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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, May 25, 2008 - 7:20 pm
It will all work out, Karen. We will remain very positive.
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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Sunday, May 25, 2008 - 7:28 pm
Karen I've taken simple jobs (hemming pants, etc.) to dry cleaners before and they always do a great job. You would be surprised. I know it's a risk but if you want alterations done cheap and fast I say give it a try. Good luck!
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Sunday, May 25, 2008 - 7:46 pm
At the Men's Warehouse (where we got #1s tux they have a tailoring list that also includes womens clothing. So I'd check out a few of those mens stores Karen.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, May 25, 2008 - 8:24 pm
Isn't that place Yankee mentioned right there in Vancouver? If she had good luck with them it might be worth looking at them. Otherwise, I suspect the fabric store suggestion is great. Oh.. maybe some bridal site like The Knot.. I bet many brides there would have suggestions too.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, May 25, 2008 - 8:36 pm
http://www.annascouture.com/alterations-wedding-gowns-prom-graduation-dresses.htm http://www.yellowpages.ca/search/si/1/tailor/BC
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, May 25, 2008 - 8:43 pm
And, duh, look under Alterations in the Yellow Pages. We have a wonderful Vietnamese woman here in town who advertises under alterations. Go to Yankee's place or look under alterations, and start calling, and plead your case. Cry if you have to, and I mean cry that you have to have somebody good, fast and reasonable to SAVE YOUR WEDDING! Right now!
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Holly
Member
07-22-2001
| Monday, May 26, 2008 - 7:28 am
Karen, I hope you find someone who's excellent at alterations, and then you have the time of your life in Belize. Try and not fret...it WILL all work out.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, May 26, 2008 - 7:32 am
Karen, 'ditto' what Holly said!
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Monday, May 26, 2008 - 7:56 am
Thanks again, everyone. I had just gotten off the 7 hour greyhound home and was in the middle of my panic when I posted. I know it'll all work out, I'm just stressed about having to add one more headache to the pile. Some coworkers are raving about a tailor just up the street here in Yaletown - might be pricy but I can get it done on my lunch hour, so I think convenience here wins over cost. Cross your fingers. Guess I'm just kinda angry with Mum right now. As soon as I suggested that maybe the best option would be for me to do it myself, she was all over it, like she was relieved to wash her hands of it.
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Holly
Member
07-22-2001
| Monday, May 26, 2008 - 8:02 am

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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Monday, May 26, 2008 - 10:41 am

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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Monday, May 26, 2008 - 9:15 pm
Word? Do we have a seamstress? Do I have to come up there with a mouthful of pins and a mess of thread wound around my tail?

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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 12:03 am
LOL, Juju, there's a couple hundred (Canadian) bucks in it for you if you want to come up to Van for a weekend and make it right. Talked with a seamstress today who seems competent and I'll take the dress in tomorrow for a consult and hopefully get this ball rolling. Does anyone have an idea of an estimated budget I can expect for alterations? I'm looking at reducing the bodice, serging the hems, and having it cleaned/steamed/pressed. Just a rough ballpark guestimate would be great, if anyone's ever been here before.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 4:42 am
That would be about $40 at the most around here.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 6:03 am
Karen, I'm glad you've got a highly recommended seamstress for this, who's able to do this quickly, on your lunch hour. Here's hoping the price is right too!
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 11:31 am
Price is right...? $200!! That's nearly twice what the blasted dress cost to begin with. Too. Much. To. Stress. About.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 11:49 am
Woooo Saiiiiii
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Holly
Member
07-22-2001
| Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 12:37 pm
I don't know what it means, but what Mocha said. (It just sounds better than the f-bomb word.) (((Karen)))
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 12:50 pm
Karen, I don't know how much your heart is set on this particular dress but if not that much then go to a David's Bridal and get a new dress for $99. They have a gazillion of them for that price. Cheaper than $200 to alter this dress.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 2:00 pm
Go to a bridal shop, they are experts in altering dresses or they'll have a contracted seamstress who specializes.
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 2:06 pm
Oh, Twinkie, I would, but I can't. I had to spoonfeed my Mum nonsense last night on the phone not to worry about it, I'll take care of it, "no, it doesn't change the fact that you made it for me, it's just a slight alteration', ... They have to remove the bodice completely, and undo a good portion of the side seams. The seamstress was aslo tsk-tsking at the seams that Mum did that weren't serged properly, or pieces that didn't quite line up properly. I'm seriously looking at paying this woman to do pretty much all of it all over again (save for the cutting of the pattern and material). I'm already upset about it enough, though, I just don't know. I should have known better way back in August when we started this process that I'd be sitting here with this story today. Not sure if I'm more upset with Mum for mucking it up, or at myself for being naive enough to believe she could do it.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 2:46 pm
Karen, I did seriously look at the photos of the dress to see if I could do it for you, and from what I could see, the alterations, because of the seams, would be somewhat complicated, probably beyond my level of expertise. $200 is quite a blow though. Might be worth a second opinion. There there, it will work out, though.
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 3:07 pm
Just keep reminding myself... It's not about the dress, it's about the rest of my life with Donners. I'd marry him wearing a burlap sack if I had to.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 3:37 pm
Karen, it's a mess right now, but trust me, you will cherish that your mom made your dress. You know she did her very best and sewed each stitch with love and the best intentions.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 3:41 pm
RE: David's bridal. Sis bought one of those $99 dresses, and you can't return it after 4 weeks and it doesn't come with underslip if it's a full skirt, yadda yadda. Her $99 dress will cost her $300 for alterations and the underslip. My dress off the rack (a morie-lee) cost me 400 almost 7 years ago, so I still think you are doing quite well, Karen.
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