Get Your Blouses Stitched Now: A Puja Tailoring Timeline

Mahalaya falls on 10 October 2026. Shashthi is 16 October. Which means that from about the third week of September, every competent tailor in Kolkata, Hyderabad and Bengaluru stops taking new orders.

This is the single most avoidable thing that goes wrong with Puja shopping, and it goes wrong every year.

The timeline that works

• By 15 September — sarees bought, blouse pieces separated, fabric given in. This is now.
• By 22 September — first fitting. Do not skip it. A blouse that has not been tried on is a blouse that will not fit.
• By 30 September — second fitting and finishing. Any design change has to happen here, not later.
• By 7 October — collected, tried on with the actual saree and the actual petticoat, and hung.
• 10 October onward — nothing new gets stitched. Assume this absolutely.

What to give the tailor together

Take the saree with you, not just the blouse piece. The fall of the saree changes what sleeve length looks right, and a tailor who has seen the saree makes better decisions than one working from a swatch. Take the petticoat too if it exists — waist height decides everything about where the blouse ends.

Designs that are quick, and designs that are not

A plain princess-cut with a simple back takes three days. Anything with a boat neck, a deep back with a tie, piping, or a lining in a second fabric takes a week. Anything with hand embroidery or attached latkans takes two. Choose accordingly if you are reading this in October.

Buy the saree first

None of this works without the saree in hand. If you are still deciding, the fastest routes are Banarasi for the heavy day, Tussar for the walking days, and designer embroidery if you want the work already done and a plain blouse to sit under it. The whole range is at sarees.

Our Kolkata stores at Park Street and Gariahat, and both Hyderabad stores, can point you to tailors nearby who are still taking September orders. The full Puja shopping plan has the rest of the calendar.