Be’s Perfect Alterations

I have been going to Be for my alterations for about 15 years now (after a long and arduous search for a seamstress!). And, I cannot say enough good things about her. Such a great attitude, and a tremendous work ethic. She listens to you and does an excellent job. My sewing needs have gone from the very simple (hemming some slacks) to complicated (reconstructing a dress shirt to fit over, around and through a shoulder brace). But, dadgummit, she did it! In every instance, she has gone above and beyond.
If you’re looking for someone to handle all of your sewing needs, you will need to look no further. Be is a KEEPER! (No pun intended)

Was having the worst time trying to find someone to alter my bridesmaid dress until I found Be! I needed the dress taken in at the top and hemmed and she did it all for $ 60 which was like half what everywhere else I took it quoted me and she did an awesome job!
Both times I went in for drop off and pick up, other women were there picking up their items and could not say enough nice things about her and they were so right! Two of them were on their 2^nd bridesmaid dress they had brought into her and loved her work.
When I went in to pick it up and tried it on, she said she took it in a little too much in in her opinion. I told her it was fine but she said no you need to be able to breath and be comfortable, I’ll fix it right now. She let it out a little and had it back to me to try on again in less than 10 minutes!
Such great service, super nice lady and my dress fits perfectly. I will definitely be back!

She did so-​so on the work, but I had to come back a week later because she put the wrong date. Also, each time I went in, I could hear her on the phone, yet she would not get off and come greet us. We sat there for a good 10 – 15 minutes. Then when we picked up the item, she disappeared quickly into the back, not even marking sure the item was OK. She got back on the phone and merely waved us out.
Also, she’s not the cheapest, nor does she have later hours during weekdays or Saturdays.
The workroom looks rather dusty, so if your item is something you don’t want cleaned, I would not take it here.
I believe it’s cash or check only.
With all of these factors combined, I probably would try the place across the street before going here again.

I got 2 brand new dresses on eBay and I took it to Be for altering the length and slightly tighten the dress. I was pleasantly surprised to find so many great reviews on Unilocal.Being it was only just down the street from where I used to live, it was only sensible to check her out.
She was very reasonable, because I told her that I could not spend over a certain limit. She was really accommodating, but she can be really busy with stack and stacks of dresses waiting for her attention.
Being the sister of the groom, I needed to make sure my dresses fit me like a glove.
End result, I tried on the same shoes that I chose for the wedding night and the dresses were amazing. The dresses were the perfect length and I even got a special hook in the back to ensure it would stay where it belonged. On one of my dress, though her sewing was spot on, I can see where she took short cuts with her cutting. No biggie, as long as it doesn’t show up on the dress.
Awesome work. I was a happy customer. Long overdue review.

This is the only alterations place in Newport that I trust. Be is a quick and efficient worker, she is so talented, hard working and dedicated to providing the best possible service, and if that isn’t enough, she is literally the sweetest lady ever! FYI– She accepts cash or check only.

Be is a life saver. I had to get a bridesmaid’s dress altered because it was purchased without my being there in person (I’m traveling back home for my best friend’s wedding so I couldn’t be there for the dress fittings). She basically had to redo the dress, but it looks amazing and she was wonderful to work with. I will definitely bring all things I need tailored in the future to her because I want to keep giving her business.
She is cash only and totally worth it!

Be is totally cool. Just got a JG patch sewn on for my son. Called her at 9:45 she said come now, sewed on the patch, told me to give her a couple of bucks and I was on my way home at 10:08! I don’t need alterations often but will use Be’s from now on.

I love Be!
I take the weirdest things to her shop and she always does an amazing job!
My boyfriend races road bicycles and had a couple nasty crashes that left us with some seriously damaged uniforms. Be cleaned them up beautifully! You would never know he had been in a crash! Her prices are extremely reasonable but she is cash only (I tend to forget that 9 out of 10 times) I recommend her to all my cycling friends and when the time comes where I wear something fancy that needs any kind of work I will definitely take it to her.
Thank’s for being awesome Be!

