recommendation for tailor/seamstress who makes new clothes from old

[acechorizo.livejournal.com]

 I am looking for someone who would be able to create a jacket for me based on a jacket I already have. Does this service exist locally? Recommendations please! I already checked the clothing tag, nothing jumped out. Thanks!

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[greenlily.livejournal.com]

If you count Brookline Village as 'local', Sana Belle (http://www.yelp.com/biz/sana-belle-brookline) does custom tailoring similar to this. Their retail clothing is really expensive, though, so I imagine their tailoring is quite costly also.

[captainsquiggly.livejournal.com]

Contact Jen at bleedingarrow at yahoo dot com. She's in Somerville. She's a professional seamstress and specializes in clothing alteration and does exactly what you want.

[42itous.livejournal.com]

Another possibility is Rita Sclavunos in Union Square. She's a seamstress with lots of alteration experience, and she does very good work. She can be reached at thtrecostume at earthlink dot net.

[littlecitynames.livejournal.com]

There's also the bid option on Etsy. I'm not sure if you can specify that you want a local person, though.