Mary’s Alterations Plus

Mary is awesome. she came very highly recommended by a lot of my Granddaughter’s friends in the Land Park area. Took a dress to her Tuesday night… picked it up Thursday; Beautifully hemmed. I gave her my debit card. Mary does;t take debit cards. She does not want to increase prices to cover the bank fees she would have to pay. I had $ 17 of the $ 20. she told me when I was in the area to drop off the balance? Who does that? Not Target or Nordstrom’s.yes they take debit but if I didn’t have a card I would not have the option of bringing the $ 3 back at a later time. Support small local businesses. Great service & super work. very thoughtful. I will be back to Mary’s!

We just moved to the neighborhood and I needed a paid of suit slacks taken in and hemmed. Mary greeted me with a smile and asked what I needed, and I told her. First thing she aksed was, «Did you bring the shoes you’ll be wearing?» I looked down at my flip flops, and told her, «I’ll be right back!» Came back with the shoes and tried on the pants, which was great, because after she pinned up the waist, turned out the hem was perfect, which saved me the expense of hemming them. I told I her I was in no hurry to get them back, but she still had them ready in 5 days. They fit perfect, and it was only $ 10! Additionally, she assured me that she doesn’t «cut fabric,» so if someday I need to use that fabric again (wink wink) it’s still in the seam. Good to know! I will definitely be back and highly recommend her!

My friend referred me to Mary for my bridesmaids dress that had to be taken in quite a bit. She saw me right away and had my dress finished within a week. She also took the time to make sure it fit and it did. She was also reasonably priced, well that’s what my friends say when I tell them how much it was. I will definitely be back if I need anything else altered.

Top notch work at very low prices. Only drawback can be limited hours — sometimes late in opening but still worth going back.

Disappointing. I’ll have to take the garment to a different place to see if it can repaired. A beautiful new suit may be ruined… heartbreaking…

I am so glad that a friend recommended Mary’s for alterations. She does amazing work for unheard of prices!

First of all, I have to say Mary is the Best! I found Mary after reading these reviews on Unilocal and then I realized that she is right in my Land Park neighborhood. Over the past 8 – 10 months, I’ve slowly taken a huge portion of my wardrobe to her to get in more tailored to me. I had dress shirts that were not too old but they were «regular fit» but I’m am a slim fit guy. She basically made my dress shirts all look like they were bought in the «slim fit» section.
Her prices cannot be beat and she knows the «look» that I want. I’ve had clothes tailored in NYC but Mary is as good or better and for a cheaper price here in Sacramento. I’ve turned friends on to her and there has not been any unhappy experiences. I definitely recommend Mary to anyone looking for a GREAT tailor in Sacramento.

I had a dress that needed slight alterations — but the garment was a marvel of engineering (lots of ruching and built-​in shape wear), and Mary did a AMAZING job! She was pleasant, timely, and clearly enjoys what she does. I will be back for sure to support this local business and talented lady!

Had a great experience here with my tapered pants. She didn’t taper it all the way up the pants so it kind of flaired like hammer pants. I took them back the next week and she graciously tapered them all the way up the pants. I would definitely recommend her to others.

Mary is a total professional this place is affordable she is courteous she is friendly she is a sweetheart I went there yesterday for the first time left her three pair jeans for her to alter for me, she had them ready by today at 11 in the morning very reasonable prices.
I totally recommend this place to anyone.

Ugh @ the reviewers complaining about the décor and the fact that the place doesn’t smell like fresh morning dew. She’s trying to make a few bucks hemming your effing pants and you’re going to complain because there are clothes everywhere and her curtains are out of style… seriously?
She’s a very friendly woman, private dressing area, honors her time commitments. Just be sure you know what you want when you go there — she’s probably not overly interested or experienced at completely remaking an article of clothing, but she does a nice job at basic alterations. And she’s BUSY… every time I’ve been there there’s a steady stream of men and women picking up and dropping off items, with a friendly «Thanks, Mary. Great job again.»
oh…and easy to get to right off 50 and Broadway and convenient parking right by the door.

Affordable prices and did an excellent job altering two of bridesmaids dress. Was able to pick up my dress the next day!