Be is AWESOME!!!
My sister is getting married this Saturday and being the bridezilla she is — she told me I needed to drop some poundage and bought me a size smaller than I am :(((I did lose the weight and the dress fit 2 weeks ago and of course being the foodie that I am, gained the weight back! Desperate, I came to Be and she had told me that there wasn’t much fabric to have the dress let out and the most she could do was maybe an inch more, anymore then she would have to add fabric from the hem.
Take note this was a Jenny Yoo dress with a pleated bustier made with taffeta that had silk lining so ANY and I mean any additions would be very very obvious. I told her I needed it before Thursday (today) and she told me to come in on Tuesday to try it on and make sure that I’d be able to fit the dress since she could only let it out a tiny bit and she wasn’t sure if I’d be able to breathe…
Anyways, I dropped the dress off on Friday, did a 3 day cleanse and came back Tuesday to try on the dress. Needless to say the dress was perfect! It fit amazingly and you couldn’t even tell that she did anything to it. The taffeta pleats on the bustier were lined perfectly and everything was done for a really decent price.
I am definitely coming back to Be, she is so sweet and really helped me out for my sister’s wedding this Saturday.
Tips:
Her hours are 8 – 5 but if you call she’s usually there later until 6 or 7 and will wait if you are like me and work until ⁵⁄₆ and are desperate. Just make the call! However, I do have to say when she answers the phone she doesn’t say «Be’s tailoring» she just says hello, so just go with it and know you didn’t call the wrong number haha.
The plaza she’s in is BLUE and across from Starbucks. She is on the 2^nd floor above the hair salon and next to the yoga center and the parking lot is one way and very tricky to get out of to turn left onto 17^th so BE CAREFUL.
She is CASH ONLY — I didn’t know this but luckily I had my checkbook and she had accepted my check :)
All in all I’d definitely recommend Be :) Great work, great prices, and she’s so sweet!

I needed to get my reception wedding dress tailored and it was pretty short notice. I didn’t get the dress until late from the store. I went and got fitted with Be and she took all my measurements. Luckily she told me I could pick it up in about 14 days which was just enough time. I just picked up my dress and it is perfect! It fits amazing! It is strapless so I was really concerned about it being tight enough to stay up but not too tight to fit. Its exactly right. Best of all, she is reasonably priced. I would definitely recommend this shop!

Just had a very bad experience with Be over the phone. I requested to come in to show her my wedding dress after seeing great reviews to find out how much it might cost to get the bottom hemmed, and to set up a time for a fitting. She was very nice until she realized I wanted to find out the cost first, then she was extremely rude, listed off her business hours then hung up on me.
I was 90% positive prior to the call that I would be going to her for the alteration. after how rude she was I am 100% positive that I will not be going to her.

I have never had a professional alteration, but when I ordered my dress for my sisters wedding, I knew that I would need professional help. I brought my dress in and Be said she would have it ready in 3 weeks. I picked it up and the alteration was great (had the bust taken in a considerable amount). I got it home and wore my dress for several minutes and noticed that it was too tight around my rib cage. Needing the dress only a few days later but taking a chance and going back to Be to see if there was anything that could be done, she said she would have it done by the end of the day AND she wasn’t going to charge me any additional money!!!
Suffice to say I told her I would give her a few days and I insisted on paying her.
Picked up my dress today and it fits great!!!
Her prices are extremely reasonable (we are talking like $ 12-​$ 20 for most things) and she is so sweet!!!
I will definitely be using her again, and recommending her to everyone!!!

I needed a dress for a wedding and didn’t have a ton of time to get it done so I decided to give Bee Another shot. This time when I went to pick up the dress it was ready and had been done flawlessly. Be was fast did a Great job and did not charge me an arm and a leg

