1 /5 Lorie McDermott: My niece had alterations done to her bridesmaid dress by âAlterations by Paulaâ in Elmira, NY for my daughterâs wedding that is coming up in October. I have NEVER seen such a terrible job done on an alteration! I would be embarrassed to return a dress to a customer looking like this ! And, I DEFINITELY would not charge $75 for this crappy job! If you canât do the job, just say so! When my niece took the dress back and pointed out the poor quality of workmanship, she was given a partial refund of $25. That is it- only $25!! A FULL REDUND should have been given for such a bad job. If I could have given negative stars, I would have. I just spent approximately 5 hours taking out the work âPaulaâ did and redoing it myself. I would NOT RECOMMEND using Alterations by Paula to have any work done.