0:00:02 > 0:00:04Welcome back to The Great British Sewing Bee.
0:00:04 > 0:00:06This week, the search for Britain's best home sewer
0:00:06 > 0:00:09gets tougher. There's a place in the semi-final at stake,
0:00:09 > 0:00:11so the judges aren't going to make it easy.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16Last time, our contest started simple - an A-line skirt,
0:00:16 > 0:00:20a neckline alteration, and a made-to-measure dress.
0:00:20 > 0:00:23I've gone in the wrong way! I'm coming out, I'm coming out.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26An 81-year-old grandmother of seven...
0:00:26 > 0:00:30I totally underestimated the length of time that this was going to take.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32..and an HGV mechanic from Derby...
0:00:32 > 0:00:35This is the third zip I've ever done in my life.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38..were contenders for Garment of the Week.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41I think you've pulled off a bit of a coup here.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45Savile Row's Patrick Grant and sewing teacher May Martin...
0:00:45 > 0:00:47We chose...this one.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49..declared Mark the week's winner...
0:00:49 > 0:00:51Never judge a book by its cover.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53..and sent Michelle home.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00This week, life in the sewing room is about to get a bit harder.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04- This is adventurous, Stuart. - It is, it is.- God loves a tryer.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08The home sewers must make a pair of trousers in just four hours...
0:01:08 > 0:01:09Geronimo.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11Have I done it wrong already, then?
0:01:11 > 0:01:14..customise a High Street skirt in 60 minutes...
0:01:14 > 0:01:16Oh, that's a lovely pocket.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19..and tailor a perfectly fitting silky blouse.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22Lauren's got hers on the model? I'm not looking.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25But who will produce the best garment this week?
0:01:25 > 0:01:28The pressure's on, and some of these blouses are not together yet.
0:01:28 > 0:01:33And which two sewers will struggle to keep their place?
0:01:33 > 0:01:35- It's all gone a bit Pete Tong. - This could be it for me.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37I think you could have been more ambitious.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40And I think we'll leave it at that.
0:01:40 > 0:01:41Thank you.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43Two days of precision sewing lie ahead.
0:01:43 > 0:01:47The machines are ready and the shears have been sharpened.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Let battle commence.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18The six remaining sewers return to East London
0:02:18 > 0:02:20for another two days of intense sewing.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23Ah... Interesting.
0:02:24 > 0:02:29They have no idea what today's two challenges will involve.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32All they know is they'll have to make three items of clothing
0:02:32 > 0:02:36over the next 48 hours, at the end of which, two of them will be leaving the Sewing Bee.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40OK, welcome back, please come and join us at the cutting table.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46Huge congratulations for getting to round two.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49It's time for the first challenge, and the judges
0:02:49 > 0:02:53would like you to make a pair of men's trousers.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55Men's trousers...
0:02:55 > 0:02:57Tilly's shaking her head, I feel bad about that.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59You have four hours, good luck.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02I will bring you muffins. Off you go.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07Totally lying about the muffins.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09In this first challenge, May and Patrick
0:03:09 > 0:03:12will test the sewers' ability to follow a pattern.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17Today, it's for a pair of men's trousers,
0:03:17 > 0:03:18which have a waistband,
0:03:18 > 0:03:20slim legs that taper
0:03:20 > 0:03:21towards the ankle,
0:03:21 > 0:03:22and a zip fly,
0:03:22 > 0:03:24a tricky fastening to master.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26As long as they follow the pattern,
0:03:26 > 0:03:30the sewers are free to make their trousers from any fabric they fancy
0:03:30 > 0:03:32from the sewing room's haberdashery.
0:03:32 > 0:03:37I'm trying to avoid anything with stripes or big checks
0:03:37 > 0:03:39that I'll have to match up, and I've chosen... I think this is
0:03:39 > 0:03:43a gabardine or a twill, it's quite heavy, it's not going to fray.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45It's probably one of the better ones to go for,
0:03:45 > 0:03:47so I'm wasting time, I'm just going to go for it.
0:03:49 > 0:03:50Ooh, I need thread, though.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53Can I just ask you, Mr Tailor,
0:03:53 > 0:03:55and the person who is king of trousers,
0:03:55 > 0:03:56if you don't mind me saying,
0:03:56 > 0:04:00what kind of fabric should they be going for? A heavy wool?
0:04:00 > 0:04:03Well, even good trouser makers might have to do the odd bit of
0:04:03 > 0:04:07unpicking and re-stitching, so a decent, substantial weight of cloth
0:04:07 > 0:04:10will allow them to work it two or three times without any problem.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13They need something firm enough to handle,
0:04:13 > 0:04:17so that they're not dealing with fabric slipping and sliding around.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19How many pieces of fabric is in that trouser?
0:04:19 > 0:04:21This bit, four. One, two, three, four.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23- Yep.- You know, they want to hang...
0:04:23 > 0:04:25You know, that seam needs to go
0:04:25 > 0:04:29down the outside, and if they don't line the pattern up at the knee
0:04:29 > 0:04:32before they start sewing, there's a danger that they'll twist around.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35Can I make red trousers for a man?
0:04:35 > 0:04:37They're going to be red wool.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40Men can wear red trousers these days, I think, can't they?
0:04:40 > 0:04:43Now, what I want to see is what they've done with the lining.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46When Ann goes clothes shopping with her eldest daughter, Sally,
0:04:46 > 0:04:48she rarely buys anything.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51Mum will quite often take herself off somewhere quite nice
0:04:51 > 0:04:53so that she can have a little snoop at the way that
0:04:53 > 0:04:56the professionals put their clothes together.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59She sewed for all of us when we were little, but she still makes stuff for me now.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02She made a dress and jacket for me for a friend's wedding.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Never says no, nothing's too much trouble.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08I've got sons. When they were children, I must have made
0:05:08 > 0:05:11trousers for them, but, I mean, they wouldn't have been like this.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15I would imagine they had elastic waists, then they went into jeans.
