1st Fitting...Estimate...$625 - $775!!!! Yikes!

Not to be a downer....but I would definitely get started on that! I had 2 fittings and then a final one where it was all done and they weren't going to change anything unless absolutely necessary (so 3 total)...and they needed a week in between each fitting to do the work. (may not be the same/as long depending on how busy your seamstress is) Anyway, so for me it was almost a three week process...and your wedding is SO soon! Get on it girl!!! lol! ;-)

Good work! ;-)

You two dress girls....so complicated....lol!! But that is great that you already got the other dress/alterations out of the way. One less thing to do! Are you starting to get super excited about everything? It's not too far off!!

I'm so excited FOR you!! And VERY proud of your early-bird packing! You're so on top of things. Do you find that, in addition to your entire life revolving around the wedding, you have like 50 little stacks of wedding stuff "organized" all over the house?! We totally did...although I bet packing all that stuff helped a lot.

So, I had my first dress fitting this morning. All I can say is HOLY COW!

I apparently picked the most expensive alterations place is the country.

The quote came in at $400 - 450 to take in the bodice 3/8" tapered through the hips to 1" and $150-200 for a hem and $75-125 for the bustle.

I almost fell over. I told the lady the alterations were more expensive than my dress. She basically encouraged me to go somewhere else for the alterations. She even gave me her cell phone number to call her after consulting with other seamstresses to see which one of the other people I should take the dress to based on what they tell me needs to be done.

Just had to vent a little. I was almost in tears on the way to work after my fitting.

But, I feel better now and I have a new task on my to do list.......to find a new seamstress!

If anyone can share their alterations costs, it would be helpful. Thank you!!

I am! I've been totally stalling on getting this dress done because I can't decide on shoes and I wanted to lose more weight- but, I guess I'm probably not going to do much in one month- lol! Oh well, he loves me as I am now anyway, so I'm just not going to stress about it!
Yesterday I packed all our miscellaneous OOT bag stuff, programs, menus, fans, 24 chinese lanterns, 8 huge chinese wedding parasols, 95 luminarias and 10 pashminas into one large suitcase- it weighed in at 48lbs- woohoo! I made the 50lb cutoff! Now, I'm of course thinking about other stuff i could bring with me...lol the madness never ends!
I thought I'd be totally freaking out by now, and I do have moments of panic, but overall I think I'm ok. Just excited!

I see that you are in San Diego. I am in North County and need to find a seamstress/tailor, too. Please let me know what you come up with.

Thanks!
K

Lol! ok fine...go clean....although it won't be as much fun as all this.

Sorry, but it's true. haha!

Although Jess will likely be glad to have her thread back!
Sorry Jess...I was feeling chatty there for a minute! :-)