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Mplwdrez
Citizen
Username: Mplwdrez
Post Number: 3
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, April 27, 2006 - 12:02 pm: | 
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I am looking for a seamstress to alter my bridal gown. I don’t trust the salon that I got it from and now have to find someone trustworthy of altering a ball gown. Does anyone know of a local seamstress who is up for the challenge? |
Soparents
Citizen
Username: Soparents
Post Number: 258
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, April 27, 2006 - 12:06 pm: |
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Hediye - Gifted Thimble, she is up in the Newstead section of South Orange. 973 313 1621.
I trust her with everything. |
Mplwdrez
Citizen
Username: Mplwdrez
Post Number: 5
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, April 27, 2006 - 12:07 pm: |
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soparents, Thanks! I will look in to her. |
Handygirl
Citizen
Username: Handygirl
Post Number: 678
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, April 27, 2006 - 12:24 pm: |
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Hediye is great. |
Mplwdrez
Citizen
Username: Mplwdrez
Post Number: 7
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, April 27, 2006 - 12:40 pm: |
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Great enough that you would trust her on your wedding dress  |
Soparents
Citizen
Username: Soparents
Post Number: 259
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, April 27, 2006 - 12:56 pm: |
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YES - without a doubt.
With something like this, I always believe in having a meeting to "sound things out". I didn't know Hediye until I was given a recommendation, and I am so happy that I made the call.
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Handygirl
Citizen
Username: Handygirl
Post Number: 679
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, April 27, 2006 - 1:07 pm: |
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Yes, she is incredibly detail-oriented. Her home/workshop is spacious (considering what I have seen in some places) and meticulously clean. She is very responsive and professional. I would trust a wedding dress with her over a shop any day. |
Wendy
Supporter
Username: Wendy
Post Number: 2400
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, April 27, 2006 - 1:38 pm: |
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I'll second (or is it third) the recommendations for Hediye. I only have brought one thing to her - it was a men's coat which needed a new collar because the old one was suede and was oil stained. She shopped for the perfect material (a beautiful brown corduroy which complemented the jacket color) and did a perfect job replacing the collar. It now washes well and looks better than the original.
Once you meet her and find out her background and the following she has from loyal past customers where she used to live, you will and should feel fine trusting your wedding dress to Hediye. She's great! (No I'm not related or share in a commission. I just really like her.)
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Mergele
Citizen
Username: Mergele
Post Number: 389
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, April 27, 2006 - 1:57 pm: |
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Mplwdrez - Hediye did my wedding dress last year and the alterations were fairly complicated. She essentially took the whole bodice apart and put it back together again. Her work was flawless. |
Georgie
Citizen
Username: Georgie
Post Number: 106
Registered: 8-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, April 27, 2006 - 1:58 pm: |
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I highly recommend Allison from Maplewood Bridal (on Springfield). |
Mplwdrez
Citizen
Username: Mplwdrez
Post Number: 8
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, April 27, 2006 - 3:59 pm: |
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Thank you all for your input. The dress is a ball gown and needs to be taken apart to be altered and as you can imagine I’m nervous to have just anyone do it. Seeing that sooo many of you have suggested Hediye, I will have to call her to discuss my dress specifications. Would you say that she is very expensive? I’m guessing that most bridal alterations are close to $200. Does she take a long time to work, due to complexity of the job? |
Soparents
Citizen
Username: Soparents
Post Number: 261
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, April 27, 2006 - 7:08 pm: |
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All I can tell you is that I am personally VERY impressed with her work, speed of work, LISTENING to my requirements, her ability to work on jobs that I thought could never be done, and I have always found her to very fair on the pricing.
She is a lovely lady and I am sure she will put you at ease, and being the professional that she is she will never do a substandard job, it's not in her nature.
She also makes a good cup of coffee..... |
Wendy
Supporter
Username: Wendy
Post Number: 2401
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, April 27, 2006 - 8:45 pm: |
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Ooooh Soparents, I'm envious. I didn't have the pleasure of Hediye's coffee - just a wonderful conversation about our different cultures. Was it Turkish coffee perchance? |
Soparents
Citizen
Username: Soparents
Post Number: 262
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, April 27, 2006 - 8:47 pm: |
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Mplwdrez
Citizen
Username: Mplwdrez
Post Number: 10
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Friday, April 28, 2006 - 12:27 pm: |
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Great! Thank you all for your input. I picked up my wedding dress last night and planning to call her this weekend. Thank you all for your help! |
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