Anna’s Dressmaking & Alterations

This place is horrible! I gave her three pants and a jacket to her. She had barely done anything to them and charged me $ 50. All I asked her to do with the pants was to shorten it. She charged me $ 10 for each pants just for that. Whenever I initially asked her to make alterations in certain areas, she would tell me, «No, it looks fine.» She was just really lazy and didn’t want to take the trouble to do it. Don’t go here.

Altered a two-​layer chiffon bridesmaid dress in 2 weeks for under $ 50. Very reasonable and good work. Will use again.

Just moved to this area and needed a black pair of slacks to be majorly taken in. The lady I met (I’m guessing Ana) was really nice and sweet and after a few pins here and there she wrote me up a very affordable ticket and told me to pick up in a week. I came back, tried them on a gave her a little extra on the bill. I’ve def. found my new alteration go-​to place.

I’ve gone to Anna for alterations for several years. Most often I have her hem pants and sleeves for me. She does good quality work and is not going to cheat you of your money. She once quoted me a certain amount to shorten the sleeves on a Northface jacket and when I returned to pick it up and pay, she told me it would be cheaper as the material was easier to work with. She could have easily collected the original amount without saying a word.

To update Melissa M.‘s 2009 review, it pretty much is all the same today. It is a pain in the butt to find her business, but the directions in Melissa’s post are point on. I would recommend her to others if they are in the area or looking for a new seamstress in the Sugar Land/​Stafford area.
I came here to get a blazer I bought on sale to be fitted properly. It took one week, but I was in no rush for it. She took in the back/​sides and that was about $ 15. As someone who doesn’t know much about sewing, the stitch work seems fine, and I wouldn’t hesitate to go to her again. It beats driving down to Chinatown dealing with morons on the road.
After I picked up my blazer, I was enlightened to see that a one woman shop is still running against big chain stores. At moments like these, it made me proud to be apart of Unilocal to help spread the word of this modest shop.

I’ve been using Anna for years for alterations and dressmaking. She’s good and cheap! She has shortened pants (usually $ 10 a pair). Also, repaired small holes in clothing, altered shirts, and made dresses from scratch for me! Recently I brought in 3 pairs of pants that had small holes in them (yes, I make a mess of my clothes). She repaired them all for a grand total for $ 6.50. Crazy cheap, right?
I was a bridesmaid in a wedding a few years ago. The bride provided the fabric (silk with little lines in it — hard to work with because of the lines). The bride gave us the pattern and we had to get it made. I brought it to Anna. She made the dress with alterations (I wanted the neckline much lower than she originally made it). Dress made with multiple alterations all for about $ 100. CHEAP. the other bridesmaids (who were from all over the country) said the cheapest they found was $ 200.
Why ⁴⁄₅ stars? Because I asked her to fix a sweater, but she can’t do woven stuff (it’s a knit sweater.)
¹²⁄₂₀₁₁ Update: She has a new location: She’s NOT easy to find the first time. There are two sets of 1970s looking two story buildings off of 59 north just north of Sugar Creek. She is in the one farther from 59. The buildings are just next to Berry Hill Tamales when you are heading down the feeder. She’s on the 1^st floor on the front of the building (facing toward the freeway).
Tip: Ask the price before you leave your stuff. She does take cash and checks. I don’t think she takes credit cards (She’s a one woman business). Also, don’t start chatting with her about you, life, etc… because when you get her started she won’t let you leave. If you keep it all business, so will she.