Wedding Dress Alteration Emergency!!

holtvoigt5

Hey girls! I went to go get my wedding dress first fitting done today and was soo excited! When I got there, the door was locked and I called the tailor's cell phone (he's a friend of mine who I worked with on other projects) to see where he was. His mother answered the phone and said that he had passed away unexpectantly on Monday. She's trying to handle all of the work that he had in the process, but is understandably overwhelmed. I'm so sad!

Now I'm back to square one with finding someone I can trust to do alterations. Does anyone have any ideas? My wedding is in the beginning of May, so I'm running out of time quickly, and incredibly saddened to hear about the death of my tailor like that-- he just e-mailed me last weekend

[Deleted User]

That is really sad, I am so sorry to hear that.

As far as alterations, I believe Linda Hine is highly recommended around here. I got all of my alterations where I bought my dress, which was Alan Ray Bridal. Alan himself does all the alterations and makes custom veils, etc. You could always check with him, even though I am sure he is very busy right now as well.

[Deleted User]

Here is a link from a while back that might help you. I believe it has her contact info in it as well:  http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_ohio-columbus_aaaalterations

Good luck!

sherise40

I am working with Linda Hammond. I found her through some previous posts.
Both Linda's come highly recommended.

sbzw8704

Oh, wow, that is really sad! I'm sorry  

Did you try the place you bought the dress from?

rwowsley

How horrifying!  So sorry about your friend.

I recommend Joyce Eubanks from Alterations on Lane.  She is incredible and wont charge you an arm and a leg.

ehighley

How sad!! So sorry to hear about your tailor.

I'm using Linda Hine, and she's been great! I've also used Joyce at Alterations on Lane, and did a wonderful job, too! HTH!

holtvoigt5

Thank you everyone for all your suggestions! I'm going to start my search for a new tailor tomorrow. Still totally bummed about the situation! I was so pumped to work with my tailor (Kevin Kerr). He was a wonderful designer and friend! Thank you everyone for all your help!

r38016

In Response to <a href="http://columbus.weddings.com/Sites/Weddings/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_ohio-columbus_wedding-dress-alteration-emergency?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:112Discussion:cffe08cc-c97a-4697-859a-e26ffc59d810Post:36da82c7-1f7f-4aaa-84e8-4f2c17eeb60f">Re: Wedding Dress Alteration Emergency!!</a>:
[QUOTE]How horrifying!  So sorry about your friend. I recommend Joyce Eubanks from Alterations on Lane.  She is incredible and wont charge you an arm and a leg.
Posted by rwowsley[/QUOTE]

Ditto. I just got married on 02/26/2011 and had some detailed lace work on my dress and Joyce did an amazing job. Her number is 614.488.9640. Plus, she's completely affordable.