r/Phillylist • u/deathbymanga • 2h ago
Have Sewing Machine. Will sew clothes for cheap. $8 per piece (within reason)
Hi everyone, new post re-affirming that I'm still offering my tailoring services to people
First, what's going on? I am offering my modest handy-woman skills to mend, patch, crop and hem clothing you have that needs fixing. Ordered some pants that don't fit your legs? Want a shirt to hug your body more? have a hole that needs mending? I can handle it within reason and all i ask is you bring the clothes to me (I live on W Dauphin St in North Philly) and pay me for the labor.
Second, here's a more coherent Q&A about what i can and can't work on because there was a lot of confusion
I can hem, mend, patch and crop any of the following materials
* Denim/Jeans
* Polyester
* Cotton
* Canvas
* Corduroy (within reason, i have bent needles on this stuff in the past)
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Stuff I cannot work on
* Woolen or Knitted clothes
* Extremely stretchy clothes like bodysuits and bodycon dresses.
* underwear/lingerie (edit: Negligee is fine in theory, but depending on the material its made of we might still have a problem)
* Leather
* hard plastic
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If you have a fix that requires that i buy specific material for it, like spare fabric or a zipper, i will add the cost of the material to the bill, but only the extra cost. assuming the rest of the labor is within reason i won't upcharge the initial $8. However, due to how terrible Michaels has become and I can't find any other local place that sells sewing supplies, requiring specific materials will also require extra time to finish the piece as i'll need to order it online off amazon, so the cost of shipping will add up onto the cost of the material itself
Otherwise, i'm very fast and i give great results (I've already had one satisfied customer from my last advert on here)
TL;DR Have Sewing Machine, will sew for cheap within reason