
Jay's Couture
A Professional Needlewoman
Qualified in
Tailoring, Dressmaking, Repairs and Alterations.
Wedding dresses made to your requirements
Costumes for Theatre and Dance
Sewing Tuition available at your home
Located near Reading in the UK
For further information and quotations

All sewing work is undertaken
Bridal and Evening wear
Casual day wear and Children's clothes
Curtains, Cushion covers
Made - to - measure bed linen for beds of unorthodox sizes.
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All hand and machine stitching is neat and meticulous.
Traditional and modern stitches and techniques are used as requested or required.

This Needlewoman will make your garment from a commercially produced pattern or from your own sketch or description.

This Needlewoman can also repair a right-angled tear in your new or favourite garment so neatly as to be almost invisible.
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No torn garment is impossible to mend.
All sewing work undertaken is of the highest standard possible, and is always completed in an agreed, reasonable time.


Jay will explain and demonstrate any aspect of needlework
Layout and cutting out of patterns
Self - fitting for your own clothes
Curtain measuring and making
Repairing holes and seams in jeans, and darning various materials
Threading sewing machines (requested often) even without handbooks
Tips on how to remember the threading procedure easily
Perhaps you have tried studying books with diagrams and photographs to solve your particular problem,or you may have watched video tapes several times over without success.
This Needlewoman has a lifetime's experience of sewing techniques, and can advise and teach on a One to One basis to solve your own special problems
There are no limitations on the number of hours of tuition.
Dates,times,number of hours and fees are mutually agreed prior to tuition.
Located near Reading in the UK
For further information and quotations