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What does a clothing alteration include?
Your seamstress or tailor is skilled in working with textiles, but especially clothing, to create, repair, and alter clothes. Here are some of the most popular alteration services and what you can expect when you book them:
Clothing alteration service - sewing
Need some custom sewing work to create a design from scratch or custom-fit to your size? Hire a seamstress or dressmaker to create or customise your dress or garment with great attention to detail. They’ll start by measuring your shape and size with a soft tape measure to ensure the perfect fit. They’ll consult with you on designs and fabrics, like selecting between chinos or khakis, before choosing or customising a pattern and cutting out the pieces.
Then, these clothes or dress alterations near you will sew your garment or dress, taking care to finish off any edges with an overlocking stitch. Most dressmakers will request you to come in for a final fitting where you can try on the (mostly finished) garment and they can make final adjustments.
Clothing alteration service - formal wear alterations
When you want to look your best, it’s so important that your clothing is tailored to perfectly fit. Whether you need bridal alterations, school graduation alterations, bridal alterations, formal pants repair near you, corporate wear alterations, or suit alterations near you, a professional tailor can help. They’ll take your exact measurements and then ask you to try on the outfit or dress, ideally with the shoes you plan to wear. Then they’ll note or mark up any parts that need taking in or loosening, and where the hem needs to sit based on your shoe height. They’ll use a mixture of machine and hand-sewing techniques to alter your clothing and finalise everything with a final fitting before your event.
Clothing alteration service - clothing adjustments
Most clothes you buy off the rack won’t fit perfectly, or you might need your favourite clothes adjusted for your body shape over time. Book clothing alterations near you to help with dress shortening, garment shortening, and even school uniform alterations for those kids who won’t stop growing.
Clothing adjustments and shirt alterations usually involve taking seams in or out and adjusting the hem. Most hems have a few centimetres of extra fabric, so you can add extra length, or take it up for the perfect fit.
Clothing alteration service - clothing repairs
When your favourite dress or your slim or skinny jeans break, you don’t have to throw them away. Get professional clothes repair services near you to take a look and see if they can save your clothes with techniques like zipper repair, seam repair, new lining, hole patching, button sewing, and more.
Extend the life of your clothes - it’s better for the environment and much more budget-friendly, too.
Recent Alterations tasks in Ballarat
Men Blazer Alteration
$80
Winter Valley VIC 3358, Australia
17th Jun 2026
Men Herringbone Blazer sleeve shortening. I am looking for an experienced tailor or clothing alteration specialist to alter one men’s lined herringbone blazer. The blazer is size 3XL. The shoulders and upper body fit well, but because I am 172 cm tall, the sleeves are too long and slightly too wide toward the cuffs. The work required is: • Shorten both sleeves to the correct length • Taper both sleeves gradually from around the elbow to the cuff • Keep enough room to comfortably wear a business shirt and watch • Check the overall jacket length while I am wearing it • Provide advice and a separate quote if the jacket body should also be shortened • Preserve the lining, cuff buttons, vents and overall proportions of the blazer The sleeves currently measure approximately 68 cm from the shoulder seam to the cuff. I expect they may need to be shortened by roughly 4 to 5 cm, but I would like them properly pinned and measured during a fitting before anything is cut. The jacket body is approximately 79 cm long. Please assess whether it needs shortening based on my height and body proportions rather than automatically shortening it. I am broad through the shoulders and arms, so I do not want the sleeves made excessively tight. I am looking for a clean, professional and moderately tapered fit. Please include in your offer: • Your experience altering men’s blazers or suit jackets • Whether you can do an in-person fitting • Your location • An itemised price for sleeve shortening and tapering • A separate estimated price for shortening the jacket body • Photos or examples of similar work, if available I am located in the Ballarat area and can travel locally for fitting and collection.
Shortening jeans length
$50
Ballarat VIC, Australia
4th Jun 2026
I have two denim jeans that I need to be hemmed
Alter a kids school wrap on skirt
$20
Ballarat VIC, Australia
31st May 2026
Ballarat Clarendon College School skirt - Length alteration. https://dobsons.com.au/schools/ballarat-clarendon-college/ballarat-clarendon-kilt
Clothing Alterations
$30
Ballarat VIC, Australia
26th Mar 2026
2 x dressing gowns taken up and hemmed
Dress Alterations
$50
Smythes Creek VIC, Australia
28th Jan 2026
Dress needs alterations as to big
School uniform hem adjustment
$40
Ballarat VIC, Australia
26th Jan 2026
Need a hem done on my granddaughters summer school dress please Have recently suffered a stroke and am unable to do it myself unfortunately 🙏
School dress hemmed
$20
Delacombe VIC, Australia
23rd Jan 2026
I’ve recently suffered a stroke and need my child’s school dress hemmed please
Take up a school dress
$30
Buninyong VIC 3357, Australia
22nd Jan 2026
School dress will most likely need to be cut off and then hemmed. We are away until Sunday but she starts school on the Thursday so would just need it done sometime in between then. It’s a Damascus college summer dress.
