The Shiny Thimble

Amanda is AMAZING! Her prices are completely reasonable, and her work is of excellent quality. She tailored my wedding dress by dropping the waistline with a sash, letting the hips out a bit, hemming the bottom and train, and adding a simple pick-​up bustle. We also had fun designing a custom sash and hairpiece for the dress as well — a way more affordable option than buying those pieces separately! Throughout the process, she was flexible, friendly, and reliable. The dress and accessories were perfect for the wedding day!

Amanda is amazing. Skilled, professional, fast, and delightful to work with. She resized (down 2 sizes) and restyled a used prom dress for my daughter for an incredibly fair price — it fits like a glove and it looks absolutely gorgeous! She did a fantastic job and I wouldn’t hesitate to use her again or recommend her to anyone.

My engagement was about six months, so getting my dress altered in time was a race against the clock. It was scheduled to arrive a month before the wedding. The first seamstress I contacted said that this was «doable» (which didn’t make be feel confident) but that there would be a rush fee. I decided to look around more and found Amanda’s very positive reviews on Unilocal.
My dress ended up coming in a week late (so 3 weeks before the wedding) and I was panicking. Amanda was able to reschedule the appointment for the day my dress came in. I’m also interviewing so we had to reschedule subsequent appointments a few times and it was never an issue. We did two fittings and a final fitting/​pick up in two weeks (so I picked it up a week before the wedding) and Amanda never made me feel stressed or guilty about it.
I’m so happy with my dress. She hemmed it and made the top of the dress smaller, and it looked and feltgreat. The prices were very reasonable. And as others noted she has a very kind, friendly and calming presence.
Thanks Amanda!

Amanda was truly amazing, from the quality of her work to her excellent customer service. I highly recommend Amanda for any alteration small or large. I brought her a very dated 80’s wedding dress and she transformed it to a timeless and elegant gown. I was extremely nervous at the idea of a stranger butchering my mother’s wedding dress until I met with Amanda. After our first appointment, I knew it was in great hands and felt zero stress. She was generous, fair, professional and flexible. She even fixed my scuffed wedding shoes free of charge. She made the whole experience something my mother and I will cherish forever.

Amanda is a true professional. Courteous and honest. My dress bustle, hem, and other alterations came out perfect. If it wasn’t for her I’m positive I wouldn’t have an emaculate gown for my wedding.
She showed my sister how to bustle, tie my corset, and gave us general info on how to have my gown picture ready. I highly recommend her!!!

Amanda is great! She did an amazing job restructuring my entire wedding dress to fit my body. She was insightful and gave very helpful suggestions on how best to alter the dress, which was very delicate and covered in light beading and lace. She was meticulous and ensured that the dress was exactly how I wanted it. Definitely trust her vision and recommend her for any dress alterations.

Amanda is fabulous. By mistake, my daughter and I first went to a different tailor in Marlton who was rude, arrogant, wouldn’t listen to what we wanted, and quadruple booked our appointment time. Luckily we left and then found Amanda online. I e-​mailed Amanda at The Shiny Thimble in Haddon Township, NJ. What a difference. She only books one person for fittings at a time, she doesn’t take walk-​ins, she has a bright sunny attitude, she listened to everything we were thinking and made wonderful suggestions, and she did a beautiful job.
Amanda added two rows of latch hooks to the strapless Victoria Secret bra turning it from a 32D into a 28D. She also fixed the sequins on the dress, took the dress in at the waist, and added a row of sticky cling to the top of the dress (like the sticky row you find on strapless bras to help them stay in place against the skin). We are extremely pleased with the results. The dress looks beautiful, stays up, and my daughter never needed to adjust the strapless bra or hike up the dress during the party. Amanda was amazing to work with.
She works out of her home, has a degree in the field, and has two beautiful little ones that entertained our youngest daughter during the fitting. It was a fantastic experience. We will be using her for all our future alterations.
Life is too short to work with nasty people. Amanda is a happy intelligent woman that knows her craft. She is a pleasure to work with and I’ll never go anywhere else again.

I found Amanda after being turned off by a certain (surely capable but super snooty) downtown tailor who was threatening to ruin my happy-​bride juju with his condescending demeanor. After hanging up the phone with him, I decided I wanted to keep this whole thing more positive, so turned to Unilocal and found Amanda’s stellar reviews.
She returned my email the same afternoon and I was at her house for my first fitting within the week. My alterations were pretty minor (hem, cups, taking in the sleeves) but the dress material was very delicate silk gauze. Amanda managed to do it all without a single snag or catch (which is amazing since I’m sure I snagged it at least once with a ragged fingernail, and I hardly touched it… I can’t imagine if I had a needle anywhere near it!)
She pays meticulous attention to detail, isn’t happy unless you’re happy, and sends you on your way with a knockout dress and good juju in spades. I’d recommend Amanda to anyone and will definitely will be back the next time I need more than a hem.

I bought my gown at a consignment store and brought it to Amanda 2 sizes too big with multiple additional work I wanted to do to make it my own. She worked closely with me making recommendations along the way. The final product was the most beautiful gown I have ever seen. It fit like a glove and was more then I could have ever hoped for.
Amanda has an impeccable attention to detail and is meticulous with her work. It doesn’t hurt that she’s super super nice and so down to earth. I just can’t recommend her enough.

Buying the perfect dress is not always perfect for a woman. I particularly always have to buy dresses way too big for me. Top fits but the rest is too big and adding to my shortness, I have to get major alterations done.
Amanda asked me to try on my dress. Measured and fitted me. Even suggested adding cup holders to my dress to help stand me up. lol. Lord only knows that I need all the help I can get. hahaha
My dress was done in a few days and delievered. Amanda waited to see how the dress fitted. It was va-​va-​voom perfect. The care and perfection in her work speaks volumes. I’d highly recommend all alteration needs with Amanda «The Shiny Thimble,» that saved my dress dilemma.
Prices are reasonable.

I highly recommend Amanda for alteration. I went to her for my wedding dress alteration crisis. I found my «dress» and it was so intricate in the bodice area that I was so scared to use anyone. As any bride would know, you have that hesitation to let anyone alter your «dress» because you want to look perfect as you first saw yourself in that «dress.» I trusted Amanda with my gown. She did a wonderful job. She was meticulous and attention to detail. My gown fit perfectly. Amazing seamstress!