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Tailoring by Young, Expert Seamstress Livonia Michigan

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Complete Pants Makeover Size Down with Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Clothing Size Alterations! Livonia, Michigan. Take in, Take out, Add fabric, Remove fabric, Size up, Size down by tailor any outfit to fit your measurements. Resize, Rewear! Do a complete makeover on your favorite pants. Need to size down your pants… a lot? Take in the crotch area (to preserve pockets), taper the pant legs, and hem the length = completely new pants!

Take up the shoulders and keep pleated butterfly sleeves with Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Clothing Size Alterations! Livonia, Michigan. Take in, Take out, Add fabric, Remove fabric, Size up, Size down by tailor any outfit to fit your measurements. Resize, Rewear! Raise up the neckline, by taking up the shoulder fabric and then relocating the beautiful details like the pleated butterfly sleeves. Young is master of her craft to leave no trace that anything happened.

Custom Fit Your Peacoat Sleeves Hem and Slender with Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Clothing Size Alterations! Livonia, Michigan. Take in, Take out, Add fabric, Remove fabric, Size up, Size down by tailor any outfit to fit your measurements. Resize, Rewear! Upscale your Peacoat by custom fitting the sleeves, for the ultimate sophisticated, posh look. A perfectly tailored coat with cuff details can really elevate your entire outfit.

Transplant your patches to create a new look on your varsity jacket with Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Redesigning of clothes, accessories, and home goods - to rewear and relove! Livonia, Michigan. Upgrade by customizing your varsity jacket with adding your patches from your old jersey, like this Red Wings Transfer! One of a kind and recycle your clothes!

Add Your Own Built In Bra and Optimize Straps on your dress with Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Authentic, Custom Clothing Alterations! Livonia, Michigan. She specializes in alterations for wedding dresses, bridesmaids gowns, formal occasion attire, special unique ball gowns, suits, etc.. Life Hack: Add bra cups to all your dress so you don't have to wear a real bra! Also, you can always move around your dress straps to give you the best support and look!

Restore your Dress & Memories with mending ripped tears with Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Authentic, Custom Clothing Alterations! Livonia, Michigan. She specializes in alterations for wedding dresses, bridesmaids gowns, formal occasion attire, special unique ball gowns, suits, etc..Memorable dancing scars on your dress? Restore, Repair, & Rewear your favorite dancing dresses! Accidentally step on your dress and tear it? Young can mend up the ripped area with carefully stitching it together.

Repair all your pant holes with hidden fabric in the hem with Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Custom Clothing Alterations! Livonia, Michigan. Salvage your favorite pants with patching up all the holes, using nothing more than the extra hidden fabric in the same pants! Young found usable fabric in the pant's hem lining to strategically conceal the holes in visible areas. She lined up the pinstripe design and added many more wears to the pants! Tailoring by Young's Sewing Photos - Repair your clothes, to Rewear, and Save the world!

People will stare, so make it silhouette - worth their while! Form fit your dress! with Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Authentic, Custom Clothing Alterations! Livonia, Michigan. She specializes in alterations for wedding dresses, bridesmaids gowns, formal occasion attire, special unique ball gowns, suits, etc.. Elevate your Red Lace Dress with a custom fit silhouette to show off your feminine curves.Young took off inches from the entire dress body to properly snatch a babe as it should.

V Neckline on your dress too low? Raise it up! with Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Authentic, Custom Clothing Alterations! Livonia, Michigan. She specializes in alterations for wedding dresses, bridesmaids gowns, formal occasion attire, special unique ball gowns, suits, etc..Polish your Fairytale beaded gown by adjusting the V Neckline to hit where it should. By taking off a couple inches off the top, and repositioning the sleeves… the full magic of the dress comes alive to your dreamy shape! A flawless hem always helps too!

