A list of qualified dressmakers, teachers and sewing professionals in the USA and abroad, their areas of expertise, and locations.
Dressmakers by specialty

This is a listing of the dressmakers who have indicated a particularly strong expertise in these areas. Some of these skills are shared by other dressmakers on this site, although not specifically mentioned here.

Traditional bridal and special Occasion, | Alternative bridal, | Accessories, | Sewing classes, Authors and instructors, | Ballroom Dance Costumes, | Belly Dance Costumes, | Bra and Corset-Making, | Career Wear, | Coats, | Gender, Cross, Drag, or Costume Children, | Clothing labels, | Color Image and Consulting, | Costumes (General), | Dog Clothing, | Doll Clothing, | Embroidery, | Fabric painting, smocking, beading, and other treatments, | Flower Girls' dresses, | Fur, | Generalist, | Handbags, | Historical Garments, | Home decor, | Irish Dancing Dresses, | Custom Made Denim Jeans and alterations, | Millinery, | Pants | Pattern grading, patternmaking, etc. | Plus Size, | Prom and Graduation, | Slipcovers, | Special Needs, | Sewing Contractors, | Wearable art | Vintage Sewing and Patterns



Traditional bridal (Custom gowns, formal wear and/or alterations)



Natalie Harris(Houston, TX)
Lavanya Coodly(Newport, RI)
Cindy Chock(New York City)
Susanne Smith(New York City)
Nelly Agron(New York City)
Celtic Stitches (Michigan)
Super Bridal(Salt Lake City, UT)

Alternative bridal and/or non-traditional/cross-cultural or international bridal



Sue Tenney (Wisconsin)
Cindy Chock(New York)
Mimi Jackson (New York)
Robbin Douglas(Oklahoma)

Clothing for gender and identity presentation, drag, cross, or costume



Gloria Williams (New York City and Newark, NJ)


Pants designers/fit specialists



Adrena Johnson (Greensboro, North Carolina)

Belly Dance Costumes



Millinery


Lynn Sykes (LA, CA)

Career Wear


Cindy Chock(New York)
Lavanya Coodly(Newport, RI)

Bra and Corset-making



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Plus Size


Holly Snyder (Pennsylvania)
Marijayne Favata (New Jersey)
Cindy Chock(New York)
Celtic Stitches (Michigan)

Custom Dog Apparel



Holly Snyder (Pennsylvania) Masquerade Designs(Canada)
Celtic Stitches (Michigan)


Generalists



Lavanya Coodly(Newport, RI)
Mimi Jackson (New York)



Doll clothing and furnishings



DavinaDawn Sewing (New Hampshire)
Marijayne Favata (New Jersey)

Custom Jeans and/or jeans alterations


Nina Krakovna(Canada)


Wearable Art



Mimi Jackson (New York)


Vintage sewing and patterns


Patterns from the Past (e-commerce)

Cindy Chock(New York)
Nelly Agron(New York City)


Handbags



Mimi Jackson (New York)
Lazy Girl Designs (ecommerce)
Kicky Couture (ecommerce)


Coats


Mimi Jackson(New York)



Special Needs


Mimi Jackson(New York)



Historical garments



Masquerade Designs(Canada)
Cindy Chock(New York)

Costume, theatrical and dance



Lana Gerimovich (Arizona)
Cindy Chock (New York)
Masquerade Designs(Canada)
Celtic Stitches (Michigan)

Home decor



Lana Gerimovich (Arizona)
Holly Snyder (Pennsylvania)
Nelly Agron(New York City)
Paula Hoffmann (New Jersey)
Custom home decor specialists links


Children



Cadi Palmer (North Carolina)
Denise Snodgrass(Ohio)
Holly Snyder (Pennsylvania)
Susanne Smith(New York)
Nelly Agron(New York City)
Mimi Jackson (*special needs kids specifically - New York)
Celtic Stitches (Michigan)


Prom and Graduation



Lavanya Coodly(Newport, RI)
Lana Gerimovich (Arizona)
Susanne Smith (New York)
Sheila Murrell (New York)
Paula Hoffmann (New Jersey)
Celtic Stitches (Michigan)



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Flower Girls dresses



Cadi Palmer (North Carolina)
Tina Colombo (Illinois)
Celtic Stitches (Michigan)

Clothing Labels



Sterling Tape (by mail)

Sewing Contractors

Lavanya Coodly(Newport, RI)
Margaretrose Robinson (California)
Left in Stitches
Celtic Stitches (Michigan)


Irish Dancing Dresses


Celtic Stitches (Michigan)


Patternmaking, Samplemaking, Design



Amy Ashworth (Anywhere - Online service)
Sue Bennett (MA)
Cherie Bixlerl(NY/NJ)


Slipcovers


Slipcover Network Listing




Dressmakers who will work long distance


Mimi Jackson (NYC)
Cherie Bixlerl(NY/NJ)
Celtic Stitches (Michigan)




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