0:05:15 > 0:05:19Can you imagine a boy in a pair of jeans that his mum made?
0:05:19 > 0:05:22- "No, thank you." - SHE LAUGHS
0:05:23 > 0:05:25I'm hearing that, Ann!
0:05:25 > 0:05:27Just imagine the horror!
0:05:27 > 0:05:29Yeah. They'd leave home, wouldn't they?
0:05:29 > 0:05:33I've never made a pair of men's trousers before,
0:05:33 > 0:05:35so I'm really out of my comfort zone.
0:05:35 > 0:05:39I'm happy with this fabric I've chosen. I don't think it'll
0:05:39 > 0:05:42crease too badly, it should be nice to work with.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45My mum is a proper fabric hoarder.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49- She's got two ottomans full. She's got some...- Under the stairs.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52Yeah, under the stairs, she's got it in the loft...
0:05:52 > 0:05:55Allotment-lover Sandra is from Wolverhampton. Her husband,
0:05:55 > 0:06:00Antony, is the only family member she's never made clothes for.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02Mum made everything when we was younger, didn't she?
0:06:02 > 0:06:05Yeah. Everything that we can remember was handmade.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08Seeing what Mum can do, it does make you think, "I could do that."
0:06:08 > 0:06:10I'd like to think one day,
0:06:10 > 0:06:14we'd be able to do for our kids how she's done it for us.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17I've picked a fabric with a stripe in,
0:06:17 > 0:06:22and if the grain isn't right, the stripe will go off the leg
0:06:22 > 0:06:24so it'll look as if you're walking a bit wonky.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33With their fabric chosen, the sewers can move on to cutting out
0:06:33 > 0:06:36their pattern pieces.
0:06:36 > 0:06:37I'm actually pleased that
0:06:37 > 0:06:39it's a pair of trousers, at the moment,
0:06:39 > 0:06:41cos I've always wanted to make a pair of trousers,
0:06:41 > 0:06:43and I've always been terrified of doing it.
0:06:43 > 0:06:48Obviously, the number of garments that a man can make
0:06:48 > 0:06:50to wear himself are more limited.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52Who would I make trousers for?
0:06:52 > 0:06:55Gosh, only myself. Other men that I know certainly have
0:06:55 > 0:06:57much higher standards in what they wear than I do,
0:06:57 > 0:07:01so I wouldn't dream of making them for anyone else... Not yet.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04So I'm nearly ready to put the buttons on your shirt.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08- Oh, great. How's it looking?- Good.
0:07:08 > 0:07:09Stuart's a fitness instructor,
0:07:09 > 0:07:13and lives in North Yorkshire with his partner, Charles.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16'When Stuart's sewing, he does have'
0:07:16 > 0:07:17a habit of switching off
0:07:17 > 0:07:20from everything else that's going on around.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22He can go a whole day without eating.
0:07:22 > 0:07:27Stuart is generally a very tidy person. However, we can end up with
0:07:27 > 0:07:30piles of fabric in virtually every room of the house.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33HE LAUGHS
0:07:33 > 0:07:37I mean, really, what an amazing opportunity -
0:07:37 > 0:07:39to have a Savile Row tailor look at trousers that I've made
0:07:39 > 0:07:43and tell me where I can make improvements.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46I mean, no doubt, that will be everywhere.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51Three hours left to make a pair of trousers.
0:07:51 > 0:07:52I'm just figuring out
0:07:52 > 0:07:54where all of these pieces go,
0:07:54 > 0:07:56but I just need to make sure I've got enough room.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58Men's tailored trousers
0:07:58 > 0:07:59are complicated.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01There are two pieces of fabric
0:08:01 > 0:08:02for the front, and two at the back.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04And traditionally,
0:08:04 > 0:08:05the waistband is split -
0:08:05 > 0:08:08it has a join in the centre of the back.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10This is to allow the waistband to be altered
0:08:10 > 0:08:14to accommodate an expanding or shrinking waistline.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16But not all our sewers are familiar with it.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20I don't want a join in my... But men's trousers have a join
0:08:20 > 0:08:24- in the waistband, don't they, at the back?- Do they?
0:08:27 > 0:08:29Lift your waistcoat and shirt up...
0:08:29 > 0:08:32- Let's undress you, come on.- Stop it!
0:08:32 > 0:08:35No. No join. Where's this one?
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Excuse me a moment.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41No, he hasn't.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43Has anybody got a proper pair of trousers on?
0:08:43 > 0:08:46What do you mean? These are proper trousers!
0:08:46 > 0:08:50- We don't want... We need Patrick. - Where is Patrick? Get him.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53Patrick, can I borrow you a moment? Can I undress you?
0:08:53 > 0:08:55Undo your jacket.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Is this unfair? Are you getting an unfair advantage?
0:08:59 > 0:09:01We've got a seam at the back.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03Great.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06- Thank you very much, Patrick. - You've got a seam up the back?- Yeah.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09I've just had a look at Patrick's...
0:09:09 > 0:09:11- Patrick's bum.- ..waistband.
0:09:14 > 0:09:19I've just checked Patrick's waistband,
0:09:19 > 0:09:21and it's definitely got a seam in the back.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24A lot of jeans are waistbands all in one,
0:09:24 > 0:09:28but with tailored trousers, they're definitely separate.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30It was just an excuse to look at his bum!
0:09:32 > 0:09:36With the waistband and the front and back sections cut out,
0:09:36 > 0:09:38construction can begin...
0:09:38 > 0:09:40It's going all right, I think.