Perfect Wedding Dress Length Hem with Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Authentic, Custom Clothing Alterations! Livonia, Michigan. She specializes in alterations for wedding dresses, bridesmaids gowns, formal occasion attire, special unique ball gowns, suits, etc..Hem your Wedding Dress' Gorgeous Tulle to your PERFECT length! Bring your ceremony shoes so we can measure and hem your wedding dress to the exact length it should be. The perfect length will make your best day go smoothly!

Lets make your design dreams come true with Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Custom Clothing Alterations! Livonia, Michigan. Lets finish your design ideas! Have fabric you bought and never used? Young can help fabricate your ideas to life! Young created custom Mini & Me Matching Aprons, with reversed trim and pockets!

Add Life to Your Purse with replacing the broken with Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Custom Clothing Alterations! Livonia, MichiganBroken zipper ruin your favorite purse? Young can swap out the broken zipper with a new beautiful zipper. Add years to your purse's life! Repair, Rewear!

Want more back coverage_ Hem and Add it back! with Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Authentic, Custom Clothing Alterations! Livonia, Michigan. Make the dress fit you however you want, that's the fun of alterations! Need more back coverage? Hem the bottom and use the cut off fabric to add it where you want it. Re-design, Rewear!

Unique Hand Stitch Hem Finish with Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Authentic, Custom Clothing Sewing Alterations! Livonia, Michigan. Mend, Repair, Rewear and Re-love! Need to hem your One-of-A-Kind Jacket, but want to keep it's integrity and look? Young hemmed the sleeves and length and recreated the original hand stitch hem finish. Flawless finish!

Slim & Hem Your Pants with Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Authentic, Custom Clothing Alterations! Livonia, Michigan. Jeans too baggy and long? Change any pants to your preferred pant style! Tailor Young slimmed down and hemmed these jeans… & recreated the original hem look and color!

Add Subtle Cleavage Coverage with Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Authentic, Custom Clothing Alterations! Livonia, Michigan. She specializes in alterations for wedding dresses, bridesmaids gowns, formal occasion attire, special unique ball gowns, suits, etc..Want to keep the dress look and style, but just add a little more coverage for your cleavage? Young added layers of sheer fabric to the bust area, to add modesty while keeping the sexy vibes of the dress.

Rearrange jacket fabric to cover holes with Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Authentic, Custom Clothing Alterations! Livonia, Michigan. Hole in your jacket? Don't have matching fabric? Take hidden matching fabric from your jacket's pocket, and create a patch to cover your hole! Then, Young created a new pocket with different fabric! No one sees the inside of a pocket anyway! Repair to Rewear!

Reuse the Fabric You need Hemmed Off with Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Authentic, Custom Clothing Alterations! Livonia, Michigan. Need to hem off some inches on your fabuluxe coat? Might as well use the cut off expensive fabric to create something new! Young created a matching scarf for the furry coat!

Remix Your Clothes with Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Authentic, Custom Clothing Alterations! Livonia, Michigan. Utilize any fabric that you cut off… like from your newly hemmed dress, to create new sleeves for yourOTHER dress. Mix up your clothes to subtract and add elsewhere! Re-mix your clothes to Re-Design and Rewear!

Upgrade your Hidden Jacket Pocket with Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Authentic, Custom Clothing Alterations! Livonia, Michigan. Want to make the most of your jacket’s hidden inner pocket? We created an entirely new pocket that’s large enough for everything you need and added a zipper to it, to make it the most secure. Optimal travel jacket design!

Made Bra Top Bigger with Skirt Fabric Hem with Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Authentic, Custom Clothing Alterations! Livonia, Michigan. Re-sizing at it's finest! The skirt was too long, so we hemmed it and used the leftover fabric to add back into the too-small bra top. Resize, Redesign, Rewear, Relove!

Increase Dress Width with Sash Belt Fabric Innovation Sewing with Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Custom Clothing Alterations! Livonia, Michigan. Stuck with a dress size too small? Can't return or exchange a dress that doesn't fit? Take some fabric from the sash belt and add it back into the dress body width. Resize that unreturnable dress to your advantage.

