Ana, keep looking around, you might find another place. Some dry cleaners are pretty good at simple things such as hemming. I have managed to find such one so instead of $25/30 now I pay $15/20 for hemming, which makes a huge difference if you, like me, have 15 items to hem!

I agree with Nicole, taking sleeves in wouldn't be comfortable. My cream jacket with 3/4 sleeves that you may have seen in some photos shrank a lot in the sleeves width last time I washed it. So the last time I wore it, just 25 min of walk to my work, once I removed it I had tons of blue/red spots on the arm- the capillaries around my elbow were broken! I am trying to think of way to rescue it- either shorten the sleeves or maybe get a slit in the cuff. Sigh ....

Hi Everyone! I altered the sleeves on my jacket this evening. I double checked my math, and the first cut was scary, but I think it turned out alright! Saved myself some money, which is nice. Here are the photos:

Before:

http://i66.photobucket.com/alb.....0396-1.jpg

After:

http://i66.photobucket.com/alb.....0425-1.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/alb.....0426-1.jpg

I sewed a 1.25" cuff into the jacket with a blind hem stitch. The cuff is folded over 3 times though, so if I wanted to ever make it longer, I could just rip out the blind hem and unroll it one or two times. I like the length though, it's my favorite.

Thanks for the help deciding how to alter it everybody!

You clever little sausage. Well done and it looks great! Enjoy

Wow Ana you are so crafty! The sleeves look great and what a great idea about the fold. Very ingenious indeed!

Looks awesome, Ana! And you feel so competent and satisfied for having done it yourself, don't you?

That looks great! Very crafty of you to do it yourself too!