Hi Everyone.

Am really hoping you can help, i'm getting married 3 weeks on Friday and my seamstress has suddenly let me down, when she came out to measure everyone up there was no mention of pregnancy but then one night last week her hubby turned up with all the dresses saying she cant do them due to being pregnant n needing bed rest.
Obviously i understand the situation but surely a phone call out of courtesy would have been appreciated forewarning me.

Anyway i am now in such a major panic and dont really have time to be trawling the internet, i really need to find somewhere and quick that comes highly recommended PLEASE.

Also if you could give me an idea of price or a phone number with your recommendations then that would be a great help.

I am coming through to Sheff tmrw (Weds) with the dresses and leaving them at my mums as thats where some of my bridesmaids live. What a nightmare, so if any of you have any info please feel free to text me on 07872923612 with any info.

Thanks loads in advance

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Someone on here advertised recently as a dressmaker, it's likely that she'll be able to complete the dresses for you. Good luck, hope you get it all sorted. And yes I agree, a phone call fore-warning you would be the least i'd expect.

NB: The dressmaker ladies username is jeanrosemary I think.

hunny there is a lady at high green who i know does dressmaking she made my mums dress fit and did my friends bridesmaid dresses she is called sheila constance i think 0114 2846868 xx

tbh, if she's anywhere near as bad as I've been over the past two and a half months, phonecalls to people who are likely to go off the deep end aren't going to be something she'd be in any fit state to tackle

there are those who would have left you in the lurch only contacting you DAYS before the wedding, so although it's somewhat inconvenient, please appreciate the three weeks notice you have been given...

... and good luck with everything else for your big day :)

Hi.
Thanks Sammy and Bonny, thats a great help, hopefully Sheila will be measuring up nx wk :)

Hi Strix, she knows me as i've done parties for her friends and supplied perfumes for others, i'm not the sort of person to go off the deep end especially with such reasons for not being able to work, i had a majorly bad pregnancy with my 1yr old and was hse bnd for the last 3mths not even able to stand and cook let alone anything else, so it's not that i dont understand.

Her hubby turned up with 5 dresses, saying the 2 little ones were done and wanted paying - more than she had quoted, but i just gave him what she had told me she wanted, the other thing is that because he just turned up out the blue my little nieces were not there to try them on and makesure they were correctly done - yet i still had to pay, however afterwards i looked at them and the hems look nowhere near straight, i'll hopefully find out tmrw night if they are ok or not so fingers crossed.
I live in the sticks and so was lucky to have her not too far away so to have to try and find another seamstress with just a few weeks to go and no call of apology or anything when she knows how easygoing i am i think is a little off, personally i would feel mortified to do that to someone and deffinately pick up the phone, if i wasnt well enough i would ask my partner to ring and apologise before returning the dresses.
Sorry to hear you've not been well, i certainly hope it's nothing like i was, good luck with everything and i hope you have a good labour and birth :)

xx

I used Tricia at Ecclesfield, she is very highly recommended. I don't know the number off hand, but there are a few mentions of her on here

strix i take your point but at the end of the day she was contracted to do a job,Pregnancy is not a illness I worked till 39 weeks with my son and went back to work when my daughter was 4 days old.
I understand that maybe people may be ill but it is not a illness,you carry on for fear of letting people down,It happens every day a wedding hopefully happens once but you do not let people down as i said people get pregnant every day
ps I will still brude run if need be but it upsets me when people let people down and use pregnancy as an excuse
seadog

strix i take your point but at the end of the day she was contracted to do a job,Pregnancy is not a illness I worked till 39 weeks with my son and went back to work when my daughter was 4 days old.
I understand that maybe people may be ill but it is not a illness,you carry on for fear of letting people down,It happens every day a wedding hopefully happens once but you do not let people down as i said people get pregnant every day
ps I will still brude run if need be but it upsets me when people let people down and use pregnancy as an excuse
seadogLet me just draw your attention to this sentence:

she cant do them due to being pregnant n needing bed rest.the rest is between her and her doctor

Mind you, you could be on to something. I suggest you contact the NHS and the benefits office, and inform them that EVERY woman should work to 39 weeks, and return after 4 days, after all, pregnancy is not an illness

The mind boggles :rolleyes:

my contribution to this thread was not an intention to take sides, it was a few words aimed at (hopefully) bringing a small amount of perspective to a bride who is feeling let down and under pressure, a situation I went through trying to organise a wedding in Scotland, with no family assistance, and a dog paralysed with a spinal injury who needed constant care - all whilst both my fiance and I were working away from home ourselves!

Thank you for the offer to run Brude, but we've had many offers from many of our friends, and the last thing I need right now is being spoken to like I'm scum for not meeting your high expectations during my own pregnancy :mad: