Pinned instructions lose their context
Pins show where fabric should move, but they do not explain every customer request. Note the garment, intended alteration and unresolved fitting questions before it leaves the counter for the workroom.
Software for alteration shop owners
Keep the fitting conversation with the garment order.
At the fitting counter, a pinned hem still needs an agreed finish and a collection plan. Keep the garment description, approved alteration and customer details together so the conversation survives the move to the workroom. Your own fitting procedures guide the sewing work; Microtra keeps the business order and invoice connected.
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The everyday details
You know the work.
The admin adds up.
Collection promises need checking
A garment needed for an occasion carries a different conversation from a flexible repair. Confirm the collection arrangement directly and consider fittings, pressing and any supplied trim before promising completion.
An extra alteration needs agreement
A customer may add sleeve work after approving a hem. Explain the additional labor and materials before sewing, then keep the revised scope with the original order rather than relying on memory.
How Microtra helps
Keep the business connected.
Use the tools that fit your day, with your records ready on your phone or on the web.
Retain the customer brief
Keep contact details, customer notes and invoice history connected. Describe fabric, garment identifiers and the requested change in order notes, while storing detailed measurements through your established professional process.
Explore this featureMake the quote understandable
Separate shortening, taking in, zipper work, lining repairs and supplied materials into clear estimate items. Your own examination determines suitability and price; Microtra records the commercial agreement rather than calculating patterns or seam allowances.
Explore this featureAccount for materials on hand
The Retail shop setup starts with stock and locations enabled. Track zippers, thread or other saved items by location, and record purchases or wastage where they support the way your shop manages supplies.
Explore this featureReview the cost of careful work
Record supplies and outside services as expenses with receipt photos. Compare spending and outstanding invoices without confusing garments awaiting collection with money the business has actually received.
Explore this featureKeep collection status meaningful
A garment can be sewn but still awaiting a fitting, pressing or collection. Use the order status and tasks to reflect the stage your shop has actually reached, and keep the customer informed directly. Reviewing unfinished orders at the counter helps you spot a piece waiting for a decision before it is hidden behind work that is ready to leave.
Explore this featureA day in the life
From the first quote to paid.
Receive the garment
Find the customer and create the order. Describe the piece clearly enough to distinguish it from similar items and record the alteration requested at the counter.
Approve the work
Examine construction and discuss fit before pricing. List the work on an estimate, including any customer-supplied fastenings and any limitations you need the customer to understand.
Carry out the alteration
Use the order notes as a reference for the approved scope. Discuss further work before adding it, and mark the order status to reflect where the garment stands.
Hand back the finished piece
Review the completed alteration with the customer. Share the invoice PDF from your device, record payment taken elsewhere and keep the collection details with the order.
Your words
Find your way around.
Choose Retail shop when you set up Microtra and these are the labels you start with. Change them, and the tools you use, any time in Modules & terms.
- Your work
- Order
- Your customer
- Customer
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Questions from alteration shop owners.
Which terms appear for an alteration shop?
Choose Retail shop for Order and Customer. Stock and locations start on; schedule starts off, so enable it in Modules & terms before arranging fitting appointments there.
Can Microtra produce a sewing pattern from measurements?
Microtra does not draft patterns or calculate garment adjustments. It keeps the business order, estimate and invoice together while you choose your own fitting and sewing methods.
What belongs on an alteration estimate?
Name the garment and each approved change, plus materials you are supplying. Explain whether fitting, pressing or further adjustments are included so collection does not become a fresh negotiation.
Can I track fittings in the app?
Enable schedule in Modules & terms first, because it starts off for Retail shop. You can then arrange the fitting directly with the customer and record the planned visit.
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