Creations by Michelina

If your Nonna isn’t around to alter your wedding gown herself, just bring it to Michelina.
Stepping into her little shop on Adams St., you may be a little taken back. Her granddaughters often hang out there, and there are cartoons playing on the little TV in the corner. But then, Michelina works her magic. After several fittings for my wedding gown, it came out perfect. But mine was probably the easiest of the 3 dresses we brought to her:
My mom had her gown altered by Michelina as well. Everything was going perfect. until 2 days before the wedding. My mom went to pick up her gown, and noticed stains all over the gown that hadn’t been there before. Showing Michelina, she immediately went into action. She was panicking, not knowing how it happened! My mom, who was panicking herself, was also trying to calm her down because she was visibly upset! Michelina said no matter what, even if she has to work day and night, she will save this gown.
Lo and behold, we pick up the gown the morning before the wedding and it is good as new. Still don’t know what happened, but know for sure Michelina did everything in her power to save that dress — and she did!
The third dress we brought to her was my Matron of Honnor’s dress. She was a couple months pregnant at the time, but no one but me knew yet. Her dress, that had fit perfectly before, was starting to get a little tight. I told her, bring it with us to see Michelina, she’ll help you. Taking a dress in for a seamstress is cake, but taking it out is a challenge. We were concerned that nothing could be done! My mom, MOH and I are standing in the little shop while Michelina examines the dress on her ironing board… after what seemed like forever but was probably just a minute… she looks up and just says «I can do».
Miracle worker, Michelina is. Pleasure to work with and does great work. I would bring any of my clothes to her in the future for alterations. For the great company, and outstanding work.

I went to Michelina on a friend’s recommendation and I couldn’t be happier! She altered a bridesmaid dress that I’d ordered online but was a little too big up top. The rouching on it was very thick but she did a great job! She forgot to call me to tell me it was done and had a little trouble finding it when I got there, but she is so adorable that I didn’t even mind. I didn’t have an issue with cash only because I’d checked out other reviews before I went. She’s awesome. I’ll definitely be back!

Michelina herself is a very charming lady and does wonderful work. That said, make sure you get a very firm quote before taking anything here to be altered.
I took my wedding dress here to be hemmed. I had all the other alterations done through David’s Bridal but they wouldn’t cut off the train for me so I looked around for someone who would. I knew a couple seamstresses but they were too busy to do the hemming with wedding season so I took it to Michelina because of the great reviews here on Unilocal.
The first day in the shop Michelina pinned the hem at the desired length and said it would be ready in a month and that the cost would be between 120 or 150. I thought that was pretty good since there are three layers to the dress. The seamstresses had quoted me 80, but again, they weren’t available, so I was willing to pay a bit more to get it done.
The day I came to pick it up she says I owe $ 300.00. No joke. I don’t get it. Maybe that’s how much hemming sometimes costs — but there was no lace or anything complex that needed to be cut. Hemming cost about the same as the dress itself. Her work looks great, and she’s very polite, but I wish she hadn’t raised the price on me. It makes me sad.

My wedding dress was way too big around the bust, but the first tailor I saw didn’t think it needed adjusting (I’m a small B cup and this was for a D, at least — let’s both keep dreaming, dude). Soooo, I drove out to Michelina’s from on the rec of a coworker.
She’s really sweet and very talented, but I had a pretty stressful experience there as a result of not knowing that she didn’t take credit cards (my fault, I should have asked; I did just add it to the page, though!) and the alterations being considerably more expensive than I expected.
Also, when I got the dress home, I saw that there was a huge rip near the zipper and the sash was falling off… so I called Michelina back even though she was closed (1pm on a Saturday). I frantically explained that my wedding was in 7 days and she told me to come in right away. She fixed the rip and put the sash back on and was a lovely and soothing presence to a very frazzled almost-​bride.
But yeah, in case you missed it too, credit cards are NOT accepted. And admittedly, I’m not very experienced with tailors… but I was surprised by the price. She did do a really amazing job, though, and I would absolutely recommend Michelina to anyone who wants their wedding dress to fit like a glove.

I have been to more alterations «specialists» than the number of lies told in the current presidential debates. Seriously. And I have never, ever, EVER, had any luck. I’ve paid an arm and a leg for places to fake having done anything at all, or just done a terrible job. After endless bad recommendations from these so called friends of mine, hehe just kidding, I decided to rely on the always reliable Unilocal!to steer me in the right direction.
I saw Creations by Michelina was not only a convenient location for me, but she had a 5-​star rating so I decided to give it a go. This is one of my most deserving 5-​star reviews I’ve written. A good seamstress is hard to find. She did an EXCELLENT job on altering a dress and fixing a sweater of mine. And to top it off, she is the nicest lady. I am already compiling years of clothes needing some fixings to go back!

Michelina did an amazing job on my wedding dress. She is not only sweet and accomodating but also does a great job with the tailoring. She was reasonbly priced as well. My dress had a keyhole back so I needed her to build in cups to the dress. It ended up looking amazing and I felt really comfortable in the dress all day long. It fit perfectly and the bustle she did looked wonderful (which came in handy because it had rained the morning of the wedding so the dress had to be bustled a lot). I would highly recommend her!

Michelina is the best! My mother, sister, and I all go to her to get our clothing tailored. She is excellent at what she does, and is so reasonably priced. I have gotten many dresses and shirts altered there, and am planning on bringing a whole lot of jeans there soon to be done. You can’t go wrong with Michelina!

Michelina is a magician. Did I mention she used to run the alterations department for a major bridal designer house before opening up her own shop? She is a wonderful Italian woman and is even more charming with her accent.
I bought my wedding gown to Michelina after purchasing at a Brides Against Breast Cancer charity event in Brookline, MA and desperately needed the top portion to be altered as it was WAY too big… I’m a 34B and this top was made for like a D or something. Anyway, she altered my trumpet/​mermaid fit gown to fit my body like a GLOVE. Working slowly and efficiently to get it just right, she impressed me every time never taking in too much as my dress fabric was very delicate.
Ladies — she knows her stuff. TRUST Her. and with my alterations experience, I’ve referred my sister, who recently lost some weight and needed all her summer dresses taken in, Mich did it in a snap. She also altered my friends husband’s pants in time for our wedding. I am going back to her to get my jeans altered, she does everything and is VERY reasonably priced, seriously.