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Rachel's Custom Sewing

Name: Rachel's Custom Sewing
Address: Newtown, QLD, AU
Telephone: +61419654723
Price range: $$$

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Rachel's Custom Sewing

Helping brides & grads feel confident & stunning with a perfect fit & stress-free experience since '17
100+ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reviews.

🌸 Blog: customsewing.au/rcsblog/

Rachel’s Custom Sewing specialises in bridal and formal alterations, men’s suits, and bespoke tailoring. We create flawless fits with couture craftsmanship and a stress-free, personal experience for every client.

07/08/2026

Welcome to Rachel's Custom Sewing!

Walking through our doors, you'll immediately feel the warmth ☀️ and personalized touch that sets us apart. Our cozy studio is filled with vibrant threads, unique staff, and delightful company (as seen in the second image 🐈‍⬛). You'll be greeted with a friendly smile, eager to bring your creative ideas to life.

Whether you’re looking to tailor a perfect fitting suit, wedding dress, or formal gown, Rachel’s expertise and passion shine through in every stitch. Expect fun, collaborative conversations, thoughtful advice, and meticulous craftsmanship! ✨

We can't wait to see how we can help your sewing dreams come true!

📸 Gorgeous pics by Sarah Bradford - Photography

06/08/2026

The best part of what we do is seeing the finished result. Here is Charli Ashby's gown after alterations (hem and cups), beautifully showcased in her professional photos.

A perfect fit can completely transform how a dress looks and feels, and we're so honoured to have helped bring this vision to life.

Thank you for choosing us, Charli! We hope you had an amazing time at your special event.

05/08/2026

Not every bride lives around the corner. Georgia works up north, so getting her gown ready meant building the whole alterations timeline around the windows she was actually in town.

That is exactly the kind of thing we love sorting out. We talked through her work roster and travel, mapped the fittings to line up back-to-back on her trips down, and locked in her pickup for when she was home again over the school holidays. No stress, no scramble.

She came in with a sample gown that taking up for her height and readying for a big day of dancing. So we took it there: a full half hem through every layer, and a bustle built to lift and hold so she could move all night.

All that coordinating across state lines, and she walked out with a gown that looked like it was made for her.

📸 Your Day Visuals
Brides of Toowoomba

🌸 Half hem through the lining, three layers of stiff tulle, and the main fabric re-bagged with a horsehair hem
🌸 Pleated box bustle built to lift for dancing
🌸 Internal waist stay added to support the skirt and hold everything in place

She was a dream to work with. 💕

04/08/2026

This is what we love to hear. 🤍

"Rachel and her team did an absolutely fabulous job on my wedding dress. Rachel made it fit perfectly in all the right places with minimal fitting appointments! 100% the place to go if you want the most perfectly fitting wedding dress 🤩"

A perfectly fitted gown — with as few appointments as possible — is exactly what we aim for. Thank you for the lovely words! ✨

Beautiful bride feature:

Alterations: ~ Hem ~ Darts ~ Back In ~ Bustle ~ Waist Stay ~

Emma Cross Rural Photography
Luv Bridal

03/08/2026

Before, after, and the professional photos to prove it ✨

We love showing the whole journey — Lana Schouten's dress as it arrived, the dress after our alterations (cups, sides, straps, back, hem), and the professional photos that capture the final result. A beautifully fitted dress makes all the difference and looks incredible in photos.

Thank you, Lana, for trusting us with your alterations. We loved being part of your special occasion and helping you feel confident in your dress. 🤍

David Rook Photographer
Brides of Toowoomba

02/08/2026

Before, after, and the professional photos to prove it ✨

We love showing the whole journey — Katrina Blackburn's dress as it arrived, the dress after our alterations (back, illusion front, hem, bustle), and the professional photos that capture the final result. A beautifully fitted dress makes all the difference and looks incredible in photos.

Thank you, Katrina, for trusting us with your alterations.

We loved being part of your special occasion and helping you feel confident in your dress. 🤍
louise97
Tiffany Jane Photography & Film
Brides of Brisbane

01/08/2026

👰 Featuring our Cascading Pearl Veil (available through our store, link in bio)

Photography and concept: the amazing and lovely Sarah Bradford - Photography
Venue: Selamanya Burleigh
Lingerie:
Sleepwear:
Veil: Rachel's Custom Sewing

Or .... and hear me out, you could wear your veil and heels for the wedding night.🪄

31/07/2026

A few careful alterations for Zoe's school formal— (hem, cups, zip, strap) — and the fit is just right.

There's nothing like seeing it all come together. 🤍

Thank you for choosing us, Zoe. We hope you had an amazing time at your special event!

-boutique-au
St Joseph's College Toowoomba

30/07/2026

Same gown. Two brides. Two completely different stories. ✨

When Tanita walked out the door earlier this week in her Laneway Bridal gown, it was the second time we'd farewelled this exact same dress in a few short weeks — Amber wore hers a fortnight ago. Same designer, same silhouette, same starting point. Two utterly different brides, two completely different weddings. This is the bit that never stops being magic.

Amber wore hers for her wedding on the 14th of May — we removed her straps, took her sides in, and built side panels for her overskirt. Tanita's journey was longer: she lost around 10kg through her fittings (new job, life going at full tilt) so we kept reshaping as she changed. By her pickup we'd taken her in 11cm through the back (5.5cm each side of the zip), shaped the front with darts, taken the back darts in through the waistline, hemmed through main sequin fabric plus two lining layers, built a 2-to-1 bustle at the top of the gore, resewn her veil onto the comb, and added a third row of tacks to her DD cups.

Same gown. Wildly different work. That's bridal alteration in a nutshell 💍

Wishing you both the most beautiful days, Amber 💕 and Tanita 💕
latrece
📸 Wildhearted & Hitched +

29/07/2026

How we take up a jacket sleeve properly. ✂️

You can't just cut the bottom off a suit sleeve. The cuff has a vent and buttons that have to stay exactly right, so the work happens at the cuff, not the shoulder.

The real process: take the buttons off and undo the cuff. Measure how much length needs to come out, mark the new line with heat-removable wax chalk, then press along it. Cut 4cm below the line, and take the same amount off the lining. Redo the mitred corner, close the other side of the vent, then resew the corner and join the lining back to the main. Put the buttons back on 4cm up and a quarter inch in (we use a double strand knotted through, so it's four strands and one pass each). Sew the sleeve opening closed, give it a final press, and it's ready.

It's fiddly, and it's exactly why a shortened sleeve should still look like it was made for you.

Address

Newtown, QLD

Opening Hours

Monday	12pm - 8pm
Tuesday	12pm - 8pm
Wednesday	12pm - 8pm
Thursday	12pm - 8pm
Friday	12pm - 8pm

Telephone

+61419654723

Website

http://www.rachelscustomsewing.au/

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