If I could give 10000 stars, she would get 50000! When I started the alterations, I was 212 pounds and a size 16. She altered the dress to fit my body, and then re-altered the dress months later when I lost 46 pounds. During my last fitting, I got overwhelmed and almost passed out. She sat with me, encouraged me, and made sure I was ok without ever making me feel like I was messing up her schedule. Not only did she alter my dress, but she made me feel BEAUTIFUL both inside and out. If she altered clothing besides wedding dresses, I would buy my clothes too big just so I could hangout with her! ❤️

The Gilded Thimble is the absolute BEST choice you could ever make (honestly maybe even better than finding your dress to begin with!). She will take a dress that you thought you loved and thought fit fairly well and will SCULPT it to perfection. She is a true artist. If you thought saying yes to your dress was a moving experience, wait until she works her magic.

The Guilded Thimble is incredible… we have had the pleasure of working with her twice - once for my Spinsters dress (which was actually my grandmothers dress from the 1960’s) and again for my wedding dress!!

Everyone knows that finally finding “the dress” is such a relief and then quickly turns into “protective panic” when you go to alterations… not with Carissa… to start off, you are welcomed into a calm and adorable workspace and starts your appointment to walk through everything YOU would like altered! She listens to your desires with an open mind and asks helpful questions to get the full picture. By the end of your first appointment you already feel comforted knowing you picked the right person. You can truly see her love for wedding dresses, their construction and their designs - you can instantly tell that she is going to put undivided attention to your dress and not only take care of it but also take care of your vision! Coming in for our second appointment, she had substantial alterations done and just this huge smile ready to share them with us! I am not a hugely emotional person when it comes to surprises, but I wanted to cry (happy tears) when I put the dress back on! What started off as a vision in my head, and jumbled words trying to explain it to her, was now a reality! For my dress personally she reconstructed the “flow” of the top which to some seems like a minor visual change - but made the world of difference to me!

The entire process with Carissa feels like you’re walking in to hang out with an old friend… she is a very warm, inviting and loving person. And her confidence and experience in her craft truly speaks for itself - we were overjoyed for the chance to work with her again and made one of the hardest “to-do’s” the easiest to check off! I am so thankful she squeezed us in… and I am so thankful for everything she has done for us!