The Button, the Needle and the Wardrobe

I took my wedding dress here to be altered, Heidi did an amazing job in very little time. I’m not a dress person and she really calmed my nerves and helped to make my dress fit me perfectly. If I have anything else needed to be altered in the future I will defenatly be using her again.

My dress didn’t fit, but Heidi made it work! Cute place out of her home, and was easy to get an appointment! Polite staff.

In my experience, Heidi and her team are wonderful! I bought a secondhand wedding dress that I loved, but it was about 2 sizes too small in the ribcage. These guys put in a corset back, and found the natural fiber materials I asked for to make it. And they added the burlap belt I wanted as well, and shortened the dress. It came out great.
Also, five days before the wedding, my sister/​maid of honor arrived in town with a dress on which her tailor had severely botched the alterations. Heidi and her team fixed the problems with the quick turnaround we needed.
In the meantime, I also had them take in a suit for me. They initially took in the skirt a little too much, but fixed it quickly.

I made an appointment with this tailor a month in advance of my wedding. I read the reviews on Google and thought I made a fantastic decision. I arrived 15 minutes early, which I believe is customary, and the tailor was still assisting another customer who’s children were wrecking havoc on her sewing room. Shouldn’t the appointments be spaced so people aren’t running into each other in tight spaces?
While the other girl was changing out of her dress, the tailor leaned on her table and said, «Now, since your wedding is less than a month away, I will have to charge you a rush fee. I don’t know if that’s in your budget…» I told her that who ever I spoke with on the phone told me since I made my appointment on August 19, I would not be charged a rush fee. She looked at me with a flat face and her assistant piped up in a quiet voice that she was the one who told me that. The tailor said, «OK, well… then I won’t charge the fee.»
After the other girl left, the tailor apologized for my wait and said that the previous girl’s appointment was running late because the dress was very hard to alter. She said that the girl’s wedding was in 2 weeks and this was her first appointment.
The sewing room itself was set up very nicely, neatly, and had beautiful décor. I loved the ambiance. When it came time to try on my dress, I was told that her assistant would help, which she did not. My mother ended up coming in to assist me. Well, the dress didn’t fit… but I was at a tailor, so she could fix it!
I walked into the room and the tailor began shaking her head while sneering at me. She told me she’d seen the dress just the other day. I was speechless and in shock from her rude demeanor, so I just stood slack jawed. She said, «Oh, well it doesn’t matter. It’s not like you’re going to the same wedding.» She walked around me a couple times and said that I needed to go shopping. She said that there was a four inch gap in the back of the corset and she would be unable to fix that much of a gap without making it look unprofessional. She also mentioned that there was not any room to let out the dress due to the way David’s Bridal cut dresses. I walked back to the dressing room almost in tears, full of anxiety, and feeling ugly.
She gave me a couple business cards to call about getting other dresses. Her and her assistant then proceeded to ignore me and whisper with their backs turned. I felt like I was in high school with the «cool girls» talking behind my back! I ended up finding another tailor who let the dress out 1 inch on each side, moved the modesty panel over 1 inch, and lo and behold my «unalterable» dress is a perfect fit. I would not recommend this tailor to anyone.

Heidi, Emily and the team are absolutely Stellar! They are professional and pride themselves on providing exceptional quality and service. I’m so happy to have them as a resource that I’ll be using again and again. Thank you, ladies for all you do!

Heidi is super friendly and helpful and does great work. Turn around time is convenient as well. She operates out of her house which was a bit confusing when my GPS took me there for the first time, but I’d definitely recommend her services. She does take cash only.

Best place in town. They do all the Rake Nation work. By far the best company best people and they do the finest work around. #rakenationfamily

I love the Button, the Needle, and the Wardrobe! Heidi is awesome and tailored my wedding gown PERFECTLY! She’s the best! You should definitely go here! She’s very sweet and creative and she also helped me find the perfect wedding dress! Thank you!

If I could give negative stars, I would. I went to Heidi at the Button, Needle & Wardrobe looking for a SIMPLE blind hem on my dress slacks as I needed the length shortened. When I pick them up, the hems were severely botched. I mean the sloppiest work I have ever seen. The hem is CLEARLY visible on the outside of the pant leg, on the inside of the pant leg the hem is coming loose in multiple places, 2 diff colored threads used for some unknown reason, tons of loose threads pointing in various directions, & looks like I had track marks on the outside pant leg. And when asked why they look like this, she states that’s the best way in order for the machine to grab the fabric & stitch it. So I give her another chance to fix it. Come back a 2^nd time and they look worse. The fabric on the inside of one of the pant legs is now cut crookedly, hem is coming loose on ALL three pairs of pants she was supposed to fix, and still very visible on the outside. This lady boasts on her website that she has 20+ yrs experience sewing but she can’t do a simple hem. She told me she worked REALLY REALLY hard to fix my pants, which is very scary. B/​C if she thinks that the hems she did on my pants were acceptable, I’m scared to even think what happens when she has more complex items to alter. After telling her my concerns the 2^nd time, instead of trying to fix the issue and listen to me, she just says she’ll refund my money. Which clearly shows she is not capable of doing a SIMPLE HEM. See the pics posted below, you’ll see what I mean.
Oh and btw, she works out of her basement in her home– and on my multiple visits there, her young daughter was doing all of the work each time. So who knows who even does the work.

Everyone was so friendly and Heidi did a fantastic job on my bridesmaid dress size alteration. They have a wonderful studio and a very private and comfortable atmosphere. I appreciated having a fitting room where I could undress and dress without feeling like anyone could walk by and see me. She pinned the dress to my body shape and altered it perfectly the first time! That’s tough when you’re plus size (my wedding dress took two tries at David’s bridal alterations). Definitely going to recommend this business to friends and family who need any alterations. Saw great custom items in the studio as well — definitely the place to go for all your alteration and custom garment needs.

Just dropped my bridesmaid dress off today! Very professional and I was in and out which I appreciated.

Heidi saved a bridesmaid dress for me a few years ago, I try to recommended her to my friends. She’s great at sewing and tailoring, but most importantly it’s easy to get appointments with and very professional and friendly. She’s exactly the person you want to help you with a strapless dress, alterations, or custom clothes.