Clothing alterations (Shirt)
$50
Ballarat VIC, Australia
24th Dec 2025
So basically I'm looking to get a shirt extended. I'm 185cm tall and it's not quite as long as I was hoping for. This is the shirt: https://www.johnnybigg.com.au/au/black-textured-crew-neck-tee-j243tf209
Hemming wide leg jumpsuit
$20
Brown Hill VIC, Australia
21st Dec 2025
I have a jumpsuit I’d like to wear Christmas Day but it’s too long. It requires hemming on both legs. I have pinned it up ready for sewing. (2 cuffs folded over). Up to you if easier to cut and stitch or leave folded over and stitch. Fabric is 100% organic cotton - no stretch.
Fast, friendly and easy to work with. Would recommend.
A zip put in a dress
$80
Ballarat VIC, Australia
20th Oct 2025
a costume needs a new zip done by tomorrow night, its a dress
Shorten jeans length .it's too long for me.need length shortened
$15
Winter Valley VIC 3358, Australia
25th May 2025
Need my jeans length shortened.its a bit long .
Shorten jeans length
$10
Winter Valley VIC 3358, Australia
25th May 2025
Shorten jeans length.jeans are too long need to shorten the length
Clothes Alteration
$60
Winter Valley VIC, Australia
13th Jan 2025
Hi. I have 2 new Denim Jeans that need length to be shorten,4 Denim shorts that need to be tapered and 2 School uniform skirts that need to be hemmed from the bottom. I am based in Wintervalley. Can drop off anywhere in Ballarat.
Alterations to work pants
$45
Ballarat VIC, Australia
10th Jan 2025
2 pairs of work pants to be taken up
Clothing alterations
$50
Sebastopol VIC, Australia
11th Nov 2024
Two pair trousers: one needs letting out the other need the legs altered
Pants alteration
$10
Ballarat VIC, Australia
24th Oct 2024
Need to alter length and bit of waist
Alteration of dress and jeans x 2
$90
Ballarat East VIC, Australia
19th Sep 2024
Formal dress length shortened and 2 pairs of jeans altered shorter
Sewing replace zip
$20
Nerrina VIC 3350, Australia
2nd Feb 2024
Replace side zip in summer pants - Due date: Flexible
Hem pants (clothing alterations)
$20
Soldiers Hill VIC, Australia
21st Jan 2024
Requiring pants to be hemmed (taken up) - Due date: Flexible
Recent School Uniform Alterations tasks in Ballarat
Alter a kids school wrap on skirt
$20
Ballarat VIC, Australia
31st May 2026
Ballarat Clarendon College School skirt - Length alteration. https://dobsons.com.au/schools/ballarat-clarendon-college/ballarat-clarendon-kilt
School uniform hem adjustment
$40
Ballarat VIC, Australia
26th Jan 2026
Need a hem done on my granddaughters summer school dress please Have recently suffered a stroke and am unable to do it myself unfortunately 🙏
School dress hemmed
$20
Delacombe VIC, Australia
23rd Jan 2026
I’ve recently suffered a stroke and need my child’s school dress hemmed please
Take up a school dress
$30
Buninyong VIC 3357, Australia
22nd Jan 2026
School dress will most likely need to be cut off and then hemmed. We are away until Sunday but she starts school on the Thursday so would just need it done sometime in between then. It’s a Damascus college summer dress.
Recent Dress Alterations tasks in Ballarat
Dress Alterations
$50
Smythes Creek VIC, Australia
28th Jan 2026
Dress needs alterations as to big
Dress alteration
$40
Redan VIC, Australia
19th Mar 2023
Needing a dress altered before April 13th. All I want done is for the top part of the zipper to be hidden as it doesn't zip all the way up. - Due date: Before Thursday, 13 April 2023
Recent Garment Shortening tasks in Ballarat
Shortening jeans length
$50
Ballarat VIC, Australia
4th Jun 2026
I have two denim jeans that I need to be hemmed
Shorten jeans length .it's too long for me.need length shortened
$15
Winter Valley VIC 3358, Australia
25th May 2025
Need my jeans length shortened.its a bit long .
Shorten jeans length
$10
Winter Valley VIC 3358, Australia
25th May 2025
Shorten jeans length.jeans are too long need to shorten the length
Clothing alterations (pants and blazer). Shortened and slim fitted
$10
Delacombe VIC, Australia
13th Jul 2023
I require a tailoring service (clothes alteration) For: 4-5 work pants. Shortened to ankle length and slimmed down towards the feet. X3 Blazers sleeve needs to be shorten by a bit. X1 blazer needs to be shorted, shoulder padding removed and bicep slimmed. Happy to bring items to you. Please list price for each service - Due date: Flexible
Shorten length of pant
$10
Alfredton VIC, Australia
10th Oct 2022
I need a chino (pants) length shortened. Length will be provided. I can drop off in Ballarat sorroundings and collect once done - Due date: Before Thursday, 13 October 2022