0:09:40 > 0:09:41Well, I haven't started sewing yet.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44I can cut something out...no problem!
0:09:44 > 0:09:46..starting with the zip fly.
0:09:46 > 0:09:50I've never put in a zip this way, so I'm really just trying to...
0:09:50 > 0:09:51figure out what it says.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Fundamental to the challenge today
0:09:55 > 0:09:58is constructing a fly on the front of the trousers.
0:09:58 > 0:09:59The fly has one job to do,
0:09:59 > 0:10:01and that is to conceal the zip.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03This is the fly. Underneath there,
0:10:03 > 0:10:05you'll see the zip. Sounds straightforward,
0:10:05 > 0:10:06but plenty of scope for going wrong.
0:10:06 > 0:10:10If you're making trousers all the time, you don't think about it.
0:10:10 > 0:10:11But if you sit and think about it,
0:10:11 > 0:10:14- the more you think about it, the more boggled you will become.- Yeah.
0:10:14 > 0:10:18Concealing a zip with a fly requires skill and patience.
0:10:18 > 0:10:19(What...?)
0:10:19 > 0:10:21On both front leg panels,
0:10:21 > 0:10:23there are two curves that stick out.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25These will create the fly cover.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27They're temporarily tacked together
0:10:27 > 0:10:28along the centre line
0:10:28 > 0:10:30and opened out to create
0:10:30 > 0:10:31mirrored flaps.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34The zip is sewn into the right flap,
0:10:34 > 0:10:35along its right side.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37It's then moved onto the left side,
0:10:37 > 0:10:38as far as it will go,
0:10:38 > 0:10:39and stitched into place.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43The right flap is trimmed down.
0:10:43 > 0:10:44When the tacking is removed
0:10:44 > 0:10:45from the centre line,
0:10:45 > 0:10:48the fly cover is revealed.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51I've never made full trousers before.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53I've always made 18th-century breeches.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56The breeches I make have always got buttons on them,
0:10:56 > 0:11:00cos they didn't have zips until 1900 and something.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03You try and make them as more periodically correct as you can.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05My friends think it's weird
0:11:05 > 0:11:08because my dad reckons he wants to be a pirate.
0:11:10 > 0:11:15So when he dresses up as a pirate, that's not normal.
0:11:15 > 0:11:19HGV mechanic Mark makes historical costumes for his family.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23Entering the Sewing Bee was his wife Donna's idea.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26People don't believe that he's made the costumes that he's wearing,
0:11:26 > 0:11:29and they all do a double-take, like, "No, you've not made that!"
0:11:29 > 0:11:32And I have to tell everybody, "Yeah, he's done that himself."
0:11:36 > 0:11:40This is only the fifth zip that Mark has ever inserted -
0:11:40 > 0:11:42and two of them were last week.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46I've got the zip in, it's just all the other bits.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48I'm trying to work out from the pattern
0:11:48 > 0:11:50how it actually all goes together.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52And he's not the only one struggling.
0:11:52 > 0:11:56Oh, man! I've not made trousers before.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58The two things about Lauren when she sews is,
0:11:58 > 0:12:00one, she drops pins everywhere,
0:12:00 > 0:12:02so I have this kind of paranoia
0:12:02 > 0:12:04that I'm going to step on a pin,
0:12:04 > 0:12:07and the second is that she becomes very focused on her task.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09Lauren and Ayaz spend their spare time
0:12:09 > 0:12:11doing up their property in Birmingham,
0:12:11 > 0:12:14and she's already made something for every room in the house.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16She creates cushions,
0:12:16 > 0:12:19curtains... Our whole house has been totally furnished by her.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21We've not had to go and buy anything, and if we were to buy
0:12:21 > 0:12:23something like that, it would cost us a fortune.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25So I'm very, very happy with that.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28- How's it going?- I've been getting in a bit of a pickle,
0:12:28 > 0:12:31not knowing what way to put things on.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34I've never done a zip this way before, at all.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37With a man, it's the left over the right, isn't it?
0:12:38 > 0:12:40We're right over left.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43- So have I done it wrong already, then?- Can't give you too much help.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48But Lauren thinks she might be able to help herself.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Sorry, this isn't going to look very glamorous.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56It is the opposite to my zip.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00So, I'm thinking that's a good thing.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04I think the instructions show you the opposite way.
0:13:04 > 0:13:09There's just two-and-a-half hours remaining on the first challenge.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Creating a pair of men's trousers for the first time
0:13:11 > 0:13:14is a complex challenge - but unbelievably, the pattern
0:13:14 > 0:13:18they're based on hasn't changed for over 200 years.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20And they were inspired by one man
0:13:20 > 0:13:23who wanted to put the masculinity into menswear.
0:13:23 > 0:13:24In the late-19th century,
0:13:24 > 0:13:27the French Revolution had struck fear through
0:13:27 > 0:13:31the British aristocracy, who wanted to distance themselves
0:13:31 > 0:13:33from the flamboyant fashions
0:13:33 > 0:13:35made popular by Louis XVI.
0:13:35 > 0:13:40The stage was set for one man to change the face of fashion forever.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43That one man was him, Beau Brummell.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48George "Beau" Brummell was born in Downing Street in 1778.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50The son of the Prime Minister's secretary,
0:13:50 > 0:13:53he moved in aristocratic circles and quickly became
0:13:53 > 0:13:57renowned for his razor-sharp wit and unique way of dressing.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00How were people dressing before Beau?
