By Vivienne Alterations

By Vivienne Alterations Bridal, special occasion & everyday alterations.
(1)

Beautiful Mrs. Laken S ✨Congratulations 🎉 I had fun working on your dress! We all know I like to take my time making eve...
07/15/2026

Beautiful Mrs. Laken S ✨
Congratulations 🎉 I had fun working on your dress! We all know I like to take my time making everyone nervous but the final end results always come through amazingly. That’s my biggest goal 🥰🥳✨💕

I am human and have kids and sick days. My goal is to create a connection with each customer and have a lasting memory of the experience. If you’re in a rush or trying to do anything last minute. I might not be the seamstress for you. But if you want me to spoil you and be your hype girl, that’s me!

I love my work and my business but we all need downtime to refresh after a busy season. I am thankful for all my clients and new clients everyday ✨☺️

07/01/2026

Update on Custom Bridal Gown! Bride just sent beautiful bridal portraits and she looks stunning. A wonderful memory shared and end experienced. My favorite part of my job is, “Making Memories Through Clothing.”
Vivienne Ilkenhans

07/01/2026

Update on custom gown created for bride. Altered Lace overlay. Beautiful bridal portraits 😊💕✨💍💒👰🏻‍♀️

My favorite part of what I do.

Making memories through clothing.



Vivienne Ilkenhans

06/27/2026

Every stitch tells a story. Sewing is more than creating something beautiful from fabric—it’s a journey of growth, patience, and creativity. The hours spent learning, practicing, and perfecting each project become valuable lessons that extend far beyond the sewing room.

With every finished piece, we discover that our efforts can turn ideas into reality, challenges into achievements, and dreams into something we can proudly hold in our hands. Keep creating, keep learning, and keep believing in the power of your imagination. The masterpiece you’re working on today may be shaping more than your project—it may be shaping you.

06/07/2026

What a beautiful Sunday 😌☀️ A great way to start the week and revisit all my strict policies and pricing. I have moved my business from De Queen, AR in the perfect timing. I see why an alterations shop is not permanently located there now. Alterations and sewing is an art. It takes time and patience. When you try to help everyone, it ends up only hurting you in the end trying to people please. That was my mistake. It is a dying art for a reason. Clothing can be bought for pennies online if it doesn’t fit. It takes a long time to learn a skill that is not widely known. I like to help people but i do not help people that do not respect my time. I dont charge for fittings or pick ups and I try to deliver any and all products when I’m behind to save the customer time. Not every customer is a good fit for me or me for them. It is what it is. I welcome anyone willing to work with me and I will take time to reorganize my business model for the future. It was a mentally and emotionally challenging season but I am proud of what I have accomplished. I will take this as an opportunity to humble myself and take less work in and charge higher prices to compensate.

No more jeans.
No more last minute alterations.
No more free fittings.

I welcome all opinions. As always there are multiple alterations shops in Texarkana and one in Nashville, AR. Feel free to visit another seamstress if my style of art and business does not fit your needs.

Best wishes 😊🫶🏻

05/26/2026

Beautiful bride I got to work with since January! We got to completely redesign her mothers dress. I will post a video of the journey soon! Sooo beautiful!! Congratulations Brooklyn Nichole Freeman 🥳🥳🥳🥳

05/17/2026

Prom Season 2026

It was a hectic busy season and its always smack dab in the middle of wedding season for spring, but I love working with all my prom girls and prom moms. We all go through so many emotions throughout the process. Sometimes its a pretty quick turnaround, other times, I need to completely restructure the dress of do it on a tight timeframe. My favorite part is always seeing the smiles and after photos. Its worth all the work, blood and sweat, (if it gets to that point)!

Some days I question why I do what I do but then the after season and compilation of seeing all my girls I worked with and memories we created together, it makes it all worth it.

Then I do it to my again and again. When I can bring happiness to others, it brings me happiness. I can see the love from all the moms in every fitting, every photo, every conversation we have together and I see the beauty that these girls bring to the future after high school. Grown women stepping foot into the world looking beautiful and strong.

Been feeling nostalgic but sometimes when you move through different phases of a career you forget where you started and...
05/04/2026

Been feeling nostalgic but sometimes when you move through different phases of a career you forget where you started and the time you spent previously. Memory lane is definitely always a good way to bring back the extra oomph we need to remind us where we are and where we have been.

From sewing at the most basic levels to turning out many, many brides and my own previous bridal projects. Remembering I have seen so much from then until now. Its all about reflection and being thankful for how far we have come.



Vivienne Ilkenhans 🥳✌🏼☀️💫

All my local people in the Sevier County, KDQN 92.1 area, please tune in this morning at 8:15am to hear me on the Radio ...
04/27/2026

All my local people in the Sevier County, KDQN 92.1 area, please tune in this morning at 8:15am to hear me on the Radio talk about my business, By Vivienne Alterations! I am being featured and highlighted to speak about Entrepreneur of Impact and to rally the troops to get me through to the quarter finals! I could win $25k, an editorial in Entrepreneur Magazine and a one in one mentorship with one of the Shark Tank moguls, Daymond!

Please vote for me!

Https://www.entrepreneurofimpact.org/

2026/vivian-ilkenhans

04/13/2026

Prom alterations 💕💁🏻‍♀️

Address

4609 Texas Boulevard
Texarkana, TX
75503

Telephone

+15125903132

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when By Vivienne Alterations posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to By Vivienne Alterations:

Shortcuts

Share

Category