Griselda Carillo

I love Griselda! I take all of my dresses I need fixed or redone for any occasion to her, I purchased my daughters Quincenera dress there as well I just love her service & her work.

At 31 years old, I’m forever a bridesmaid, never a bride. And let’s face it, bridesmaid dresses are tricky peices of fabric and never fit quite right. I trust Griselda to add the finishing touches to all my, wear-​once gowns. She’s quick, thorough and her work makes me feel confident in a dress which will be forever memoralized in countless wedding pics, and then hang in the closet collecting dust. LOL Prices are reasonable as well.

In May 2011 I had 2 prom dresses created for my daughter’s and she did an awesome job!
My daughters decided they wanted their last year in High School to end with a high fashion dress from a well known magazine… Vogue. I went online and compared prices, I chose Griselda because she was highly recommended plus she was local.
My daughters took the pictures to her and she took their measurements and said yes I can do that. On my daughters final fitting their reaction of the dresses were WOW! Exactly what they requested and envisioned.
I highly recommend her if you want your garment fitted to your body type and save the cost of expensive online stores.
Thank you Griselda!!!
Silvia H.

I’m guessing «Easy Alteration» (actual name of the business) had been cursed, i took two shirts to get them fitted, Griselda pinned the shirts i was confident, trusted her i even wink and smile chatting about novelas (soap operas) she gave the shirts to one of the ladies, surprise!!! they shorten the sleeves and they are so tight that I barely can move my arms. One i still can use, she told me to buy a new one and come back to redo it, no thanks, I’ll take the one that i think i can use. She kept one shirt i kept the other at no charge.
Why Griselda? Why?
Have you been touched by the glitz of Unilocal and you don’t want to sew anymore? Whatever the reason you have lost respect and at least one customer.

An update. Griselda is doing so well she has now moved into her own space. She’s not sharing with a hair salon any more!
Griselda is a hidden gem. The quality of her work is very very good. You won’t even know the item has been tailored when she is done. You need an original hem on jeans? — she is the best I’ve been to so far. You need a suit to hug you just right? She’s the woman. She must have the eyes of a hawk to get those seams to line up so perfectly! Griselda used to work for Nordstrom’s tailoring — and you’ll see her awards up on the wall. So I definitely am a fan of the quality of Griselda’s work, and if by chance something isn’t quite right she will gladly fix it — often times on the spot while you wait! But, there are a couple of caveats to using her.
First, be explicit about what you want. She has a little bit of an accent and sometimes I find her a little difficult to understand. There were a couple of times she had to re-​do items. Forgot to keep the cuff one time, needed to shorten something just a little bit more. But like I said she will gladly fix — and often on the spot while you wait. BTW watching her take it apart and fix it in a matter of minutes is fascinating! But I should also mention that I am unusually short and petite and I tend to take in a dozen or more items at a time — so instructions sometimes get confused between items. Also, most tailors underestimate how small I am. I think the general rule is to ere on the side of a little big. For me, it’s not uncommon after the work is done that just a bit more needs to be taken up or taken in. So if you are just taking one item in every once in awhile — then you can disregard this comment.
She’s a one man-​shop (maybe not literally, but pretty much), and she literally shares space with a hair salon. They kind of blocked off this room, where she works from. It is a separate space with a storage area for her tailoring, sewing machines and a small changing room. It’s not as weird as it sounds — but I was a little confused the first time I went. Her hours are 9 – 4 M-​F and 9 – 6 Sat. I’ve only gone to her on Saturdays — and her hours on Sat are a little «fluid». I think M-​F she is a little more stable, but definitely call her before you head over there on a Sat — there have been times that she was not open or was doing a half day. But if she isn’t there that day, she’ll offer to meet you at a schedule time if she can. Did I mention one-​man shop?
Basically, you almost feel like you are going to your friend’s mom who happens to be a tailor. (Griselda has met me on a Saturday while getting ready for a wedding with big rollers in her hair. haha!) But instead of meeting at her house, you meet at a hair salon. As shady as this sounds I promise you it isn’t. She does terrific work.
Because I am so small and short (no I’m not a «little person» but pretty darn close), I am always on the hunt for good tailors. Griselda was the 3^rd tailor I tried in Sacramento before I was satisfied.
Why not 5 stars? Because no one compares to my hometown favorite Timmy the Taylor in Boston.