0:14:00 > 0:14:02The 18th century, you think,
0:14:02 > 0:14:05is full of, sort of, rather effeminate dressing -
0:14:05 > 0:14:09fops, brocades, laces, wigs, you know,
0:14:09 > 0:14:13but Beau believed in a very masculine style of dress.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15Beau stood out from the crowd,
0:14:15 > 0:14:19sporting a style that was relatively streamlined,
0:14:19 > 0:14:21understated, and smart.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23And it was whilst at school at Eton that he won
0:14:23 > 0:14:27his most influential of admirers, the Prince of Wales.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31Prinny was mesmerised, I think, by Beau Brummell.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34He was an advocate of the style,
0:14:34 > 0:14:37therefore, if you like, it began to spread.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42Beau became the Prince's oracle on all matters of style and etiquette.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45After four years in the army, he came into his family fortune,
0:14:45 > 0:14:49so left to lead a notoriously decadent lifestyle
0:14:49 > 0:14:51on London's social scene,
0:14:51 > 0:14:53with his clique, known as the Dandies.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57Cos in my head, the Dandies were full of much more pomp
0:14:57 > 0:14:59and colour, if you like, but I've got that wrong.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02No, they're not effeminate, they're not the fops.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04They were much more sort of Apollos.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06Masculine. Can I use that word?
0:15:06 > 0:15:09- Masculine. Macho.- Love it!
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Rosemary, I didn't know you had it in you!
0:15:12 > 0:15:15Beau's idea for sleek, masculine outfits
0:15:15 > 0:15:18required his Savile Row tailor, Jonathan Meyer,
0:15:18 > 0:15:20to follow a radically new brief
0:15:20 > 0:15:23that led to bespoke tailoring as we know it today.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26It's so close fitting, it's really
0:15:26 > 0:15:28taken straight from the military.
0:15:28 > 0:15:32Military collar, great coat, lapels, military cuffs.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35Sort of buttons to take the place of the rank that would be on there.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Tell me, as a tailor yourself,
0:15:37 > 0:15:39how would Meyer and Brummell have worked together?
0:15:39 > 0:15:42Jonathan Meyer must have been a very clever cutter.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45He could put Beau Brummell's mind, what he was thinking of,
0:15:45 > 0:15:47into practice.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50- Perfect partnership. - Perfect partnership.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54Beau's life of excess eventually led to his downfall.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56He died penniless in a French lunatic asylum.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00But he'd already left an indelible mark on the way we dress.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04Beau Brummell created a totally new look.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07Together with Jonathan Meyer,
0:16:07 > 0:16:09they redefined the art of tailoring.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12Well done, Beau. "Thank you!"
0:16:16 > 0:16:19OK, everybody, you're halfway through. You have two hours left.
0:16:21 > 0:16:22Thank you very much.
0:16:22 > 0:16:23Ay, caramba!
0:16:23 > 0:16:26Once the sewers have fitted their zip fly...
0:16:28 > 0:16:31..they need to stitch darts into the front and back panels,
0:16:31 > 0:16:34so the top of the trousers can fit into the waistband.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37The last thing you want on the darts at the back
0:16:37 > 0:16:38and the darts at the front
0:16:38 > 0:16:42are little kind of nipples in the fabric poking up.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45It's really important that the darts are pressed really well
0:16:45 > 0:16:47and thoroughly as you go along.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49Cos once you've made it, you can't get back in.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52I'm just doing a press as I go along,
0:16:52 > 0:16:56cos I think you get a better finished touch.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59See - you can't see no pucker there.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02With all the darts pressed down,
0:17:02 > 0:17:03the two back pieces
0:17:03 > 0:17:04can now be stitched
0:17:04 > 0:17:06to the front of the trousers,
0:17:06 > 0:17:07along the outside seam.
0:17:07 > 0:17:11- Love it.- Take that to Savile Row! Eh?
0:17:12 > 0:17:14They're great, aren't they?
0:17:14 > 0:17:17Look at that. Palazzo pants.
0:17:17 > 0:17:21Chicken Caesar salad, sitting in the sunshine, wearing those.
0:17:21 > 0:17:22Who wouldn't love that?
0:17:22 > 0:17:25Walking through Kensal Rise, looking for a sandwich.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28Chic. Fly open...
0:17:30 > 0:17:31Have you got my trophy?
0:17:31 > 0:17:33Bring it on.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37Before stitching up the inside leg,
0:17:37 > 0:17:40the sewer should press the trousers to give them shape,
0:17:40 > 0:17:42using a rounded tailor's ham.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46On Savile Row, we're shaping the cloth - we're shaping it with steam,
0:17:46 > 0:17:48we're shaping it with the iron itself -
0:17:48 > 0:17:51and those irons, they're incredibly heavy.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54And imagine spending hours every day working cloth. That's why
0:17:54 > 0:17:59most tailors were men - cos it was physically such demanding work.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03My great-grandfather was a tailor in Hackney, where we are now.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06So...it's in the blood somewhere.
0:18:06 > 0:18:10Tilly attends a weekly sewing circle at her local pub...
0:18:10 > 0:18:13Come up in the middle of the stitch you've made...
0:18:13 > 0:18:16..and also finds time to create her unique wardrobe.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18After going home from a day's work,
0:18:18 > 0:18:21she comes in the next day and she's made her own dress.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24So she just makes me feel really lazy, because I go home
0:18:24 > 0:18:26and watch the telly and she'll come in the next day
0:18:26 > 0:18:30with the most amazing blouse or something she's just knocked up.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32I was never taught to sew.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35I only learnt how to use a sewing machine two-and-a-half years ago,
0:18:35 > 0:18:38so nothing's been passed down,
0:18:38 > 0:18:43but I'm just hoping that something is flowing around in my veins.
0:18:46 > 0:18:50Once the trousers have been pressed into shape, the sewers
0:18:50 > 0:18:54finally tackle the back seam, which runs from the seat to the crotch.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00Yeah, I'm about to stitch the crotch together
0:19:00 > 0:19:04and I have to put one leg inside the other,
0:19:04 > 0:19:07but I can't figure out what way it goes now.