Going to Be’s is like going to your mom’s house to get your clothes fixed up — assuming your mom knows how to sew. She truly is the nicest, sweetest lady I have ever met. I came to her after going to Tina’s across the street for a couple of years, and I’m glad I made the switch. I mainly come to get my pants hemmed, not much else, but I am pleased with her work and her pricing is great. Plus, I always leave feeling like I am her#1 customer. The only thing that kept me from giving 5 starts is that she has been late a couple of times on delivery, but it may have more to do with how many customers she has that keep her very busy. Plus the world didn’t end by me having to wait one more day.
The big thing for me is how she treated my fiancé when she needed to get a wedding dress altered (yes, she does wedding dresses). My fiancé ordered a dress on-​line which is scary for any bride-​to-​be, but it came as excepted but still needing a few alterations. Be was awesome and made that dress look better than any dress my fiancé found at any of the local bridal shops. Be put a lot ofwork into that dress and got it back to my fiancé on time (hey, maybe that’s why my pants were late. Oh well, happy wife-​happy life right?) Hint for you ladies looking to keep a tight budget on a wedding — the total cost of the buying a dress on-​line AND Be’s alterations combined was still less than even the affordable dresses from David’s Bridal. Plus, what other place have you gone where the owner gives you a hug and thanks you for your business? Not many I bet, but that’s how it goes at Be’s place.

Be is a very sweet lady. She did a great job taking in a vest for me. Great price too! Definitely recommend!

Be altered both of my wedding dresses.
Yes, I had two — the first I bought on super sale, then my tiny little stubborn grandmother loved the second so much she insisted on buying it and I therefore couldn’t not wear it. Although I’m not that kind of girl, I ended up wearing one to the ceremony, the other to the reception… oh, grandma.
ANYWAY — Be did excellent work in very short order, and she charged less for TWO dresses than what I’d heard quoted for one.
She’s the sweetest little lady, and thanks to her kindness and skill I looked great for the big day!

Be is such a wonderful and nice lady! She did a perfect job with my wedding dress. She was also very thoughtful and came up with ways to make sure my dress doesn’t get in my way yet still look great for the camera. She used to work in department stores like Nordstrom for 20+ years so you know you can trust her skills. I’m a very lazy bride so I took my dress in only two or three weeks before my wedding but Be still worked hard to make sure I have my dress before my wedding. I’m very excited to see how my dress will turn out on the beach of Guam: D

Be is the sweetest person ever! And she is very good at her job. And her prices can not be beat for how good her service is.
Highly recommended!

Terrible! Brought in a vintage chinese cocktail and kimono and a silk Kate Spade A-​Line dress on Sept. 28, 2013 for alterations. She said that she would have it ready in a week. I didn’t live in the area, so I called 3 weeks later to check on the status. Be told me that the items were ready. I asked if I could pick them up on Monday, October 14. She said «Yes.» When I went on that Monday, her shop was closed… apparently, Be «forgot» that she has a sign reading that she’s closed on Mondays.
She called me to tell me the clothes would be ready that Friday, and when I showed up to pick up the clothes, she took a long time looking for them in the back of her workshop. She then tells me that they are not there because she sent them out for someone else to work on them and gives me a variety of excuses.
After not hearing back from her in several more weeks, on Nov. 10, I called her to see if my clothes were ready, and according to her, they were. After trying the items on that day, to my horror, the alterations were disastrous and performed by a butcher who at best, is a novice sewer to whom Be should not be subcontracting.
The new Kate Spade dress had one armpit taken in significantly higher than the other. Luckily the person who did it was too lazy and unprofessional to cut the excess fabric prior to creating seams, and tackily folded and pressed the fabric to stitch the new seams. I made Be remove the stitching so that the dress could be taken to a tailor with a professional work ethic. Unfortunately, I will have to wait to see if the thread holes from the altered stitching will be disappear with steaming.
The vintage chinese cocktail dress was ruined by Be’s subcontracted butcher. I had taken the dress to Be so the dress could be taken in to fit my chest measurement. Instead, the butcher took in the sleeves and tore the fabric in the armpit area and left the ripped fabric exposed. Also, there was excess fabric in the upper back area.
Last, the subcontracted butcher sloppily hemmed seams by stitching frayed inner fabric to be exposed outside of the garment versus doing the stitching inside the garment.
In sum, Be should not be taking in orders if she has no intentions of performing at a minimum, satisfactory work or utilizing skilled people to perform the work and within stated time frames.
I wish that she had not done anything with my clothes so that at least, I would have been able to take them in pristine conditions to a different tailor. Now, I’m in the position of not only having to find a new tailor, but also seeing if the damages created by Be’s butcher are reparable.

Be is soooo sweet and honest. She altered a bridesmaid dress for me perfectly and it was done in the week and charged half the price of other quotes I got.
I highly recommdend :)