May’s Alterations

Recently used May’s alterations to have a few new dress pants and suit jackets tailored. I had a very pleasant experience as I was taken care of immediately. The woman was able to measure me up and have me out of the store in 15 minutes. The overall turnaround was less than a week, and received great work on my clothes. Would highly recommend!

They fixed my zipper on a pair of jeans and saved my $ 100 from having to buy a new pair! The service was a week turn around and was very reasonably priced.

I am so happy with the service here. I brought in one of my Lululemon zippered pullovers because the zipper had come apart. When I first brought it in, they told me they would have to completely replace the zipper, which made me a little sad because the logo zipper would be gone with a generic. I agreed and paid the $ 20 cash up front.
When I came to pick it up a week later, she told me they were able to save the original zipper and just re-​align it. I was thrilled with that alone, and then she even handed me a $ 10 bill to refund me for the zipper that I was originally supposed to get, which I didn’t even think about because I was just so happy to keep the original one.
I feel like the lady (possibly the owner?) is very honest and goes out of her way to make customers happy. She knew how badly I wanted the original zipper left and she was able to make it work! This is definitely my permanent alterations place.

Hard call between 4 stars and 5 stars. This place would be a 5 if it was free… And a little quicker. The ladies who work there are jolly and nice. Fair pricing, I use the place to get all my clothes tailored, including the more difficult jobs which they do an excellent job of. Go on and prepay then have your butler/​errand runner (child, boyfriend, wife, ect.) pick them up for you.

I got my suits sleeves and pants shortened. It’s just simple alteration so there’s not too many techniques involved. I’m kind of disappointed because when I picked up my suits it’s not even ironed. When I asked, she told me they don’t iron clothes because she’s not good at it. I don’t believe the iron can be hard thing for a tailor, so maybe this store is not so professional as I expected. Normal alteration can be completed here and the price is a bit expensive based on the quality of service.

May’s is absolutely wonderful. I had a dress made of a very difficult material (poly/​cotton blend with that weird wiry gold thread stuff), and she was able to tailor it flawlessly. She is very efficient in her alterations and timely the orders!

Let me start off by saying that the alterations weren’t horrible, but then again, they weren’t great.
I stopped into May’s with about 5 button up shirts and a pair of jeans. I tried on the jeans she measured me, we agreed on a length and then I moved onto trying on the shirts. The first shirt I needed the to be taken in as it was too baggy/​ballooning. She told me she was going to add darts instead of taking it in on the sides. She suggested that because it would ‘look better and is cheaper than taking it on the sides’.
Next shirt was too long and I needed it to be shortened. She asks me how short, and I said hmm I’m not exactly sure, but I brought a sample shirt that has a good length. She kinda snaps at me and tells me «No, it’s too late to show a sample, you should have told me that from the beginning, I’m too busy for that». Honestly, at that moment I should have gotten my things together and said I don’t want to give you my business. Unfortunately I just kind of froze and said ok and let her pin it shorter. I didn’t really feel like dealing with her anymore so I didn’t bother bring out the other 3 shirts I brought me to be altered. I paid for the alterations and was given a 1 week turn around time.
The jeans came out great, but the 2 shirts… not so much. I know understand why she suggested darts rather than taking it in from the sides. She made 2 pinches of fabric in the back of the shirt and sewed on the inside so there is the excess fabric on the inside of the shirt.
The shirt that was to be shortened ended up being too short. I suppose that is somewhat my fault since I should have insisted that she let me try on the other shirt. My other complaint about that shirt is that there is a button 3 cm away from the bottom of the shirt which looks pretty awkward. I have had clothes altered at other places that have gone to great lengths to make the clothes look normal after the alteration. I would not come back here for any other services.
I guess you could say that if you are wanting a basic job done with a quick turn around time, use May’s Alteration. If you have more intricate alterations to be done, I’d be weary of using her since it seems its about a quick turn around time and not that much about quality of tailoring.
On the plus side, the alterations are somewhat cheap, the place is clean, and they have a pretty quick turn around.

I’ve had her work on swimsuits, a formal skirt, and a slip. Great job on all of them.

I had an emergency tear along the zipper of my down coat and she stitched it up flawlessly on the spot. May’s work is excellent and her prices are very reasonable. She is such a nice lady! Highly recommended!

May altered my wedding dress in June 2013. She is very friendly and business-​like, and her shop is clean. My dress needed the straps moved, the bodice taken in, and the train bustled — altogether, this cost me a little over $ 100 (which seemed very fair). I told her I didn’t have any rush, and she had the dress done in four weeks. My only complaint is that the bustle ripped out after about 30 minutes of wearing it and I had to go back and safety pin the train up. May did an outside bustle to show off the beading, but I wished I had been more gentle (I ripped it out while moving from standing to sitting down), had pre-​secured the bustle with a safety pin inside the dress, or had gotten a more secure inside bustle.
Overall, I had a good experience and thought May did a great job with the alterations.

May just did a complicated dress alternation (covered in tiny sequins and needed to be taken in) for my daughter and the dress came out beautifully!!! My daughter needed it unexpectedly and May was able to do it in 2 days. It was a short walk from campus so it’s very convienient to the Illinois campus as well. We will be back!

May is a skillful tailor with a passion for what she does. Her work is consistently of excellent quality, and her prices range from completely-​fair to extraordinarily-​low, depending on the work that needs to be done.
I have had her alter a few suits, including adding surgeon’s cuffs to one, and narrowing the shoulders of another — neither of these are particularly easy alterations, but she managed to do them in a timely fashion and for a very reasonable rate. On another suit, there was a pesky roll on the back that was not your typical quickly-​fixed collar roll. The required work was unorthodox, and although it took a few visits to get right, it came out great in the end.
I have also had her alter a number of shirts and pants — primarily slimming, hemming, and tapering. I am very happy with her work on each. If she thinks I am asking her to take something in too far, or to cut it too short, she warns me, and so far she has been invariably correct (besides our disagreement on good pant lengths).
Additionally, she is a very pleasant woman. Going in alone to have something tailored can feel a little awkward, but she is very polite and easy to converse with.
All-​in-​all, I cannot recommend May’s Alterations enough.

I recently brought pants to May’s for hemming. I had passed her business numerous times traveling down Neil. It is easy to find with convenient parking. The shop itself is clean and bright. The dressing room is clean and nice (and private). May herself was delightful and helpful. The pants were hemmed beautifully in two days. I thought the price was fair and the work nicely done. I will be going back to her again.