0:19:09 > 0:19:14Because it needs to be the... Oh, God.
0:19:14 > 0:19:15Right, wait a minute. Start again.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18That needs to go like that...
0:19:20 > 0:19:23..with one... Right, right, right.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39I think that's right.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42The crotch should just be like one continuous big line
0:19:42 > 0:19:46right from the waistband all the way right through up to the front
0:19:46 > 0:19:48where it meets the zip,
0:19:48 > 0:19:51and I'm just glad we're not fitting it to a real person, to be honest.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53Cos I wouldn't know how to adjust it if I needed to
0:19:53 > 0:19:58and...it's quite a personal area.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03OK, everyone, you have half an hour left.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06Half an hour left on this challenge.
0:20:06 > 0:20:07An hour-and-a-half, did you say?
0:20:07 > 0:20:11Half an hour!
0:20:11 > 0:20:14I'm hand-sewing the waistband at the moment, it's just less likely
0:20:14 > 0:20:18that you'll see it, so it can give an overall neater finish.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21- How is it? - Well, we're getting there,
0:20:21 > 0:20:23just getting the waistband done.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26When you turn this...
0:20:26 > 0:20:28Oh, look at you!
0:20:30 > 0:20:32Oh, now, that's a delight.
0:20:32 > 0:20:33There, you see!
0:20:33 > 0:20:36I'm not being funny, Ann, that is a perfect finish.
0:20:36 > 0:20:41I haven't finished, but I want to get them nice and neatly pressed.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43Right, Geronimo.
0:20:45 > 0:20:51I thought I'd picked a good fabric, but it won't hold the creases.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53I can't get that crease out of the bum.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58I'm not proud of these ones.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05- Lauren?- Uh-huh.
0:21:05 > 0:21:09Is that flap on your trousers the right way?
0:21:09 > 0:21:12I don't know.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14Absolutely hideous.
0:21:17 > 0:21:21Lauren, will you hold my body?
0:21:21 > 0:21:24Have you got time?
0:21:24 > 0:21:26OK, that's it, challenge finished.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29Lauren... I don't know where you're going, Sandra, young lady.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32Off for a dance with Stuart?! Please get your mannequins,
0:21:32 > 0:21:35because it is time to be judged.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39# I walked down the street like a good girl should
0:21:39 > 0:21:42# He followed me down the street like I knew he would
0:21:42 > 0:21:45# Because a guy is a guy... #
0:21:45 > 0:21:46Ann, come forward.
0:21:54 > 0:21:55The fly is doing what a fly should do,
0:21:55 > 0:21:57which is concealing the zip.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00The darts are well pressed out.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02The side seams are hanging beautifully vertically.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04We've got a seam line in the centre
0:22:04 > 0:22:06of the back of the waistband.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08This seam line is matching perfectly
0:22:08 > 0:22:10with the seam line on the crotch.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12They're hanging straight, there's no twists in them.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14The band's not quite deep enough.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Not a fly fastening, this is just
0:22:23 > 0:22:24an ordinary zip insertion.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26The fly should cover the zip.
0:22:26 > 0:22:27That's what it's there to do.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29Presumably, your fly's somewhere on the inside,
0:22:29 > 0:22:31where it's doing nothing but keeping you warm.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40There's a bit of fullness down here, if you can see,
0:22:40 > 0:22:42and it's not hanging quite as well.
0:22:42 > 0:22:43I think it's the softness of the fabric.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45One side of the trouser leg
0:22:45 > 0:22:47is just slightly buckled,
0:22:47 > 0:22:49and that's because the fabric has moved.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57The first thing that strikes me,
0:22:57 > 0:22:58again, is the fly fastening,
0:22:58 > 0:23:01we should not be able to see the zip at all.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03You haven't had time to press the waistband,
0:23:03 > 0:23:06you haven't had time to press the crease into the trousers.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12Generally speaking, looking from front and back,
0:23:12 > 0:23:15you've got a decent pair of trousers there.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18But you're not secured somehow on the inside
0:23:18 > 0:23:21so the whole thing's trying to pull apart,
0:23:21 > 0:23:27and you've got a hole in the bottom of your zip, a bit of ventilation.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29LAUGHTER
0:23:34 > 0:23:36You've got the fly the wrong way round.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40But it's opposite to me, and I've got female trousers on.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42Well, your female trousers are the wrong way round, then...
0:23:42 > 0:23:47But you have constructed the fly correctly.
0:23:47 > 0:23:51You've done a really good job, and this row of top stitching
0:23:51 > 0:23:54on the top of the fly fastening is really good.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58Patrick and May now rank the sewers in reverse order.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02Mark's is not a classic fly fastening
0:24:02 > 0:24:06so, for that reason, Mark is in sixth position.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08Stuart's in fifth position.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11Sandra takes fourth position, and Tilly third.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14Lauren - second. Rats! Nearly.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16It was very, very close between the two of you.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18You've both put your fly in correctly
0:24:18 > 0:24:20and you're the wrong way round.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22Ann, congratulations.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25- Yay!- Almost faultless.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28That, to me, looks a little bit small for a gentleman's waistband,
0:24:28 > 0:24:30but everything else you did extremely well,
0:24:30 > 0:24:32- so well done.- Thank you.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35# I can be happy, I can be sad
0:24:35 > 0:24:39# I can be good, or I can be bad... #
0:24:39 > 0:24:42Coming first is absolutely brilliant,
0:24:42 > 0:24:45I had no idea I was going to, I wasn't watching anybody else.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48It's a real morale boost, I must admit.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51I'm so annoyed with myself
0:24:51 > 0:24:54for putting that fly on the wrong way.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57Definitely pipped to the post again.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00Those zip flies are incredibly difficult to do,
0:25:00 > 0:25:02but now it's onto challenge two.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05They've got to transform a High Street buy in just 60 minutes,
0:25:05 > 0:25:08and Patrick and May want pockets.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15The judges have given you each this skirt,
0:25:15 > 0:25:19what they would like you to do is put on two patch pockets.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22You can do any shape you like, you can use any fabric you like.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26You have one hour, and your time starts now.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31This A-line mini skirt is made from a medium-weight wool,
0:25:31 > 0:25:35an ideal fabric to support patch pockets.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37I just want some trim for a pocket
0:25:37 > 0:25:40to go with the material that I've chosen downstairs.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43I don't know what I'm going to do with it yet, but we've got the trim.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45What is a patch pocket?
