The Sewing Basket

The atmosphere was quaint, the neighborhood was a little rough around the edges, and the prices were average, but my suit was altered very well. The people that work here are nice, and straight to the point. Overall I paid a decent price and got great quality.

Brought my leather vest in today to get patched up very fast service was able to pick up same day great quality work definitely will go back here and recommend this place

I found The Sewing Basket thanks to Unilocal!
Customer service is not great, but it’s worth enduring for the skill and price. She took in my wedding dress for alterations about 2 weeks before my event. She had to hem 2 inches of my dress with 9 layers of tulle, and also add a bustle. She had my dress ready 2 days before my wedding and I was ecstatic. Sure, she wasn’t nice about it. But I still think her skill deserves credit.
She was rude and spoke limited English which made it a little harder for me. Her attitude annoyed me. I wouldn’t have done business with her if it hadn’t been a timing and budget emergency.
I got my dress from David’s Bridal and they would’ve charged me the amount it would cost me to buy a second wedding dress. But she was very reasonable with the price, and I have to be truly thankful for that. If you’re in a situation like mine, I’d definitely recommend.

I needed to find a place that would tailor my bridesmaid’s dress by length and bust/​waist in 2.5 weeks so I found this place on Unilocal.I’ve driven pass this place too many times but never walked inside.
So I walked in at an awkward time when a lady was trying out her altered dinner dress and complaining about how it was altered, demanding that the business ladies pay $ 20 for ruining it and making it too short, saying that the dress made her look like a corner girl. The business lady said that she just altered it exactly how she asked it for. They were bickering back and forth about it. What’s worse is that the location and neighborhood is not what anyone would consider a «good neighborhood». The lady handled that business and no one ended up paying for anything. The customer didn’t pay to have her dress altered and the business lady didn’t pay the customer for «ruining the dress». I was the next customer to get helped.
The dressing room is a makeshift dressing room in the corner of the first room that consisted of a curtain to change behind. They leave the front door open and the heater isn’t on so the place is freezing at night during the wintertime. The lady wanted me to come back with the push up bra that I was going to wear with the dress as well as the shoes. I was already wearing a push up bra but I guess it wasn’t pushed up enough for her.
So I returned 1 week before I needed the dress with a better push up bra. It did look better with the better push up bra so her honesty (though blunt) was appreciated at the end of the day. She pinned down the dress at the waist, bust, and feet where it needed to be altered and quoted me $ 50. That’s cheap especially for that complex dress with layers and different materials.
I came by to pick up my dress and it fit perfectly. I asked the lady if I can close the front door while I changed since it was cold and she didn’t mind closing the front door.
The place is unassuming but gets the job done. Plus the lady is super sweet and helpful.

I needed a pair of pants adjusted for a wedding I was going to be in. Brought them in on a Monday and had them fitting just right by Wednesday. Price was good and service just as good. My new go to place for tailoring. Great location easy to find.

I took my prom dress here… many years ago and remember the affordable and good work. I recently took a dress for my dance group to get hemmed. She only charged me $ 28…which i think is good since the other girls in my group paid $ 50 elsewhere. The dress is 3 layers with an angled front. Looks brand new. m very pleased will definitely go back when needed

