Tailoring & Mending Services
Tailoring & Mending Services
We are currently only accepting MENDING PROJECTS ONLY.
How do I know if I have a tailoring or mending project?
MENDING
Mending repairs damage like holes, tears, broken zippers, or worn seams to extend the life of your clothing.
How Our Service Works
*Bring your mending projects to The Nest PVD on any
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, or last Saturday of the month from 12pm-5pm.
*Meet with our Mending Technician to intake your project and get a quote.
* Depending on the size of your project, it will be completed on the day of or within 2 weeks.
*You pay at pick up / completion of the project.
TAILORING
Tailoring adjusts the fit, shape, or silhouette of a garment to better suit your body and style. Examples include hemming pants, taking in a waist, shortening sleeves, or resizing pieces.
Why is our Tailor Shop closed?
Because we are struggling to hire skilled tailors and alteration specialists to keep up with demand. Across the United States, experienced tailors are retiring faster than new trained professionals are entering the trade, leaving a workforce gap for this work.
What are we doing about it?
We are launching a workforce development training program. Tailoring Academy is a professional tailoring & sewing technology program designed to prepare participants for careers in tailoring, garment alteration, and sewing production.
What if I need tailoring done ASAP?
Check out our recommended list of local tailors.
EXPLORE OUR MENDING SERVICES
PVD Location Only
Mending Services
What we mend:
*Seam repair for tears along a seam or for broken threads in an existing seam
*Button hook & eye replacement or reinforcement
*Large hole darning in garments and sweaters
*Tiny moth holes
*Old school patches for holes not on the seam of a garment
*Thread patches for rips in denim, workwear, crotch repairs, etc.
*Zipper pull repair or replacement (pull only, no damage to zipper teeth or tape)
*Embroidered patches if you'd like to add a design or beautifully cover a flaw in a garment
*Sashiko repair
Director of Tailoring & Sewing Education
Julia Medeiros
Specialties: custom women's ready-to-wear, formal & occasion wear
Julia is a technical apparel designer, and has been a professional sewist for 25 years. She has run her own sewing studios in Ukraine, Portugal, California, and now here in Rhode Island. Julia specializes in almost everything: from custom clothing, to alterations and repairs, to working with drapery and leather.
LOVED CLOTHES LAST.