0:25:45 > 0:25:48It's a pocket that looks like a patch. These are patch pockets.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51- Are they?!- Mm-hm.- Ooh!
0:25:51 > 0:25:55- You didn't know what you had there. - No.- No.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58I've never made a patch pocket before, so I'm not sure whether
0:25:58 > 0:26:01it's supposed to be lined, or how the bottom sits, or anything.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03But I'm just going to give it a go.
0:26:03 > 0:26:07Tilly's hoping to make simple semi-circular polka-dot pockets,
0:26:07 > 0:26:09finished with white edging.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11Still haven't worked out how to actually put it together.
0:26:11 > 0:26:15I'm going to make a pattern for the pocket first.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17Lauren's aiming to make pockets with more room
0:26:17 > 0:26:19by gathering her floral fabric.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22I'm just going to decide roughly what size I want them.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25Need to get my hand in, don't want them to be too big either,
0:26:25 > 0:26:27cos the skirt's not a huge skirt,
0:26:27 > 0:26:30so I don't want the skirt to just turn into a big pocket.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33Stuart has a completely different approach.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36I'm going to do two red tulips,
0:26:36 > 0:26:40so it's going to have...
0:26:40 > 0:26:43a rickrack stem going up,
0:26:43 > 0:26:48semi-circular red patch pocket,
0:26:48 > 0:26:52and then leaves, either side,
0:26:52 > 0:26:56stitched on. So now I need to find something circular.
0:27:01 > 0:27:02That'll do.
0:27:02 > 0:27:03If I was at home,
0:27:03 > 0:27:07I'd probably use something like a saucer,
0:27:07 > 0:27:08or a tea plate.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10That looks a bit rude, doesn't it?
0:27:11 > 0:27:13Ooh, cheeky!
0:27:14 > 0:27:1645 minutes to go.
0:27:16 > 0:27:21I don't enjoy working against the clock because I like time to think.
0:27:21 > 0:27:25Ann is making two basic square pockets from a light woollen fabric,
0:27:25 > 0:27:27but she's adding a slight twist.
0:27:27 > 0:27:31I'm going to use check fabric on the diagonal.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35Cutting on the diagonal will give the pocket more impact,
0:27:35 > 0:27:38but adds a risk of the fabric stretching out of shape.
0:27:38 > 0:27:42I'd rather do something simple and do it well
0:27:42 > 0:27:47than something complicated and fall flat on my face.
0:27:49 > 0:27:50I'm cutting out four, because...
0:27:50 > 0:27:54I think we're supposed to line the inside, I'm not sure.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57Lining with additional material takes time, but the extra weight
0:27:57 > 0:28:02can help patch pockets hold their shape and improve the finish.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05This fabric is really quite flimsy,
0:28:05 > 0:28:07it would have no body as a pocket.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09Fine, so you're going to give it backing?
0:28:09 > 0:28:11- Yes, just give it a bit of body. - What kind of shape
0:28:11 > 0:28:16- will they be, these squares? - We would like that,
0:28:16 > 0:28:20- but you know me and time. - I hear you.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22It's a bit of a nightmare.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24Lauren has set herself an ambitious task.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26That's one.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29She's planning to line AND gather her pockets.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32Once I actually sew something together,
0:28:32 > 0:28:34then I think I'll feel a little bit happier.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37Each of Lauren's pockets have two sections -
0:28:37 > 0:28:38the base, and the band.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40The base is gathered to fit
0:28:40 > 0:28:42the width of the band
0:28:42 > 0:28:44which will give the pockets more room
0:28:44 > 0:28:48and, at the same time, give a distinctive look.
0:28:48 > 0:28:49What you're doing is quite tricky,
0:28:49 > 0:28:52With a gather like that, you want a nice even gather,
0:28:52 > 0:28:54cos if it's not, it's not going to look great.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56I love the fabric choice because it's got the grey in it.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58I think it's going to go really well.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00If in doubt, flower it out.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02Is this getting predictable?
0:29:02 > 0:29:04Well, I wouldn't want to say.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10OK, you're halfway, you have half an hour left.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12Anybody got any black binding?
0:29:12 > 0:29:16Sandra and Tilly are using binding to conceal their raw edges.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19Don't know how it's supposed to go round the edges
0:29:19 > 0:29:21to get the sides hidden.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25OK, that's how I'm going to do it.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28Stuart is doing everything differently.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30This is adventurous, Stuart.
0:29:30 > 0:29:31It is, it is.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33He's embracing his raw edges.
0:29:33 > 0:29:37What I might do, to show a different technique,
0:29:37 > 0:29:40is do a free-motion raw edge round that, so not turned raw edge...
0:29:40 > 0:29:43- Yeah, just experiment. - It'll look more organic anyway.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46- Exactly, it's supposed to be a bit of fun.- Cool, brilliant.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50Stuart is going to machine around the edge of the leaf,
0:29:50 > 0:29:52and then he's just going to cut it back
0:29:52 > 0:29:55so that it can just fray around his rough machining.
0:29:55 > 0:29:56God loves a trier!
