http://frugalhacks.com/2009/04/09/reader-hack-save-tailors/ Good stewardship in action. How do you do it? Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:10:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://frugalhacks.com/2009/04/09/reader-hack-save-tailors/comment-page-1/#comment-4663 caryn verell Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:49:21 +0000 http://frugalhacks.com/?p=1154#comment-4663 my mama used to completely reconstruct clothing for us children. she could take a mans' suit and remake it for a young teen boy and many a time she would completelly alter one of her own dresses for myself and my sister. i can do some tailoring but there are a few things that i just cannot do....there is a lady in our town that makes wedding/formal wear and her secret to successful business is taking in mending and alterations for a very small cost..($5.00 for zipper repair and hemming as an example). also, the folks at the dry cleaner businesses will also do this for a fair price as well, but you have to really know the business well before trusting them with the job. when clothing at our house can no longer be altered it goes into the scrap heap for quilting and if it can't be used for that or crafts it goes into the rag bag. i've been known to do alot of shopping at salvation army and completely remake what i've bought. my mama used to completely reconstruct clothing for us children. she could take a mans’ suit and remake it for a young teen boy and many a time she would completelly alter one of her own dresses for myself and my sister. i can do some tailoring but there are a few things that i just cannot do….there is a lady in our town that makes wedding/formal wear and her secret to successful business is taking in mending and alterations for a very small cost..($5.00 for zipper repair and hemming as an example). also, the folks at the dry cleaner businesses will also do this for a fair price as well, but you have to really know the business well before trusting them with the job. when clothing at our house can no longer be altered it goes into the scrap heap for quilting and if it can’t be used for that or crafts it goes into the rag bag. i’ve been known to do alot of shopping at salvation army and completely remake what i’ve bought.

]]> http://frugalhacks.com/2009/04/09/reader-hack-save-tailors/comment-page-1/#comment-4662 Noah Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:22:40 +0000 http://frugalhacks.com/?p=1154#comment-4662 Growing up, I too was fortunate to get basic alterations done right at home. I never considered visiting a professional tailor until my twenties when I realized high-end thrift shops were selling pristine $1000 suits for less than cost of discount ones. That's when I did the math and realized it made a lot of cents, err, sense. Growing up, I too was fortunate to get basic alterations done right at home. I never considered visiting a professional tailor until my twenties when I realized high-end thrift shops were selling pristine $1000 suits for less than cost of discount ones. That’s when I did the math and realized it made a lot of cents, err, sense.

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