My reviews - what some of my customers think of the services I offer and the work that I do.
Thanks to Caroline and her magical work my sister was able to make her wedding dress complete. With only a short time period Caroline was able to produce a beautiful Bolero that matched both the colour and lace of the wedding dress amazingly! With only a basic pattern Caroline produced a unique finished piece that worked better that we imagined!
Thanks Caroline, will defiantly be keeping your card handy
Melissa Folly
Big thanks to Caroline Jones for sorting my coat out so quickly and efficiently, dropped it of last Tuesday and it was ready by Friday, fantastic service.
James Hyde
Today I had my last wedding dress fitting, Caroline Jones has done a fantastic job, I am so pleased with what she has done! I cannot wait to see the 'mother of the bride' dress she has also altered and all of my bridesmaids dresses! Very loyal, kind genuine talented lady highly recommended!
Thank you Caroline and hope we entertained you with our 'goings on'
Georgia Bishop Dec 2013
I recently had quite an urgent need to have a pair of trouser altered for an important wedding. As usual I left things to the last moment but that didn’t faze Caroline in anyway. We discussed the required adjustment and I had the trousers back 36 hours later. Caroline’s work was exceptional; I would without hesitation recommend Caroline to others. Many thanks Caroline appreciated.
Martin Firman
Thank you for doing a great job on my wedding dress,bridesmaid dress and bags. Can't wait to wear it and promise to send pictures.
Thank you so much, both dresses fitted perfectly and your work was amazing. You made us both feel really comfortable at the fitting and achieved what we both wanted. I will be sure to keep you in mind for the future. Thanks Martha.
Martha Clingan
(Martha's bridesmaid Claire is pictures on the left above)
I was recommended Caroline by a friend who had had several pieces completely re tailored to perfection.
I commissioned Caroline to make a dress copying one I love. She not only made a pattern from scratch but created the most incredibly tailored dress. The finish is far superior than the original. It is stunning. Her workmanship is perfection.
Thank you Caroline. I will be commissioning more pieces in the future.
Sara Kirkby
Caroline is my personal secret (although as I keep recommending her she's not a particularly well kept secret!). Not only does Caroline have the technical skills to make things, take them apart and put them back together, but she has a creative eye that I can only dream of.
An immoveable stain on the top half of floor length panelled skirt? She simply unpicked the skirt and moved all the panels up turning it into a knee length panelled skirt.
Various shop bought lined suits which fit where they shouldn't? Taken in, let out and generally adjusted so they now look tailor made.
A dress bought in younger years, beautifully cut on the bias but of a transparent nature that really only favours the young or surgically enhanced? Caroline was able to line it. The lining is as light as the fabric of the dress itself so no snagging or pulling - it all hangs beautifully.
A skirt made of brocade from India that no longer fitted (how small was my mother?)? A few days with Caroline and it had been transformed into a shift dress that I've worn out on a number of occasions.
I can't recommend Caroline highly enough, and to cap it all, she's a lovely lovely person to do business with!
Kim Chester
"Firstly thanky you so much for the attending the church and i hope you got some lovely phots of the hard work you had done.
You did an absolute amazing job on the dress. I received so many compliments day and night about my dress and i'm still receiving them from people that couldn't make the wedding.
Without your assistance in doing such a big alteration to the dress i would never have looked so good. You did truly make my day. You would think that after taking the dress in 7 inches and leaving those 7 inches in the dress that this would be noticeable, however due to your fantasic work nobody would have known.
Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart"
Mrs Sam Greenman nee Anderson
Sam is pictured on the far right in the header panel above
"Caroline has breathed new life into my precious, rather old gardening coat. Thank you Caroline.
I am also the proud owner of a beautiful blue silk fitted jacket that Caroline made really quickly. Lovely! "
Wendy Guilfoyle
"I came to Caroline in distress with my wedding dress as there were so many faults and Caroline was able to reassure me and fix everything. Very friendly, approachable and understanding. Highly recommended."
Patricia Reynolds
"Hi Caroline, We are so pleased with all the wedding garments. Your expertise and guidance during the weeks was excellent, and your skills are amazing. All the garments were finished to the highest standard. I shall be recommending you to friends and family, and I hope to see you in the future"
Janet, Annie, Ellie & Kayleigh
"Caroline's creativity and how she translates this to her work is very inspiring. I can recommend her up cycling skills and her dressmaking alterations to help older clothes come alive"
Pauline Masters
"I have used Caroline on two separate occasions.
The first was to make a pair of curtains from fabric with a difficult to match pattern. Caroline managed to achieve this, and although I was in no hurry for the curtains they were available within a week.
The second occasion I required a cocktail length dress which I could wear to several functions and I had some ideas of my own. Based on these ideas Caroline made some suggestions for style, fabric and colour. Caroline sourced suitable patterns and suggested the alterations that she could make, and the fabrics that she thought were suitable. There was some pressure on this project as I needed the dress for the first function at the beginning of December. Caroline achieved this within 2 weeks, which included a fitting, and still had a smile on her face."
Susan Pearson
Susan is pictured in her cocktail dress on the right of the header panel above
"The dress fitted lovely the alterations that Caroline did, made it special for my day, a big thankyou."
Donna Fletcher-Bryant
"Caroline made our onesies to our requested designs, she did a fantastic job and was very helpful with designing and making the onesies exactly as we wanted them, we wear them all the time!"
Sam Jones and Lewis and Wes Morgan-Brain
Sam is pictured in his onesie in the header panel above
Thanks Caroline, will defiantly be keeping your card handy
Melissa Folly
Big thanks to Caroline Jones for sorting my coat out so quickly and efficiently, dropped it of last Tuesday and it was ready by Friday, fantastic service.