This little shop is right on the corner of Somerset and Clark. It’s EXTREMELY easy to miss if you don’t know it’s there. And boy is it a GEM! Why is that? You’ll see (^_​~)
Sue is literally a seamstress goddess. If you need something that’s seemingly tricky, or might seem like it’s out of your reach, have no fear! Sue can do it. Okay, obviously she can’t do EVERYTHING, but for the most part, she is always on her «A» game. There’s a reason why I only gave 4 stars ya know.
I have 2 very beautiful O’Neill maxi dresses, that I love dearly. But at a whooping 5 foot 3 inches, even an extra small had me swimming in the material. My mother, fortunately, suffers from a height challenge as well, so she recommended I take my dresses to Sue. She takes all of her work pants there to be taken in and shortened, so I trusted her advice and paid Sue a visit. I explained to her what I wanted (hemmed up, and sewn NOT cut, because if I need to let them out, I can) and she had me try the dresses on. *FOREWARNING: the dressing room is a thin rope that hangs across the corner of the building by the door, with a sheet hanging from the rope.* When I came out, I hadn’t adjusted the top of the dress straight across, but Sue started pinning away. I tried to point this out to her, that the dress was at an angle because the top was dipping down in the back. She waved it off and said it would be okay, she would fix it. I said okay, and put the other dress on. She did the same thing. But I trusted she would make sure it was evenly hemmed. She gave me my receipt ($ 18 for both dresses), and told me to come back in 3 days.
–3 days later–
I went back to retrieve my dresses and try them on to make sure they were the right length. Well, when I put them on, what would you know?! The front was shorter then the back when I straightened the top out because she hadn’t fixed the hemline like she said she would, and my dresses now matched the uneven angle it had been pinned at. I walked out and stood on the little platform and pointed the issues out to her. She asked if I had the dress on the same way as when she pinned and I said no. She told me what I already knew, and I explained that I had tried to tell her prior that the hemline would be uneven.
And here is where the loss of a star comes in.
Sue said she would fix it. for another $ 14! So in order to have my dresses fixed the way they should have been done the 1^st time, I have to pay again?! I’m pretty sure that should have been on the house since it was, after all, her error. So again, she gave me my receipt and told me to come back in 3 days. So I did. The dresses where corrected. So in 2 trips I spent $ 32, and my dresses are now «fun size», just for me. The lines are neat and clean, and she even reattached the «O’Neill» emblem at the bottom of the dress! I’m going to be bringing many other items here to have fit to my size, because Sue can just make it happen!

First of all I don’t know why it always says this place is closed on Unilocal.They’re usually open by 10am and closed by about 6, I’m not sure if those are their actual hours but I’ve been there several times and that seems to be closest.
I’m taller than your average girl (5’10″) and I have to buy what are basically plus size jeans with crazy long inseams. Then I have the ladies at the Sewing Basket take in the waist and hem the legs. Sometimes the jeans I buy have funky pockets so I’ll have them sew the pockets shut in order to have a clean look.
I’ve also had boot cut and flare leg jeans that fit in the waist and thigh but looked like they were too short at the foot, so I had them turn the legs into straight legs and they look fantastic.
Its about $ 8 to have the waist taken in
$ 6 to have pockets sewn shut, and
$ 8 to have them hemmed
To have jeans that fit like a glove is pretty awesome and for their prices, totally worth it :)

As good as it gets! I recently took my wedding dress in to be altered, the place I got my dress from wanted $ 500! And after the amount I paid for my dress I just couldn’t spend that, they were also going to cut my seamless dress because that was the only way she said it could be done. I asked around and was referred to The Sewing Basket, for half as much she made my dress fit like a glove without putting a seam in it. I don’t know how she did it, I know it was a lot of work but she must have taken out all the hand beaded sections and then put them all back. I was so nervous because I didn’t get my dress back until the Monday before my wedding, I also realized I forgot to ask her to put a bustle in, which there was one already that you held but she took five minutes and put a hook on it. I was absolutely thrilled with her work! I would recommend anyone with a wedding dress to go to her and not where you purchased the dress. My dress was a very expensive material with hand beading and she treated it with the utmost care. She has plenty of business but yet still gives the best quality to everyone, just try to get your dress to her asap because she is super busy.

The Sewing Basket is the place to go to alter or tailor your clothes. Sue and Betty do a fantastic job! Betty hemmed 10 pairs of my jeans and her work is fab! The stitch work was done perfectly and all of them fit me perfectly! In addition to great work, the cost of the services didn’t break my bank. The prices were so reasonable and completed the work in a timely manner! I am a very happy customer!

I’ve been planning my Gothic wedding with my mom i took my dress to sue it was all black all one length down to the floor i wanted it short in the front and long in the back sue told me it would be hard and had me worried on top of it i wanted red added into it sue said she would do it i’d been panicked for weeks with my wedding days away sue kept saying dont worry so on the day of pick up i tried my dress on all i could do was cry sue made my dream dress shes a miracle custume seamstress my dress was absolutley gorgeous and perfect id go to sue any day of the week with anything thank you sooooooo much sue for making my wedding dress dream come true. As far as price goes sue is worth it her work is amazeing…

So I raved about this place because she is awesome but I have a huge complaint. Her prices went WAY UP! She still does a great job but I had to update you guys on that.
Be prepared to pay a lil more.