Seams To Me

Mary Anne is fantastic and I highly recommend her to anyone needing alterations! I found her a few years ago when I was looking to get a bridesmaid dress altered. She had done 2 bridesmaid dresses for me so I naturally brought her my wedding dress to her as well. She did a great job on the fit and length and I wouldn’t have trusted anyone else to touch it.
She is very honest and does really high quality work. My mom came from out of town for my wedding and her dress had been butchered by another seamstress, Mary Anne fixed it for her within a few days and it looked way better.
If you are concerned about cost or need it by a certain time just make sure to discuss with her first. Keep in mind you will need to pay with cash or check.

If you are getting married — go to MaryAnn.
I had an expensive Katie May wedding dress with scalloped edges that she was able to shorten perfectly (this is not an easy task). She has a great personality, always delivers on time, and won’t let you leave until you are 100% happy with your dress.
2 of my friends have gone here since then and have also loved it.
I take everything here now.

Just wanted to say that 2 times I have brought ill-​fitting pieces to Mary Ann to see if she could fix them; both times she really took her time with me and was very honest in saying that they were not fixable. I really appreciate her patience and the fact that she didn’t deceive me and take my money to give me something unsatisfactory.

THIS LADY CREATED A MIRACLE!!! MARY-​ANN IS THE «MAN» I bought a dress online and of course my measurements didnt add up to the dresses’ measurements. She created 2 inches out of THIN AIR. I went to several other places first and they said absolutely NOT. «YOU BUTT TOO BIG, NO WAY THIS FIT». Well Mary Ann made it FIT and i am so grateful. she is easy to work with. she listens and is brave. she has confidence in herself and her work. this is my seamstress from now on. I didnt think she was inexpensive (lol) but you get what you pay for and miracles arent cheap lol cash/​check only… no CC THE DRESS WAS A BIG HIT. THANK YOU.

I’m so happy I found Mary Ann! I was in a wedding recently, and bought a bridesmaid gown that was pretty spendy. The store where I bought it had an agenda, I think. They had a tape measure and they did use it, BUT! Somehow they sized me 2 sizes too big? Hmm… OOOOHHH! They have a seamstress on site… I get it! they wanted me to pay MORE for THEIR seamstress… no thanks! When I got home with the dress, I put it on, lifted up my arms, and it fell to the ground. Great.
Thanks Alfred Angelo… they’re getting a Unilocal,too BTW. UGGG
THEN IT WAS MARY ANN TO THE RESCUE!!! I called and made an appointment for a fitting. She took her time pinning up the sides, and explaining the process. Her place is great. RIght on Bacon street. She even offered off street parking in the restaurant she shares a space with. Awesome! She had it done in the time frame i needed (one week) and it was PERFECT! I hated the dress when i brought it in (despite the sizing), and now i actually like it! I’m planning on bringing in a few more items now… Theres no need to go anywhere else. She’s the best!!! :)

ALWAYS GO WITH YOUR GUT!!!
We had a wedding dress modified (some changes to the top portion of the dress) and provided the dress two and a half months in advance of the wedding.
The end of the story is that we ended up with a nice looking dress but the end cost was significantly higher than the verbal quote (double the quote) and a very long delay in the start of the job made us very concerned that the dress wasn’t going to be complete by the wedding day. The work wasn’t really started until well over a month after we provided the dress for altering, this job didn’t seen to be high priority to this establishment. Created unneeded stress-​with cost and time!

I have taken several clothing items in to be altered and have been pleased with eveything. She is reasonably priced and does quality work. It is not easy to find a place that I trust not to ruin my clothes and am glad to have found Seams to Me. Thank you!!!

Maryanne is a lifesaver! After my first seamstress butchered my bustle I called Maryanne at Seams To Me (located in Ocean Beach). She fit me in right away and worked with me to create an amazing and beautiful bustle for my dress (with about 3 weeks to go). She is an amazing and creative seamstress, very efficient and professional (and her prices are very fair). My only regret is that I didn’t go to her first!

I just want to advise you to Make sure YOU ask for a price quote before leaving your item here, otherwise when you come to pick it up you will get stuck with a bill that you might not have dreamed of receiving! She will not give you a price quote unless you ASK for it before leaving it there. She told me her policy is «Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.» I got stuck with an extremely high bill (even higher than the price of my item) bc I was not given a price quote before leaving my item to get tailored. To top it off, the work on my jacket is horrible. I hate the way she hemmed up the arms, too bulky and uneven! It was definitely NOT worth the amount I paid for. She also hemmed a very expensive bridesmaid dress for me and I hated the way it looked. I had a very bad customer service experience. In my opinion, you should Proceed with caution. I was not impressed with my products at all and I will NOT be returning here for business!

Mary Ann altered an evening gown for me and did an amazing job! I will definitely return to her for my altering needs in the future. Maybe a little pricey, but worth the job well done.
Thanks for the great work, Mary Ann! :)

Best seamstress in San Diego! Mary Ann customized my store-​bought wedding dress and turned it in to the perfect dress! I’ve recommended Seams to Me to countless other brides and they are never disappointed.
I also trust Mary Ann with all of my basic tailoring. She does a great job making designer jeans fit just right!

Mary Ann is INCREDIBLE!!!
I have had 2 dresses altered by her. The first, a bridesmaid dress to be adjusted from a 12 to a 14. There wasn’t much fabric to work with so Mary Ann got creative, taking the dress from a zipper back to a lace up back (luckily I could have that kind of flexibility in the wedding I was in). The dress turned out absolutely more stunning than when I brought it in!
The second was my wedding gown. She fit it to me perfectly. And when it came to the bustle, she was so honest and humble with me. She let me know she didn’t have much experience with bustle’s and called in a consultant– a friend of hers who works with gowns regularly. The result, more perfection!

Thanks Unilocal!for helping me find a good seamstress! I am petite and regularly need items altered so finding a good person to go to has been a lot of trial and error for me! «Seams to Me» is only a few blocks from my house (awesome) and Mary Ann was not only super sweet, but very honest about how articles fit me (even told me if they were worth the money to alter which I really appreciate). She had my clothes done quickly and was affordable as well. I highly recommend bringing our clothes to her!

Mary Ann is great! Does wonderful work and reasonably priced. I wish I still lived in Ocean Beach so I could swing by and drop off my mending. I still make it, just not as often! You can trust her with mending or bigger jobs!

Pfff, please. You don’t need to go anywhere else. I found Mary Ann on Unilocal,and I’m so thankful for it. She made a dress that was about four sizes too small fit my big panda body in no time. I could not believe it. She could make Princess Dianas wedding gown fit Star Jones.
She’s magical. She’s warm, friendly, funny and cool. She is Cain, she will help you.

Mary Ann is a rock star! She made my wedding dress for me. I brought a pattern, fabric, all my trims and a million ideas and she made it happen. I wanted something similar to the pattern but altered. She did a fantastic job for an extremely reasonable price. She loves pictures!!! She is very organized, timely and does a nice job inside and out.

Seams to Me — Mary Ann Haskell — is very professional and talented in her work — both in new design and seaming project as well as alterations and repairs.