Alterations - The Saffron Stitch online shop
Please visit us or use the 'Contact Us' link at the top of this website to request a repair or alteration to your clothes or soft furnishings.
We aim to be always on site to greet you from 9:30 to 15:30 on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Fridays (closed Thursdays). Earlier or later please call first to ensure we can be about.
Indicative pricing
| Trousers (plain) | from £ | from £ | ||
| Shorten / lengthen | 14 | 16 | (with tape) | |
| Shorten (with turn-ups) | 19 | 21 | (with tape) | |
| Taper legs | 19 | |||
| Take in / let out waist | 19 | |||
| New pocket | 14 | 24 | (two pockets) | |
| Jeans | from £ | |||
| Shorten (original hem re-attached) | 19 | |||
| Taper legs | 21 | |||
| Take in / let out waist | 21 | |||
| Shirts | ||||
| Shorten | 14 | |||
| Shorten sleeves | 19 | |||
| Double cuffs => single cuffs | 26 | |||
| Take in | 23 | |||
| Skirts & dresses (plain) | from £ | from £ | ||
| Shorten | 16 | 23 | (lined) | |
| Full length / evening wear | 33 | |||
| Skirt - take in / let out waist | 28 | |||
| Dress - take in side seams | 23 | 28 | (lined) | |
| Jacket (plain) | from £ | from £ | ||
| Shorten | 35 | |||
| Shorten sleeves | 28 | 45 | (from shoulder) | |
| Lengthen sleeves | 28 | |||
| Take in (body) | 35 | |||
| Take in (shoulders) | 40 | |||
| Re-lined | Please ask | |||
| Coat (plain) | from £ | |||
| Shorten | 35 | |||
| Re-lined | Please ask | |||
| Zips | from £ | from £ | ||
| Trouser | 16 | |||
| Jeans | 19 | |||
| Dress | 28 | 35 | (Invisible) | |
| Anorak / jacket | 35 | |||
| Coat | 35 | 45 | (heavy) | |
| Buttons / button holes / rivets / labels | from £ | |||
| Buttons | 1.90 | |||
| Button holes | 2.80 | |||
| Rivets | 3.75 | (rivet £0.75) | ||
| Labels (50% maximum discount) | 2.00 | 1% | discount per item | |
| Curtains / cushions | from £ | from £ | ||
| Shorten (unlined - per linear metre width) (less than 6 foot (1.82m) length and/or lighter weight fabric) | 16 | 20 | (lined - per linear metre width) (more than 6 foot (1.82m) length and/or heavier weight fabric) | |
| Make | 28 | Please ask | ||
| Other | ||||
| Wedding / bridesmaid's dresses - alter | Please ask | |||
| Leather / pvc | Please ask | |||
| Commissions | ||||