Mordialloc Alterations Studio

For some of you who don’t know, I volunteer at a historic home in Black Rock. The house is 168yrs old and open to the public the first Sunday of each month for costumed guided tours 1-4pm.

The house is owned by the Bayside city council but the ‘Friends’ group, which I’m part of care for the house and open it for the community each month and for private functions during the week.
We decided to create a bit of fun at Halloween for the locals, who doesn’t want to visit a real haunted house at Halloween!

I’m happy to say seven years on and many thousands of visitor’s later we’re still scaring the daylights out of people either with our Scary Mary in the cellar, Mr Baker the undertaker in the cemetery or if you dare, take a walk down Death Alley that leads you into the Witches in the Stables.

There’s a little something for everyone and this year we’ll have a game of Skull Skittles on the front verandah.

I’m sharing this here as some of you have asked why I have all these Halloween costumes in the studio, now you know why.

Feel free to bring the kids and grandkids for a bit of Halloween fun.

We’ll also be hosting our Christmas Carols on Wednesday 4th Dec 6-8.30pm.

30-36 Ebden Ave Black Rock. 🧙🎩

From formal dresses to wedding dresses, repairing school uniforms to tailoring clothes that don’t fit to fit beautifully.
Now today it seems is Halloween alteration day on w
Witches dress, Cousin Itt costume needs a mend and to unfortunately take a beautiful 1950 lace dress and make it fit my client, which means adding extra material on the sides of the dress so she’s a co**se bride for Halloween. Gotta say I 🖤

To say I love my job is an understatement.
I just received this lovely gift from 2 clients that are finally getting married this Saturday after having to cancel many times in the past few years.
I always get warm and fuzzy when an alteration to a garment is just perfect and the clients are blissfully happy. Photos of the wedding to come next week.
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We’ll it’s been a crazy year of sewing with special events, celebrations, weddings, formals, 1st day at school, general alterations, those ill fitted online shop purchases and the odd special request that keeps it interesting and I have loved every day that I walk into the studio and see what’s to be done.
With that said I’m happy people are pre planning but I now find I am out of time/hours to take on any more work this year.
There’s still more to come but I’m now fully booked till Monday 16th January.
If there’s school uniforms out there that need letting down/ talking up book in now!!
Thank you again for all your continued support throughout the year and repeat business. See you in 2023 xx

Some of you will know that I volunteer at a historic home in Black Rock and I’ve also made curtains for the newly remodeled library.

Recently Mordialloc Alterations had the pleasure putting the finishing touches into the library and now we’re happy to open it to the public to visit, see the interesting books donated by the Peter MacCallum family (Sir Peter MacCallum owned the house in the 1930’s) and enjoy delicious Devonshire tea in Tamar’s Tearoom. House is open today 1-4pm.
You might even get served by yours truly if you’re lucky 😉.

The sun will be shining on our stable area tomorrow including a beautiful new deck adjacent to Tamar’s Tearoom.

Enjoy Devonshire tea on the new deck, front verandah or inside, the choose is yours.

Bookings for Devonshire Tea 1.30-3.30pm are welcomed by emailing: [email protected]

Costumed guided house tours commence 1-4, no bookings required.