Patty Elliott’s Place

After Patty’s great work altering a rehearsal dinner dress for my own wedding, when a bridesmaid dress for an upcoming wedding did not fit I knew just who to call. She got me in to check it out on the same day and made a dress that was absolutely not going to fit at all, fit like a glove. She was reassuring the whole time (I was freaking out a little bit) and worked quickly and diligently. Within a week I had a perfectly fitting dress and I know the bride will be happy the dress fits me! Patty truly is a miracle worker and she is the first person I will call when I need any alterations in the future.

Patty was recommended to me by my Wedding Coordinator. Not only is her shop conveniently located, but she’s so friendly, graceful and honest. I didn’t have any bridesmaids or my mother with me during my fitting, but with Patty’s expertise I felt confident that my dress would be the PERFECT fit. At first I was short on the normal turn-​around time (we planned our wedding in under 6 months), but Patty was so flexible and assured me that we’d fit in 3 fittings to make sure my dress was perfect.
After my first fitting with Patty, I decided to bring in my engagement photography shoot dress for alterations. Patty did such an amazing job on both of my dresses, and I looked forward to visiting her shop for each appointment. Thank you Patty for making me feel extra beautiful in my dress!

I went to Patty this summer (2015) to have a dress made for the mother of the bride for an outdoor wedding. I gave Patty some ideas and she created a pattern for exactly what I had been envisioning for this dress. We worked together to hone in on the final details and the finished product was amazing. I received so many compliments on the dress and I will return to Patty for more down the road. I recommend her and think she’s a great lady and talented.
Meryl

Its very rare to find a real seamstress in business, if that’s what you are looking for, you have found it. Bridezilla’s beware!!! This is a classic elegant place of business. I found Patty to be refreshing and professional, she was honest and very experienced. When you are fitting yourself for a wedding or special occassion, you need to be sure you are getting the right dress. Keep in mind you can take things in but its more difficult to let them out if they don’t fit correctly. If you’re wearing a dress thats too tight for you, your seamstress should tell you! For the work and care produced in such a flawless effort to tailor authentic dresses, this is something worth spending the money on. I read these reviews of people complaining that she mentioned needing to lose weight because the dress was snug around the hip area. This is the customers issue not the seamstresses, don’t wear a dress that is too tight for you, live in the NOW and get a dress that fits, shes not a miracle worker, and frankly i would trust my tailor to be honest with me rather than me pay for a service to only be uncomfortable in a gown that was not suited for my figure. She has well enough space for viewing the dress, the location is easy to find.

My niece went to Patty for an alteration on her wedding dress and was really disappointed with the service. Not only was she expensive but she was also was giving her the wrong information. She was saying she needed 7 bustles which isn’t true. She also made her feel bad about her body asking her if she was going to be working out because the dress was tight around her hip area. I wouldn’t recommend her unless you want to spend too much money.

«Patty» turned my dress night mare into a most pleasant dream. The alterations were very professionally completed on time and with a smile. Thank you Patty!

I loved Patty Elliott and the work she did on my wedding gown. I have a 1950’s vintage dress that needed some TLC. Patty treated it with the utmost respect, and had extensive knowledge about the dress’s style and original make. One of my bridesmaids also took her dress to Patty for a very reasonably priced alteration.

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i found THE DRESS and not only did it fit perfectly with its corset back and fall to a perfect length, but it already had bustles sewn in. it seemed like everything was good to go, but i knew nothing about wedding dresses so i thought i’d get an expert opinion to look it over just in case. patty elliott had me come in for a quick consultation so she could let me know if anything needed to be done. she said i only needed a single fitting and was willing to work with my crazy schedule as a med student going to school out of state.
her store is in a warehouse-​looking area and was very difficult to find. it was december and freezing out and the old, dimly-​lit store seemed to be just as cold inside as it was outside. patty seemed like she knew what she was talking about as she looked over my dress. she had me change into it and stand in front of her small mirror. i was in my strapless dress, trying to hold in shivers as she slowly inspected my bustles (while wearing at least 3 layers and a jacket). i was still under the impression that this «consultation» wouldn’t take more than 10 – 15 minutes, tops — especially since i really didn’t find anything to be obviously wrong with the dress.
after fumbling around for awhile, patty told me that the bustle in my dress was completely wrong. she said that she would have to take it all out and redo it completely. she started pulling fabric up and pinning away. meanwhile, i couldn’t see anything that was going on and she didn’t bother to explain what she was doing. she complained about how she had injured her hands and it was difficult to move her fingers, so i didn’t want to rush her. she also spent 30 min complaining about ‘a fitting place,’ her previous place of work and how she was underpaid and they were mean to her and how they charge so much more than her… on and on. after i lost all circulation to my feet (wearing my heels), she finally let me take a look. my dress looked completely different. the back had these huge poofy cinderella bustles instead of the orignal subtle pickups. unfortunately, i knew absolutely nothing about bustles at the time because i didn’t think they needed fixing. i asked her about the various bustle styles and she told me that what she had pinned up was really the only option that would work with my dress. supposedly, the big poofy folds of fabric in the back were just a consequence of how the dress was designed — there was no other way she could pin up a bustle. seemed odd to me because the original bustle looked just fine… in fact muchh better.
i had allotted ~$ 50 for minor alterations. i thought maybe i would need to pull the neckline down a tad or fix some other tiny detail. to my surprise, patty told me that she had to put in 5 bustles to hold the train up (while the original bustle system only had 3 bustle points and looked fine). she wrote up an invoice and said it would be $ 185 for the alterations. i had never heard of bustles costing so much, even at david’s bridal, which is notorious for ripping brides off. patty had spent an hour pinning my dress and it really didn’t seem like it was an option to walk out of there without paying her… i guess i should have told her at that point that i needed to bring my mom in (or get a 2^nd alterations opinion). but she didn’t exactly present an option other than leaving the dress with her and paying at least a down payment. being the pushover that i am, i left my dress with her and walked away with a sinking feeling. i told myself that i didn’t really have a choice, since it was my last day in town and she was the one person who could work with my schedule.
later that day, i still felt iffy about the whole thing, so i asked patty to hold off on doing any sewing until i had a chance to research some bustles and look at examples online. she didn’t seem happy about it. i easily found 5 – 6 examples of french bustles done on the exact dress style i had and they all looked 100x better than the large, flappy, poofy folds she had pinned the train into. she had told me to email the examples to her. 2 – 3 weeks later, no response, so i emailed her again. this time she replied — a single sentence along the lines of «yeah i got your email but the pictures and whatever you wrote made no sense.» what. i’m ocd and had labeled everything clearly. it became obvious that she was unwilling to help at all to get the dress to look how i wanted, so i asked her if i could come by and pick the dress up. on the phone and in person, she was very short, insulting, and just all-​around rude. even though she hadn’t done any work on my dress, i didn’t get my $$ back. so much for a free consultation… avoid patty elliott’s at all costs, especially for something as important as a wedding dress. i hate to say this, but she is inexperienced and overcharges (yes, even in comparison to ‘a fitting place,’ which she had ranted about), but most of all, really doesn’t seem to care to work with the customer.

