Lien’s Alterations

I had a suit altered and it was alright not the best tailor job I ever had done but it served it’s purpose. I went back for a second time. I called her three weeks before I needed a suit for a wedding. She told me to call back in a week. I called back but she didn’t pick up. I left a voice mail and she never returned my call. I called again the next day and she said she was going on vacation. I understand we are all human and we need to take vacations but she told me to call back a week later and then couldn’t do it? I had to go to another tailor to get the work done last minute. Thank goodness American Freestyle took care of me.

She’s fantastic. Lein did a wonderful job on my heavily sequined, New York wedding, «Mother of the Bride» dress. She even made it easier for me be more comfortable dancing!

I just called to see how much it cost to alter a pant, but the lady just said she’s busy and hang my phone up before I could say anything. Now I am wondering where al these good reviews come from.

I needed to get my wedding dress pressed and called around the Seattle/​Bellevue area for some quotes. Lien quoted me at $ 30 and said I just needed to make an appointment the week of my wedding and drop it off and it would only take an hour. Other surrounding places quotes me $ 80-​$ 145!
I made an appointment on a Sunday morning and arrived a tad early to her house and rang the doorbell. She pointed me downstairs to her studio. I dropped off the dress and came back and hour later to find it beautifully pressed! It was a total of $ 30 (cash) and she did a great job. She also does alterations which I didn’t need but I would definitely recommend her!

I went to Lien to get a bridesmaid dress hemmed and taken in. Her studio, for lack of a better word, is on the ground floor of her home, and has a small, clean, curtained changing area and mirrors. Though it wasn’t the busy season, there were still a few wedding and bridesmaid gowns hanging up, and I got the feeling she is kept busy. She is difficult to get a hold of in order to arrange a time for fitting the dress and picking it up when it is finished, but other than that, I couldn’t be happier! Her work is satisfactory and it is a pretty affordable service.

I’m hesitant to write a review for Lien because I’m worried the best kept secret in tailoring world will get too busy to take me!
BUT, she’s awesome. I’ve taken multiple dresses, including my wedding/​reception dress to her and have never ever ever been disappointed.
She’s fast, and most importantly, she is very reasonable. I got 2 dresses, including a lace dress I was wearing to my reception, done for $ 60.
She can be a little difficult to get a hold of sometimes, and she was late for an appointment here and there but this is a second job she has on top of a full time gig, so I understand.
Her work speaks for itself, and she’s a super nice and talented lady.

Lien was very pleasant to work with, and accommodating of different schedules. She was easily accessible by phone. Her work was excellent and timely, and I would not only recommend her to others, but use her again for myself!

I needed alterations on my prom dress during June 2013 and spent a while shopping around for a good place to go for alterations, I eventually found Lien’s Alterations on Unilocal.
I went to two other alterations places before I went to Lien’s and both priced the alteration job higher than Lien did. She offered to do it for $ 40 whereas the other places priced the job at $ 50 and $ 75. Clearly a significant difference. Also, I was very surprised with the inexpensive price especially given the fact that my prom dress had 3 layers that needed to be shortened in addition to a train that needed to be shortened. In addition to this, the fabric of my dress was chiffon, which I’ve heard is harder to work with.
Based on the good reviews from Unilocal and the inexpensive price, I decided to let Lien do the job! She finished my dress within a week (only a week!) and her craftsmanship was seamless. The dress was the perfect length down to the last millimeter and I could not tell the difference between the original stitching and Lien’s. I felt completely beautiful and couldn’t have asked for a more perfect job!
I would 110% recommend Lien to anyone who is looking for a high quality and inexpensive alteration job. I will definitely be sending my sister back to Lien for her prom dress as well as taking any alteration jobs I need in the future to Lien.
**Note: The address looks really suspicious, it takes you to a house in a local Bellevue neighborhood. Don’t be afraid, this is just Lien’s house. She runs the business out of her garage but she is very welcoming and has a dressing room and full length mirrors as well.
I found out a couple weeks later that one of my girlfriends had her prom alterations done by Lien as well. She told me that she had as wonderful of an experience as I did and I can assure you that her dress looked beautiful!

I just picked up my bridesmaid dress that Lien did come complicated alterations on. The dress had a raw lace trim that needed to be shortened. it also had a zipper that ran down the entire back of the dress that had to be removed so the dress could be taken in. This is a bridesmaid dress that I will wear again, thanks to Lien’s detailed and quality work. She was wonderful to work with!

I was recommended to Lien by a Nordstrom employee, and I am so glad to have her expertise available. I had a bridesmaid dress that was too small, and Lien was able to adjust it so that it fit perfectly, and in time for the wedding. She was polite, professional, and I couldn’t believe that the dress looked like it had never been altered. She was even able to eyeball the shoulder straps, and I didn’t have to wait on another alteration. I think she might have a magic wand at her disposal. I’ve already taken her some pants to alter, and I couldn’t be happier with her work.

A friend recommended Lien to me, for a bridesmaid dress alteration a couple years ago and I have to say she is 1) GREAT at what she does and 2), VERY, VERY reasonable compared to other places! I went back this week to get another dress altered that was too short and to wide. I picked it up yesterday and couldn’t be happier with it. She worked her magic and not only does the dress fit, it looks like it came that way!!! She did this all in a few days time.
Things to note is that she runs her business out of her home, so while it feels uncomfortable to knock on someone’s home door she’ll quickly direct you to her little studio where you can try on your apparel and discuss what you want done. She told me she used to work for Nordstom, but likes working out of her home better so she set up shop there. I can see why too– the day I went, her friendly husband was out front gardening and greeted me with a smile and «hello» when I walked up. Also, her English is very good, but it’s not her first language — nevertheless, she did exactly what I wanted both times and even hemmed it in a little more on the spot when I showed up to pick it up/​try it on. Anyway, I’d highly recommend her– I live in Seattle, but it’s worth the drive to me:)

I will have to whole heartedly DISAGREE with the only review on here for Lien. She came highly recommended to me from a friend that has used her for tailoring for a few years. I had an alterations emergency! I called Lien to see if she could do an overnight alteration on a dress that I had ripped, needed at least 2.5 extra inches and a zipper replaced.
She said I could drop by at any time that day to have her look at it and she was confident she could help. I was so releived.
I went to her place and she had a little dressing area for me. I slipped it on and she looked over it and decided what she needed to do.
I returned to her house 24 hours later to find my dress perfectly altered. It fit me like a glove. She even added a zipper in the color of the trim of the dress.
I would give her 10 stars if I could. She was very pleasant and professional and went above and beyond to fix my dress. More, she was very reasonable. I had looked around at other alteration places and just to have a zipper replaced, some places were asking for $ 25! Lien altered my dress for $ 30.
I will most defintely be recommending her to my friends.
Cheers,
Jenn

I would VERY HIGHLY recommend Lien. I purchased a full length dress for my daughter’s wedding that I knew would need alterations so the shop gave me her name stating this is who they use. The dress is chiffon (very difficult fabric to work with) with ruching on the waist and sleeves. She practically remade the dress, altering the sleeve width and length, the shoulders, the bust, the waist, the length… it was extensive. I was shocked to see what she was able to do, if I hadn’t known what work was done, I would have never guessed that the dress was ever altered. Not only did she do an amazing job at a really good price (far less than what I would have expected to pay), she is such a nice person. I’ve been to her three times now and have always had a great experience and I recommend her to all my friends and family.