Lengthen your dress & add Frill with Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Authentic, Custom Clothing Alterations! Livonia, Michigan. She specializes in alterations for wedding dresses, bridesmaids gowns, formal occasion attire, special unique ball gowns, suits, etc..Is that mini dress too short? Add a cute frill bottom hem to add major inches to the dress! Make it wearable! Young added 5" to the mini dress to make it wearable in public!

Replace your Bag's Liner with Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Authentic, Custom Clothing Alterations! Livonia, Michigan. Don't throw away your most prized tote bag! We partnered up with a client to give her favorite bag a makeover! Young created a duplicate of the old liner and swapped it out, for a complete bag transformation. Replace any liner!

Transform your Pants into Shorts with Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Authentic, Custom Clothing Alterations! Livonia, Michigan. Do you want new shorts? Transform your forgotten pants into new shorts! Any pair of pants can be cut into shorts, especially the ones you never wear or are too short/torn!

ReDesign your Blouse by Cropping it and Making it Oversized with Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Authentic, Custom Clothing Alterations! Livonia, Michigan. Transform your 11th favorite top into something you'll actually wear. Crop it and add the leftover fabric into the sides and sleeves to create the most bohemian, whimsical top. You'll be reaching for this top next!

Unflattering Loose Tunic Neckline_ Easy Fix! with Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Authentic, Custom Clothing Alterations! Livonia, Michigan. You can transform any oversized top to not look frumpy by tightening the neckline to fit your collarbones. A loose head hole looks sloppy, but when it sits perfect, there's no more distractions.

Create your Own Top Heavy Dresswith Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Authentic, Custom Clothing Alterations! Livonia, Michigan. She specializes in alterations for wedding dresses, bridesmaids gowns, formal occasion attire, special unique ball gowns, suits, etc..Do you have an inverted triangle body shape, aka top heavy? Young can fix all your clothes to fit your exact body shape, whatever it may be. Young custom fit this dress for a top heavy client, to compliment her fabulous shape.

with Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Authentic, Custom Clothing Alterations! Livonia, Michigan. Is your jacket TOO OVERSIZED? Young can slim down the sides and the sleeves of your favorite jacket, to create the perfect fit on you.

Hem your Sweater Sleeves with Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Authentic, Custom Clothing Alterations! Livonia, Michigan. Yes, you can get your sweater sleeves shortened. A lot of people don't realize that even knit fabric can be altered. Don't roll up your sweater sleeves, shorten them!

Smallest Adjustments to create the perfect dresswith Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Authentic, Custom Clothing Alterations! Livonia, Michigan. She specializes in alterations for wedding dresses, bridesmaids gowns, formal occasion attire, special unique ball gowns, suits, etc..Yes, Young can make your almost perfect dress to absolute perfection! The smallest adjustments can really elevate your already stunning dress. Young took in the neckline and tightened the skirt to make this dress PERFECT!

Are your denim Jeans too broken in? with Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Authentic, Custom Clothing Alterations! Livonia, Michigan. Young can patch them back up, with adding a reinforcing patch underneath and then camouflage cross stitch the holes back up!

Hem Your Jacket Sleeves and Keep the Original Cuff with Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Authentic, Custom Clothing Alterations! Livonia, Michigan. Need to shorten/hem the sleeves of a jacket, without sacrificing the functionality of the cuff? No problem! Young can shorten your sleeve and keep the original cuff. In this case, she preserved the velcro and elastic functions of the jacket cuff.

Custom Fit Your Skirt to Your Silhouette! with Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Authentic, Custom Clothing Alterations! Livonia, Michigan. You can downsize your gifted/thrifted/hand-me-down skirt, to actually fit you! Often times, it's cheaper to alter your clothes to fit you, than to buy new items. Young altered the skirt to fit and flatter the client.

Quick way to look sharp? Custom Fit your Jacket! with Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Authentic, Custom Clothing Alterations! Livonia, Michigan. Topping your outfit with a Custom Fit Blazer Jacket, will instantly elevate your look. It transforms your attire to look fit and trim and sharp as a needle! Young matched up the shoulders and sleeves.