The affordable prices and quality at Patty Elliot’s are certainly good reasons to choose her. I did feel a bit like my requests weren’t really heard unless I really advocated for myself. I recommend being very clear about what you want. The finished product was beautiful and Patty is a skilled seamstress. Availability of hours was very limited and tough to get in for someone who works during the week.

Patty is amazing! I bought a wedding dress in Denver and the boutique sent me to another tailor who they said was the best. She wasn’t! Ruined my dress and charged me a ton. On the recommendation of a friend I called Patty panicking. She got me in right away and was so sweet and helpful. She made my dress beautiful again. Prices are so reasonable, especially considering her serious expertise. Patty is the best!

Went for alteration of my brand new suite. I needed it within 2 days and they agreed to do it. Amazingly done, and most importantly bang on time. Would definitely recommend for alterations.

Patty is amazing and talented! She turned my beautiful, lace, Watters dress that I got at a Sample Sale into a dress that fit me perfectly. She was friendly, accommodating and full of great ideas — even down to what shoes I should get! I would recommend Patty to anyone. You can just tell she has been doing this for years. She is the best there is!

Patty was recommended to me by Anna Be Bridal Boutique in Denver where I bought my full lace dress. I could not have been more happy with Patty’s attention to detail. At one point during the fitting process I tried on the dress and then left and then called her 15 minutes later worrying I really wanted to make a last minute change (not at all because something Patty had done just me being a picky bride). She was totally accommodating and I was completely satisfied with how it turned out in the end.
Pros: Go here if you want someone who really knows what they are doing, able to work with complex lace
Cons: NONE!
Thank you Patty!

I recently got married in Australia on Dec. 18^th. Patty took care of me, and my dress! After ordering my dress in May from a bridal shop in North Carolina, I was mistakenly told that I would receive my dress in September. I called the shop to check on the status of my dress, and was told that it would not even get to North Carolina until late October.
I called Patty Elliott, as I remembered meeting her at the Boulder Bridal Showcase, and found her to be warm. She spoke with my for over half an hour on the phone, and she reassured me that she had done bridal alterations with much less time.
My dress arrived, and I went in for my first fitting in mid-​November. The dress would not zip! It did not have side seams, so it couldn’t be let out. I was envisioning crazy crash diets and hours in the gym to get into my dress. Patty calmed me down, and I decided to head back to CorePower Yoga to relieve the stress and slim down, rather than crash diet. Two weeks later, the dress zipped, and Patty got to work on my alterations and my bustle.
At my final fitting, I could not have been more happy. Patty even helped me pack the dress for the long flight to Australia! I was thrilled with Patty from beginning to end, and will be taking all of my clothes to her for alterations in the future. Patty is an amazing tailor, but even more importantly, she is a great person. My mom couldn’t come from NC for any of my fittings, and having Patty there made missing my mom a little easier.

I found this place for my bridesmaid dress alterations after my debacle with Amanda’s Bridal. The woman who fitted me was efficient, friendly, and eminently reasonable about the price ($ 45, literally half of some other quotes I got). I walked in in the middle of the day and was out within fifteen minutes.
The only problem I had was that she said she would call me when she finished, and she didn’t, and I moved to another state, and had to have the bride pick up the dress like 3 weeks later, which could have been a problem, but turned out not to be. The dress fit perfectly and showed no visible signs of having been worked on.

patty is the absolute best! she took my wedding dress, which was a sample dress 6 sizes too big and made it fit perfectly and look wonderful. she gives perfect advice and is patient and very detail oriented. she’s always willing to show you several options of what you can do, so you know you’re getting the best work possible.
on top of that, she’s very sweet and friendly. she puts you at ease, no matter what disaster you bring her to fix. and! her prices are really reasonable. i love patty!