Sew What?

Sweet lady owns and runs this place. She does everything herself. It’s small and cluttered inside but who cares? Her prices are great and she’s a small business owner. You can easily miss the place though if you don’t GPS it. It’s tucked a way in a residential area of Milford. Neighborhood has… Character. Not the best area in Milford. But worth the trip if you need a professional to take care of your clothing.

I brought my daughter’s prom gown to sew what last week and we are so happy with the results ! The gown was strapless and we wanted to add straps. Andrea, the seamstress did a beautiful job making matching straps and adding them in without any hint of them being an add on. Reasonable price too! My daughter loves how it turned out. All the beading stayed intact. Flawless as always at this shop!

I bought a strapless gown from a bridal shop, and needed to add sleeves, a front, and a back in order to make it modest for my religious wedding. It was a big job, and I was very nervous about it getting done. But I had nothing to worry about! My gown came out beautifully! You couldn’t even tell that the top half of the gown had been added later! I even had a necklace sewn on to pull together the added top half of the gown to the rest of it, and it was great. Thanks Sew What for my beautiful wedding gown and for a job perfectly done!

Andrea was smart, creative and extremely helpful. I bought a gown for my son’s wedding the Sunday before the event (!!), and brought it in Monday afternoon for Wednesday delivery! Andrea expertly cut and hemmed the double-​skirted floor length gown to waltz length and added ruching and a decorative button to the matronly ¾ sleeves, making them so much prettier! So easy to work with…& utterly reliable. Sew What is a «find!» I’ll be back for sure. :D

I consider Andrea to be my wedding day «Fairy God Mother» i brought her my wedding dress that did not zipper, it was not even close to zippering, and she installed a beautiful corset back. No one had any idea that this beautiful back did not come on the dress.
She also made a bustle that was absolutely perfect!!!
The amount of time she got this all done in was astonishing (less than a month with her 2 week vacation worked in!!!) Top notch work, in all the times i was there she always told people she would get things done no problem, even on time constraints with her vacation! She is so friendly and does amazing work!!! Worth every penny!!!

Andrea always goes a great job and is very fair in her prices usually is less costly than her original estimate. I never go anywhere else. She has different hours so call ahead first. Always has your garment done on time looking perfect.

Andrea has done a variety of alterations for me, mostly suits, dress shirts and pants. She did all of it professionally and I got my clothes back punctually. Most recently I had a shocking wardrobe malfunctions that Andrea fixed. It was a pair of Levi Strauss Jeans that I purchased for $ 45. After only 5 wearings or so, the factory installed button popped off while I was at the Hartford (Bradley) airport. I did not have a belt on that day, so it was embarrassing walking around in a pair of pants with no button which kept sliding down on me. I thought the pants would slip down too far and I was going to get arrested for indecent exposure, because I was like grabbing the pants with one hand and my suitcase with the other and trying to walk with my pants up. That was the most awkward walk I had through an airport EVER. But Andrea fixed it. I am still in disbelief that Levi Strauss factory jeans buttons are only good for 5 wearings. I have also had buttons pop off sleeves of my nice new dress shirts which Andrea has fixed. I also had this happen with a suit button and I was worried Andrea would not have the correct color matched button, but she did.
The only disappointment was that Andrea could not fix my boots which also malfunctioned after a half dozen wearings. I bought a pair of Alfani men’s leather boots for $ 100 at Macy’s and the strap at the top of the boot unhitched after a minimal number of wearings. I thought Andrea could stitch it, but she told me does not do straps on boots or shoes. So I took them back to Macy’s and I got full credit towards the purchase of a different pair of boots (Florsheim) which have a zipper and no strap. So far the zipper has not malfunctioned, but we shall see.
It is amazing to me the amount of poorly manufactured clothes that are being sold on the market for expensive prices, leading to shock and dismay when they suddenly fall apart. Thankfully Andrea is around for these seemingly inevitable malfunctions.

Andrea hemmed my dress and it was exactly the right length. She did it in time for me to pick up before the event which was in 2 weeks. This place has great customer service!

I’ve been going to Sew What since she opened her doors. Andrea does quality work and has gone out of her way to help my husband who had trouble walking from his car to her shop due to his illness. She was kind enough to go to his car and take his sleeve measurements and did a remarkable with his jacket. She would also go to his car for items to be altered so he wouldn’t have to leave his car. What a wonderful merchant.
I had alterations done to a Burberry coat — length, arms as well as the lining. I couldn’t have asked for a more professional job. Plus, the price was right. Thanks Sew What
Jan

I have been bringing all of my sewing needs to Andrea at Sew What? since her business opened. I am very grateful for having been referred to her. I was told that most of her most of her business is from referrals. I am happy to be one of them. I am not a sewer at all. I am very happy that I found Andrea to bring my items to. I have heard horror stories of dealing with the seamstresses at the dress shops or department stores. I trust that Andrea will do a good job in a friendly and timely manner. Her prices are very reasonable. It is totally worth making the trip to Milford from Branford. I have dealt with other seamstresses in the past and it didn’t work out too well. I am happy to have found someone I can bestow my confidence in and trust.

Holy cow. I have never met someone so unprofessional! On 12÷30÷13, I brought in five pairs of pants to be shortened and Andrea said it would be about two weeks as she was quite busy and she would call me. Fine, no problem. She called me today 1÷11÷14 at 2:18pm to say she was working on my pants and they would be ready by 3:00pm when she closed and I could come get them (in the next 42 minutes!!!) OR I would have to wait until after ¹⁄₂₇ because she was going on vacation. What?!? So, I dropped what I was doing and went to pick up my pants. I live almost 20 minutes away so I had to hurry. When I dropped them off, she did not mention her upcoming vacation. If I had not been home, or unable to drop everything and go there, she would have had my items for a month! Unacceptable considering her ad and coupon that got me there stated «fast turnaround»! I expressed my outrage at the last second call and her response was «If you don’t like it, don’t come back! I did you a favor!» Favor? I didn’t ask for anything other than a little common courtesy and respect. The five pairs of pants were folded and stuffed in a plastic grocery bag. Not pressed and not on hangers. The work was descent but the horrendous, unprofessional attitude will make me go elsewhere…
UPDATE: Descent Work? Looks can be deceiving. It would have been IF the jeans were the length I asked for. After I posted the review, I measured the inseam to see if it was correct. I asked for a 27″ inseam. As Andrea wrote it down, she questioned 27.5″? No, I said. 27″. When she called she say she was working on my pants I said again– 27″ inseam, right? She said yes. I texted her last night to say all the jeans were the wrong length — 27.5″ — and I would be back for her to fix them or get a refund. She did NOT reply. I was too tired to update my review last night, and when I got on to do it this morning, I see Andrea posted a response in hopes of saving her reputation. If she was truly interested in good customer service, she would have responded to ME and tried to right her wrong or at the very least apologize.