0:30:00 > 0:30:0120 minutes to go.
0:30:01 > 0:30:04Got to stitch the pockets on.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07Mark is attaching his skull print pockets at an angle.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10What I'm trying to do is keep the top stitch down a line.
0:30:10 > 0:30:14Like everyone else, he's fixing them into place with top stitching,
0:30:14 > 0:30:17so called because it's always visible on the top of the fabric,
0:30:17 > 0:30:20so it should be neat and even along the edge of the pocket.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23You have to find yourself a make-believe line
0:30:23 > 0:30:26and try and keep it the same all the way down, so it looks parallel.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29This fabric, I was thinking of my daughter,
0:30:29 > 0:30:31she's 13 and that's what she likes.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34She does like the weird things.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37You have 15 minutes left.
0:30:39 > 0:30:42I've really got to get a move on because I haven't even
0:30:42 > 0:30:45started stitching my pockets onto my skirt yet,
0:30:45 > 0:30:49and I've lost my pins, I've lost everything.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52I've no idea whether I can get these on in 15 minutes.
0:30:52 > 0:30:53I suspect not.
0:30:53 > 0:30:58I wanted some black binding, I want to show them nice things.
0:31:00 > 0:31:01Oh, God!
0:31:06 > 0:31:10Not good. I've accidentally caught
0:31:10 > 0:31:12the bottom of the skirt in the pocket
0:31:12 > 0:31:15while I was stitching it and had to unpick it.
0:31:15 > 0:31:19This is going to look like a total mess.
0:31:19 > 0:31:23If I can just get this top stitching done, I'll be fine.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25If I don't get the top stitching done, I've had it.
0:31:29 > 0:31:31I've just started stitching the pockets and I'm trying to
0:31:31 > 0:31:34really carefully top stitch a curve, which is quite tricky.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36Pull all the pins out.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38Throw them anywhere.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44Oh, God. I've got a hole in it. I can't have a hole in the bottom.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56God!
0:31:56 > 0:31:59I've just to pull the threads through the back now.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06This is the kind of thing that you're supposed to do
0:32:06 > 0:32:08on a relaxing Sunday afternoon.
0:32:08 > 0:32:12It's not the kind of thing you're supposed to do under a time pressure,
0:32:12 > 0:32:16hot lights, knowing that someone's going to pick it to pieces.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21They're on, they're on, they're on.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23They look rubbish, but they're on.
0:32:25 > 0:32:26OK, your time's up.
0:32:26 > 0:32:31Please put your mannequins at the end of your sewing tables, please.
0:32:38 > 0:32:42May and Patrick will closely inspect the pockets on each skirt.
0:32:46 > 0:32:47I really like what you've done here.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50You've stiffened it inside, which it needed,
0:32:50 > 0:32:52because it's a flimsy fabric, but you've done it well.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55I love the top stitching round here,
0:32:55 > 0:32:58- this surface stitching here.- You've been more adventurous than some
0:32:58 > 0:33:01and I think you've done a pretty good job of making it functioning.
0:33:08 > 0:33:11Danger was - because they were cut
0:33:11 > 0:33:13on the cross, as a result,
0:33:13 > 0:33:15the corners have drooped down a little bit out of shape.
0:33:15 > 0:33:17Therefore, they've lost their sharpness.
0:33:17 > 0:33:20- Yes.- I think you could have been more ambitious.
0:33:20 > 0:33:24It's competent, and I think we'll leave it at that.
0:33:24 > 0:33:26Thank you.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32It's not your best work - your top stitching
0:33:32 > 0:33:34isn't as straight as you usually do it.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37I really rushed, I really, really rushed.
0:33:37 > 0:33:38But you took on a lot of work in that hour.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41What you've done, you've actually done brilliantly.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43Do they work? Have a go.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45Oh, that's a lovely pocket.
0:33:45 > 0:33:46Look at all the room in there.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49Those pleats don't just add decorative effect,
0:33:49 > 0:33:53they're giving you more space in there.
0:33:58 > 0:34:02The simplest design in the room, well executed, the pockets work.
0:34:06 > 0:34:10I would have liked to have seen the binding all the way round,
0:34:10 > 0:34:12- cos you've left a raw edge on the end there.- Yeah, I know.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14I think given that it's quite simple,
0:34:14 > 0:34:17it should have been really immaculately done.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23Stuart, love it.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26Brilliant. I just think you've transformed this garment,
0:34:26 > 0:34:28and I love it, it's just kind of quirky and fun.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31You've got your braiding you've sewn
0:34:31 > 0:34:33absolutely dead down the middle.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36You've applied your shapes onto the background,
0:34:36 > 0:34:38and I love the fact that you've rough cut them,
0:34:38 > 0:34:41- and that's really effective. - Thank you very much.
0:34:41 > 0:34:42- Well done.- Thank you.
0:34:44 > 0:34:48Everyone, thank you so much for today, two big challenges.
0:34:48 > 0:34:53Go home, get some rest. Tomorrow, there's an even bigger one.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58Patrick said he loved what I did with the skirt,
0:34:58 > 0:35:00I'm absolutely over the moon with that.
0:35:00 > 0:35:07When Claudia said "pockets", my mind went absolutely totally blank,
0:35:07 > 0:35:11and the result, as Patrick said, was disappointing.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13I really don't know whether
0:35:13 > 0:35:16I've got any chance of staying in after tomorrow.
0:35:16 > 0:35:21I think if it was just on today, I think I would scrape through.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34One more challenge,
0:35:34 > 0:35:37at the end of which, two people will leave the Sewing Bee.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39OK, who is in trouble?
