve never been to a tailor that promised a job a month after I had taken it in. It wasn’t like I was asking for anything to be custom made. She assured she would call if she finished it early. So I didn’t say anything.
She didn’t call, and a month passed by. I called about the dress and her husband answered and said the dress is ready. I picked up the dress, paid my $ 28 and left.
When I tried on the dress at home it looked worse than it did before. I think the month long of waiting caused her to forget what she was doing with the dress. When I was at the store, she only pinned in the bust. But somehow, she decided to alter both the bust and the waist. Now the waist part was incredibly tight, and somehow the sides of the dress ended up completely uneven. The worst part of this scenario is that I don’t even have time to get it altered again because she waited until a week before I actually needed the dress to finish the work.
Needless to say I won’t be going back there.

Maria and her husband were very helpful and super friendly. I had my jeans ready for pickup the next day. No problems, good price. I would go back in the future. *****

I absolutely love Maria! She is by far one of the sweetest women I have EVER met in my entire life! I have been going to Maria for the past 5 years and she has altered one of my bridesmaid dresses, hemmed some slacks, taken in my jeans and bras, and has stitched up a wool coat that I managed to put a hole right in the front of. Maria work is always finished on time and the alterations are as specified. More importantly, Maria is always gracious and serves up service with a smile! I will be sad to graduate from U of M and to find a new seamstress because she is THE BEST!
The only con here is that I wish she would take credit cards.

Maria’s is great. Maria hemmed a couple of my pants already and she did a really good job and she didn’t charge me a million dollars for her work either (I’ve been to some tailoring places that charge you so much to do one little bitty job). I even brought in a pair of pants that she said would not be good to hem because of the way the cuff was sewn and I really appreciated her honesty. I feel like other places might have said they could do it just for the money. Maria also has a really great personality, which might not be for everyone. She’s spunky and loud, which only just adds to the experience.

I have brought things in to Maria’s a couple of times. The first time I just needed a few pairs of pants measured and hemmed. She did a great job and all the pants fit perfectly with no visible stitches. I went back in several months later to get a hem repaired (I had put my foot through it) and have her fix the pocket of a suit jacket that had ripped. I came back a week later and Maria had done both without charging me a dime!
Only minor issue is that the turnaround time does seem to be a little long, but that is to be expected for a mom and pop shop..

I don’t think she does bridesmaid dress alterations on a regular basis, but I was lucky enough to be chosen. Maria did a great job shortening and bringing in my dress for a really reasonable price. And unlike some of my other co-​bridesmaids, my bustle did not fall apart half way through the reception, my tiny button held on and stayed strong the entire day. It’s a mom and pop shop, so as long as your flexible, this is a great place to make your clothes fit right!

I wanted to get measured for a blazer that someone wanted to sell. I figured that if the blazer was only a few inches off, I could get it tailored.
I walk in to Maria’s and ask if I could get measured for the blazer. The woman tells me «No, I don’t do guys.» Okay, I guess this place specialized in women’s clothing; my mistake. As I was on my way out, the woman continued, «guys are so easy! They only have small, medium, and large! Look at the back of your shirt!» Why she was yelling, I don’t really know, I was seriously about 3 feet away.
But now I’m thoroughly confused. Was I refused service because Maria’s does alterations for women only, or because someone honestly believes men only come in three distinct sizes?

I decided that to be ultra stylin’ in my new Hudson jeans, I needed them hemmed a bit so as to avoid that late 90s grunge-​inspired frayed pant leg bottom look. After a quick Unilocal search, I found Maria’s downtown A2. I brought my pants in, got measured, and picked them up roughly a week later. Perfection. She did it right — my pants are still long enough to wear with heels but not too short to wear with flats. And the stitching matches the rest of the pants exactly. Bravo! Maria’s old-​world Greece cuteness doesn’t hurt, either.
One note: she takes cash or check only, so come prepared when you pick up your garments! =)

I sent Maria’s a women’s coat that needed a small repair, and a pair of nice jeans that needed a new zipper. Not huge jobs, but important ones that certainly could be messed up easily. They did the job fine, and on top of that, they rushed my order after I left, realized I needed them a week early, and called back. Great!

In a serious wardrobe rut, I went straight to Maria’s by recommendation of multiple friends. I had a complicated alteration involving a deep raspberry mermaid silhouette skirt made of silk that was 2 sizes too big for me. What did I do? It was so cute I decided I had to buy it with the intention of having it taken in. The skirt was also lined, which added to the perpexity of the alteration.
Maria was amazing. She found out I needed the alteration done within a few days for a wedding and she worked with me. She also did not make me feel unreasonable (though I was) for coming in with such a late request. She also did such a beautiful job with the alteration. I highly recommend her.