Pants Pleats No More! with Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Authentic, Custom Clothing Alterations! Livonia, Michigan. Are your pleated pants no longer your style? Young can alter your pleated pants into the modern flat-fronted look. Don't buy new work pants, just get them tailored by young!

Broken Zipper on your pants? Young can Repair or Replace with Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Authentic, Custom Clothing Alterations! Livonia, Michigan. Broken Zipper on your pants/dress/shirt/shorts/jacket/etc? Young can Repair, Replace, Swap, Add, Remove your zipper, to best accommodate your item to your life!

Scarf Fabric Rips or Tears_ Mend them new!. with Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Authentic, Custom Clothing Alterations! Livonia, Michigan. Stitch up the tears, rips, or holes in your favorite winter scarf! Mend, Repair, Rewear your cute accessories and clothes! We reinforced the torn fabric areas with extra camouflaged stitches!

Customize Your Coat Silhouette Customize Your Coat Silhouette with Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Authentic, Custom Clothing Alterations! Livonia, Michigan. Wearing your coat doesn't mean you can't show off your figure! Young removed equal excess fabric from each side of the jacket and re-stitched it like nothing ever happened. Also, hemmed the sleeves to perfection.

Secure Dress Neckline and Length with Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Authentic, Custom Clothing Alterations! Livonia, Michigan. She specializes in alterations for wedding dresses, bridesmaids gowns, formal occasion attire, special unique ball gowns, suits, etc..Just the smallest adjustments reallly elevates a dress. Tightened the top attachment, to tighten the dress neckline, to secure the desired look. And hemmed the dress to just whisp the ground as she walks.

Custom Fit your favorite Jacket with Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Authentic, Custom Clothing Alterations! Livonia, Michigan.

Perfectly Tailored Suit Jacket Sleeves with Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Authentic, Custom Clothing Alterations for Women, Men, Children! Livonia, Michigan. Want to show off your new watch? A lot of people get their suit jacket sleeves length to hit their watch line, for a sneak peek at their bling. But of course, you can get it at any length.

Be in Charge of your Neckline and Dress Length with Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Authentic, Custom Clothing Alterations! Livonia, Michigan. Dress neckline too low? Shortening the straps or top of the dress will raise the entire dress to where it should fit you. Also, often dresses are too long and the length is too long. A perfect hem can ensure that your dress hits you right above the knee.

Repair your irreplaceable precious heirlooms like this stuffed animal teddy bear! with Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Authentic, Custom Clothing Alterations! Livonia, Michigan.

Add your own Belt loops to your jeggings with Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Authentic, Custom Clothing Alterations! Livonia, Michigan. No Belt Loops? We added matching belt loops to these jeggings, to camouflage them more to looking like real pants!

Re-Design Your Turtleneck into a Mockneck with Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Authentic, Custom Clothing Alterations! Livonia, Michigan. Update your turtleneck's style with a simple fold and sew! Young transformed this turtleneck into a fashionable mockneck! Whole new look, same sweater!

Holes? Cover them with Elbow Patches! with Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Authentic, Custom Clothing Alterations! Livonia, Michigan. Mend, Repair, Rewear and Re-love! Patches will never go out of style, especially when they can prolong the wear of your favorite jacket. Bring it back to life! Mend, Re-wear, Re-Love!

Seamless Dress Reduction with Back Zipper with Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Authentic, Custom Clothing Alterations! Livonia, Michigan. She specializes in alterations for wedding dresses, bridesmaids gowns, formal occasion attire, special unique ball gowns, suits, etc.. Young reduced the size of the dress by removing fabric by the back zipper and then re-attached the zipper for a seamless finish! No New Seams!

Change your pants to your preferred shape type cut. with Tailoring by Young! See Expert Seamstress, Young's Sewing Pictures (Before/After) with all of her Authentic, Custom Clothing Alterations! Livonia, Michigan. No longer like the jean shape on you? Lets change it to whatever shape compliments your body. Young changed these boot cut jeans into a straight leg shape.

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