James Hyde
Today I had my last wedding dress fitting, Caroline Jones has done a fantastic job, I am so pleased with what she has done! I cannot wait to see the 'mother of the bride' dress she has also altered and all of my bridesmaids dresses! Very loyal, kind genuine talented lady highly recommended!
Thank you Caroline and hope we entertained you with our 'goings on'
Georgia Bishop Dec 2013
I recently had quite an urgent need to have a pair of trouser altered for an important wedding. As usual I left things to the last moment but that didn’t faze Caroline in anyway. We discussed the required adjustment and I had the trousers back 36 hours later. Caroline’s work was exceptional; I would without hesitation recommend Caroline to others. Many thanks Caroline appreciated.
Martin Firman
Thank you for doing a great job on my wedding dress,bridesmaid dress and bags. Can't wait to wear it and promise to send pictures.
Thank you so much, both dresses fitted perfectly and your work was amazing. You made us both feel really comfortable at the fitting and achieved what we both wanted. I will be sure to keep you in mind for the future. Thanks Martha.
Martha Clingan
(Martha's bridesmaid Claire is pictures on the left above)
I was recommended Caroline by a friend who had had several pieces completely re tailored to perfection.
I commissioned Caroline to make a dress copying one I love. She not only made a pattern from scratch but created the most incredibly tailored dress. The finish is far superior than the original. It is stunning. Her workmanship is perfection.
Thank you Caroline. I will be commissioning more pieces in the future.
Sara Kirkby
Caroline is my personal secret (although as I keep recommending her she's not a particularly well kept secret!). Not only does Caroline have the technical skills to make things, take them apart and put them back together, but she has a creative eye that I can only dream of.
An immoveable stain on the top half of floor length panelled skirt? She simply unpicked the skirt and moved all the panels up turning it into a knee length panelled skirt.
Various shop bought lined suits which fit where they shouldn't? Taken in, let out and generally adjusted so they now look tailor made.
A dress bought in younger years, beautifully cut on the bias but of a transparent nature that really only favours the young or surgically enhanced? Caroline was able to line it. The lining is as light as the fabric of the dress itself so no snagging or pulling - it all hangs beautifully.
A skirt made of brocade from India that no longer fitted (how small was my mother?)? A few days with Caroline and it had been transformed into a shift dress that I've worn out on a number of occasions.
I can't recommend Caroline highly enough, and to cap it all, she's a lovely lovely person to do business with!
Kim Chester
"Firstly thanky you so much for the attending the church and i hope you got some lovely phots of the hard work you had done.
You did an absolute amazing job on the dress. I received so many compliments day and night about my dress and i'm still receiving them from people that couldn't make the wedding.
Without your assistance in doing such a big alteration to the dress i would never have looked so good. You did truly make my day. You would think that after taking the dress in 7 inches and leaving those 7 inches in the dress that this would be noticeable, however due to your fantasic work nobody would have known.
Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart"
Mrs Sam Greenman nee Anderson
Sam is pictured on the far right in the header panel above
"Caroline has breathed new life into my precious, rather old gardening coat. Thank you Caroline.
I am also the proud owner of a beautiful blue silk fitted jacket that Caroline made really quickly. Lovely! "
Wendy Guilfoyle
"I came to Caroline in distress with my wedding dress as there were so many faults and Caroline was able to reassure me and fix everything. Very friendly, approachable and understanding. Highly recommended."
Patricia Reynolds
"Hi Caroline, We are so pleased with all the wedding garments. Your expertise and guidance during the weeks was excellent, and your skills are amazing. All the garments were finished to the highest standard. I shall be recommending you to friends and family, and I hope to see you in the future"
Janet, Annie, Ellie & Kayleigh
"Caroline's creativity and how she translates this to her work is very inspiring. I can recommend her up cycling skills and her dressmaking alterations to help older clothes come alive"
Pauline Masters
"I have used Caroline on two separate occasions.
The first was to make a pair of curtains from fabric with a difficult to match pattern. Caroline managed to achieve this, and although I was in no hurry for the curtains they were available within a week.
The second occasion I required a cocktail length dress which I could wear to several functions and I had some ideas of my own. Based on these ideas Caroline made some suggestions for style, fabric and colour. Caroline sourced suitable patterns and suggested the alterations that she could make, and the fabrics that she thought were suitable. There was some pressure on this project as I needed the dress for the first function at the beginning of December. Caroline achieved this within 2 weeks, which included a fitting, and still had a smile on her face."
Susan Pearson
Susan is pictured in her cocktail dress on the right of the header panel above
"The dress fitted lovely the alterations that Caroline did, made it special for my day, a big thankyou."
Donna Fletcher-Bryant
"Caroline made our onesies to our requested designs, she did a fantastic job and was very helpful with designing and making the onesies exactly as we wanted them, we wear them all the time!"
Sam Jones and Lewis and Wes Morgan-Brain
Sam is pictured in his onesie in the header panel above
And these are my testimonials for businesses I trust.
I am a member of two local business clubs which meet on a regular basis. to discuss business and help each other out. I know the other members well and can honestly say they are good people to do business with. Have a look at the club sites where the wide variety of members are all listed with contact details.
The Coleford Area Partnership Business Clubs, these 2 clubs meet weekly and have a maximum of 25 members each all based in and working in the Forest of Dean.
The Forest of Dean Business Womens Network, as it says is a larger group of business women based in or near the Forest. We meet monthly.