Nice lady, but alterations were not up to par. I brought in a lined silk skirt to be hemmed just a few inches for an event. When I tried it on at home the hemline was uneven and the lining was longer than the skirt! Pretty shoddy workmanship, if you ask me. I brought it in to show her and she offered to fix it but I was not going to chance her ruining it again (would have liked my money back…). It was a simple hem – I wasn’t expecting it to be butchered. Maybe she is okay for hemming pants and basic stuff but I wouldn’t trust my higher end pieces with this place.

I brought in 3 pairs of pants to be tapered and hemmed (which cost $ 65). This place is totally a messy throwback to the 60s. I got fitted on a Wednesday on my lunch break and was told I could pick the pants up the following Tuesday. There is a sign at the front desk that said all pickups will be ready after 1:00pm on pickup day. I called in twice to make sure my pants were ready for pickup and nobody answered. Then i arrived at nearly 4:00pm and she couldn’t find my pants! Turns out she didn’t even start working on them. Came back a little bit after 5:00pm to pick up the pants and Mary helped me make finishing touches. Nice lady, not the best ambiance, but left with what I needed, which is definitely important.

Mary is awesome! Yes, the place looks a bit dated, but that’s not what I care about. What I care about is finding quality alterations from someone with experience and would be honest with me about how to get the best results.
I brought in a dress that I thought needed to be taken in on the sides (bust area a bit loose), but she advised that it would be pricey, and may not produce the results I want. Instead, she suggested taking in the shoulder a bit to get the fit I desired — it was cheaper and it worked like a charm! Service was on time, and I had in just in time for the wedding I wanted to use the dress for.

This place is amazing! Mary is a wonderful woman, and her work is very high quality. This environment & momma Mary’s attitude makes you feel at home. It’s as if you dropped your materials to your mom or grandma, and you feel totally confident that perfection is the only result. I’d recommend this business to anyone.

I’m on a bit of a rant on Sacramento tailors right now so please forgive me. After calling around to find a place that will just take my measurements and getting no luck, I tried Mary’s.
The woman on the phone sounded friendly enough, but when I asked whether she could just take my measurements she responded «Uhhh… no because I don’t do inseams. Try another place, I don’t do inseams.»
Hm, does this mean I’ve found a tailor that is afraid of crotches? Seems like that should be some sort of disqualifying factor for a tailor… crotchaphobia.
Also, I just told my wife the story and she said she was in there years ago and it smelled like cat pee. My wife’s nose for cat pee is beyond reproach, so this must be true. Though, to be fair, I cannot vouch for the current smell in the place; they very well may have cleaned it up since my wife was in.

Just wonderful! Absolutely wonderful.
With less than a week away from a wedding, I needed my suit tailored and fitted. Short on cash and time, I sought out my closest option that only happened to be a couple of blocks away from me. I was on a time crunch and needed this done well and as quickly as possible. Mary didn’t even flinch and took care of me. As my first time visiting her, I hope that this will not be my last. Not only did I get my suit taken in (which, honestly was a size too big from purchasing it over a year ago) but she did a terrific job at a great price.
I was worried this would get me close to the price of the suit but at under $ 50, this breathes new life into something just last week I was debating about donating. Thank you so much Mary! I hope to return soon.

This review is long overdue.
Mary did an absolutely brilliant job altering my wedding dress. She made some drastic changes which turned a gorgeous dress into my dream dress AND, and she did it in a way that makes it possible to return it to its original design! I didn’t even know that was an option.
She also made my veil, which came out even better than the vision in my head.
I got countless compliments on the dress and I’ve never felt more confident than the day I wore it. That’s really all that any bride could want from her wedding dress.
A thousand thank yous, Mary. Every Sactown bride should give you a call!

I’ve recently developed a potentially expensive obsession with pencil skirts. After a quick search, I decided to try Mary’s for alterations. I got two lined pencil skirts fitted for $ 30 ($ 15 each), which I tried on in one of the two front fitting rooms. She quoted a four-​day wait time. She was extremely friendly, although the place is in great need of a renovation.
I think I finally found my go-​to tailor.