The overlocker threaded up on the workbench inside Lily's Sewing House

Alterations and tailoring, Station Rd

Clothes made to fit you properly

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Lily's Sewing House is a small alterations and tailoring shop on Station Rd in Chingford. We take in hems, zips, repairs, wedding dresses and everyday clothes that need to fit better. Rated 4.7 from 44 Google reviews.

Workbench with a threaded overlocker, fabric and bags stacked behind
165b Station Rd, London E4 6AG
Detail of the sewing machine head, threaded and ready

4.7 from 44 Google reviews

Work done patiently, from start to finish

Customers write about being listened to, and about Lily trying more than one approach until a dress fits. Several mention being told clearly when the work would be ready. Others write about kindness at moments that mattered, including a skirt stitched on the way to a funeral.

In the shop there are machines for overlocking and seam finishing, a changing room, and work made up from customers' own fabric. Wedding dresses are shortened, trains attached and stitching matched to what is already there. Ask what can be done with the piece you have.

Visiting the shop

Hems, zips, tapering, repairs, overlocking, seam finishing, wedding dress alterations and work in your own fabric

Some of what we take in

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Come in and see us

Inside the workroom: machine, thread and stacked fabric

165b Station Rd, London E4 6AG

We open at nine every day except Sunday, closing at six Monday to Friday and at four on Saturday. The shop sits on Station Rd in Chingford, a short walk from the station.

Bring the garment and try it on in the changing room so it can be pinned properly. You will be told when it is ready, and small jobs are sometimes done while you wait.

If you want to check something before you come, call 07876 802660 and describe the piece. Ring ahead too if you are working to a date.

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What customers say on Google

  • Lily is thee best I got my wedding dress altered today. … She is really magical honestly I felt doomed about my dress before I found her. She is good at her job customer service is 10/10. Such a lovely lady.

    Annie P.

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