Reviews of Alterations by Dawn (Tailor)

Reba Morris

I would highly recommend Dawn to anyone. She just finished my dress and did work for two of my bridesmaids. Great quality work, efficient, and flexible with your personal schedule. :)

Stephanie Fuller

I needed my bridesmaid dress taken up quickly and Dawn was fast, friendly, and the dress looks perfect! I recommend her services, for sure!

April Haworth

The best seamstress in the tristate area. Hemmed my husbands pants and made every adjustment needed. The turn around was lightning fast too! Wonderful woman and great attention to my needs

Monica Craft

I took my daughter to have her prom dress resized at the top and to have a slit added on the left leg. She did an excellent job. She was friendly, professional and knowledgeable. Her dress was perfect! Thank you Dawn!

Shari Xman

Dawn is so sweet and accommodating and on top of that she's an excellent seamstress!!!

Bethany Fox

WOW!! I had gotten a few pairs of work pants that are really comfortable but were too long, I called Dawn and she was able to get me.in to hem my pants! She is super friendly and very passionate about what she does! I was able to pick up my pants the next morning and they fit so perfectly now! I'm really glad I found her and if you are in need of alterations just call Dawn!!

Kelly Leach

Dawn works fast and does an incredible job. Her prices are very fair.

A.J. Knight

Please think twice before hiring Dawn Brooky of Alterations by Dawn. Below is a summary of my experience. I have photos documenting all of Dawn's work, and I have shared those photos with her and with the dress store who recommended her as a seamstress. The dress store offered a sincere and quick apology after seeing the photos (even though Dawn's work is not their fault). Dawn responded as you will read below. *Quality of Service: *Very* poor quality work overall (large stitches showing on the front of the dress in numerous spots; a zipper placket with fabric puckering and multiple stitching lines; grimy spots around where she sewed in the sleeves; lining sewn in with puckers and large visible hand stitches; etc.), plus Dawn ruined my sash and my sleeves. The sash is replaceable, but not the sleeves. Dawn looked at the photos I sent her and told me nothing was wrong with her work, and that the problem was me. *Responsiveness: Dawn responded to my calling to make appointments, but she was not responsive to my requests for a refund. Her responses to my problems with my dress were not based on concern for me, for my dress, or for my stress, but for how she could salvage her reputation and cast blame on me. *Professionalism: Dawn treated me decently in her fitting room. When I came to her with the problems in her work and to request a refund, she treated me rudely, implied that my motive for contacting her was because I had dress-regret, and said that she was the professional, there was nothing wrong with her work, and that I was the one with the problem. She said she would work on my dress again if I wanted her to, but she would do it her way, not in the way I wanted. Her way caused the problems in the first place, and I won't trust her with my dress again. I also unfortunately expect Dawn to reply to my review in a manner to cast doubt on my legitimacy, as she mentioned she would and could respond to any reviews I left online. *Value: I paid Dawn $280 for alterations, all of which I am now re-doing myself, other than the hem. Her poor workmanship is costing me time, costing me emotional energy, and costing me money beyond what I paid her. I will not take the dress back for more of her work to fix the problems she created in the first place. I have requested a refund for everything but the hem, but she will not issue a refund. Her final response was "perhaps we weren't meant to do this dress together." I paid her good money to do good work. She got my money, but I got only poor-quality work and an unwearable dress as she left it. That's not right by anyone's standards. *Flexibility: I'm giving Dawn a full star for flexibility, as I misjudged traffic once from Winchester, VA, and she made time to see me at the bridal shop instead of at her home. You be the judge for yourself. I do not recommend Dawn's work or her behavior.

N M

Best seamstress ever! For homecoming, I decided to wear my moms old prom dress, but it was slightly too big. I took it to Dawn and she fixed it up very nicely. She even gave me two little squares that she cut off so that my mother could put them in a scrapbook. She was super nice and very professional. I gave her the dress when she was swamped with other dresses to do, and even then she finished in a very timely manner. 10/10 would recommend!

Anna Compton

I have been going to dawn for almost 10 years, she truly is the best seamstress I've been to in the area. I will continue to recommend her to anyone in need! She's great, timely, and does great work.

Hannah Smith

Dawn is beyond a professional and wonderfully down to Earth person. She is very thorough in her appointments and extremely detailed in her workmanship. Would recommend to anyone who wants the job done perfectly!

Chelsea Gottleib

Dawn did a beautiful job on my bustle of my wedding dress

dawn brooky

Dawn Brooky is very professional and her prices are very fair. I would recommend her to anyone who needs something altered. She is so creative with some things I thought were done for. She made them work for me. I don't understand these other negative comments, I think someone is just trying to make her look bad. it is too bad when people do that. I am a client of Dawns and am using her computer to write this review.my name is Dylis.

Betty Bowman

Nice place

Debasis Sarkar

tried multiple times to reach the number, no response and address is not correct not able to track the location to reach this.

MikeKimandNick Matarazzo

You'll just love her, hands down!! I take everything I have, from the smallest hole to a total redesign I have in mind, to her for fixing and altering. She is not only a great seamstress but a talented designer who sees my visions and works so beautifully well with me to alter my clothing to my taste, my body and style. You cannot find anyone like her with the quality, precision, care and craftsmanship she puts behind her work. Ask her about the designers she's worked with, the articles written about her, etc some time. She's sweet and humble but she's a shining star who my whole family adores as we began seeing her back in the early 80's and have yet to find anyone like her and now have to drive from Bethesda to see her since she's moved to Hagerstown the drive is worth it though, how can I complain about this doll?! You can't!

Krista Forsyth

Dawn did a very professional job on my Mother-of -the-groom dress and my granddaughter's flower girl dress. Very happy with the results. I will contact her for future alteration needs.