The Sassi Seamstress
OVERVIEW
The Sassi Seamstress is dedicated to making every bride feel confident and comfortable in her wedding gown. Helen has years of experience working with delicate fabrics, lace, and intricate beadwork, ensuring dresses fit beautifully and reflect each bride’s personality and style. Helen offers professional wedding dress alterations, from subtle adjustments to complete transformations.
Whether your gown needs to be taken in, hemmed, reshaped, or customised, she brings innovation and creativity to every project. With glowing reviews from brides and bridal boutiques, The Sassi Seamstress is trusted for her professionalism, efficiency, and genuine care. Helen understands how important your wedding dress is, and her goal is to create a flawless fit that allows you to enjoy your celebration confidently.
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About
The founder of The Sassi Seamstress, a leading bridal and formal alterations studio on the Sunshine Coast. With decades of experience in garment construction, she is known for her precision, warmth, and sassy professionalism that helps women feel confident and beautiful for life’s milestone moments. Her career has spanned fashion design, vintage clothing restoration, interiors, event styling, and even film and television props and costumes through Pluto Productions.
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FAQ
4-6 weeks, from the initial fitting to when you pick it up.
It’s best to have the dress completed 2-4 weeks before your wedding day.
On average from $400. But I will provide you with an estimate at the time of fitting because every dress and bride is unique!
A deposit of $100 is required at your fitting. Once the work to your dress has commenced and we discover the task, is more complex than originally quote, we will call you with what the additional costs will be.
Fittings need to be booked in, in advance.
Any changes to your fitting time need to be made 24 hrs in advance.
The last fitting should be 4 weeks before the event takes place.
When you book online, please include the date of your wedding, what you require to be done and any additional information that we need to know.
Approx. 20 mins.
Please bring shoes, bra, any form-fitting underwear or anything that you’d be wearing on the day.
Yes, lots can happen before a wedding, women lose weight, put on weight, fall pregnant.
It is best to book in for you last fitting 4 weeks out from the event.
Yes everyone is welcome but the maximum number of attendees is 5.
Yes! Suits have a 3-week turnaround and trouser hems take 10 days.
Bridesmaids can book in for a fitting here and begin at $100
Once all alterations are complete, you will receive a text message with the final balance for alterations, plus a notification to book a time for pickup.
This is a final fitting, so please bring shoes, bra and any form fitting underwear to the fitting. If there any further changes to your dress, other than your initial fitting, these will be at cost.
Final fittings can coincide with your hair and makeup trails, so you can get an idea of everything all together.
Once you have taken your dress home, it is considered complete. Any further alterations, due to you changing your mind are at an additional cost.
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