0:35:39 > 0:35:41I would say that Mark's in trouble,
0:35:41 > 0:35:43and I would say that Stuart's in trouble.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46But you loved Stuart's skirt.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48Personally, I loved Stuart's skirt,
0:35:48 > 0:35:50but his trousers were pretty much unwearable.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52He'll need to do a lot today to demonstrate that
0:35:52 > 0:35:54he deserves to remain in the Sewing Bee.
0:35:54 > 0:35:58Also, some of the front-runners could have a bad time.
0:35:58 > 0:36:00I'm expecting Ann's usual approach -
0:36:00 > 0:36:02methodically working through a pattern.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04Lauren, however, panics.
0:36:04 > 0:36:06She's an un-picker,
0:36:06 > 0:36:09and I think today's challenge will not favour that approach.
0:36:09 > 0:36:11I think you need to be accurate first time.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13In the final challenge, the sewers will create
0:36:13 > 0:36:16an item of clothing to fit a real person perfectly.
0:36:16 > 0:36:18How are you?
0:36:18 > 0:36:20How are you doing?
0:36:20 > 0:36:22Good to see you again.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26Welcome back to the sewing room.
0:36:26 > 0:36:30Today, the judges would like you to perform just one task.
0:36:30 > 0:36:33They want you to make a blouse.
0:36:33 > 0:36:36You have six hours,
0:36:36 > 0:36:39at the end of which, two of you will be asked to leave.
0:36:39 > 0:36:43So, good luck. Your time starts now.
0:36:45 > 0:36:49This is the one challenge in which the sewers know what to expect,
0:36:49 > 0:36:52so they've had time to practise at home. They've just
0:36:52 > 0:36:54got to make it fit. They can really show off
0:36:54 > 0:36:57their personal style by making any blouse they want,
0:36:57 > 0:36:59from any fabric they like.
0:36:59 > 0:37:01So long as it's a delicate silk or satin.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06- Why is silk so much harder? Because it bruises?- If you do a row of stitching on silk
0:37:06 > 0:37:08and then you unpick it,
0:37:08 > 0:37:11you get drag marks and you get holes in the seam.
0:37:11 > 0:37:13You've got to handle it really, really well.
0:37:13 > 0:37:17It moves around, silk is slipping around all over the place,
0:37:17 > 0:37:19it takes really good material-handling skills.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22If you're going to be crowned the best amateur sewer in Britain,
0:37:22 > 0:37:24you've got to be able to use all the fabrics
0:37:24 > 0:37:27- that you would ordinarily be called to use.- The fabric,
0:37:27 > 0:37:30rather than the pattern, is the challenge today.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32Ann is making a short-sleeve blouse
0:37:32 > 0:37:34in fine cerise silk,
0:37:34 > 0:37:37which is fastened with buttons at the front.
0:37:37 > 0:37:38I've made quite a few blouses,
0:37:38 > 0:37:41I haven't made this particular one before
0:37:41 > 0:37:43because I never ever make the same thing twice.
0:37:43 > 0:37:47I find it really boring. It didn't occur to me
0:37:47 > 0:37:51that I might make something that I've made before.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53It's an 18th-century shirt, that's all.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55Mark's chosen a blouse he's made for himself
0:37:55 > 0:37:57many times before, so he has a male model.
0:37:57 > 0:38:03The end results are somewhat Pirate Of The Caribbean-y.
0:38:03 > 0:38:05Mark scoured history books
0:38:05 > 0:38:06to find the pattern for
0:38:06 > 0:38:09an authentic 18th-century chemise.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11When you think about making clothes,
0:38:11 > 0:38:13it's nice to research what you're making,
0:38:13 > 0:38:15rather than just throwing something up
0:38:15 > 0:38:18and you think, well, it looks about right.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21But you need to try and find out, you know, even the size of buttons,
0:38:21 > 0:38:23what sort of buttons, and what you can use.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26The blouse I've chosen has got a ruffle frill.
0:38:26 > 0:38:29Well, I've had to choose a fabric that will look
0:38:29 > 0:38:32as nice on the inside as it does on the outside.
0:38:32 > 0:38:36Sandra's being daring, by using an even more delicate fabric.
0:38:36 > 0:38:40It's a long time since I've used a lot of frills.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42A lightweight chiffon, which is a sheer silk.
0:38:42 > 0:38:46My teenage years, and when I started courting,
0:38:46 > 0:38:49that was my big thing...
0:38:49 > 0:38:51of making clothes,
0:38:51 > 0:38:56because you don't want to go to a club where you could walk in
0:38:56 > 0:38:58and three people could have the same dress on.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00All the rara skirts were in then.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02I didn't quite do the hot pants!
0:39:03 > 0:39:05Sandra's frilly chiffon blouse
0:39:05 > 0:39:07is fluted at the waist
0:39:07 > 0:39:10and has gathered three-quarter-length sleeves.
0:39:10 > 0:39:12- How's it going?- All right.
0:39:12 > 0:39:14Are those your puffins?
0:39:14 > 0:39:17You carry on doing your thing.
0:39:17 > 0:39:21They are so cute! Have you shown them this pattern?
0:39:21 > 0:39:22Did they approve of it?
0:39:22 > 0:39:24They said it was a bit mumsy.
0:39:24 > 0:39:26- OK, well, you're a mum.- I know.
0:39:26 > 0:39:29Ooh, 'ello! Ring-a-ding-ding!
0:39:29 > 0:39:31That, with a cocktail.
0:39:31 > 0:39:34"Mr Brad Pitt, would you like an extra pretzel?"
0:39:34 > 0:39:37"Yes, I would. Yes, I would."
0:39:37 > 0:39:39Are you on time?
0:39:39 > 0:39:41No, am I ever?
0:39:44 > 0:39:47I feel like I've got off to a bit of a slow start.
0:39:47 > 0:39:51The patterns are pinned, time to start cutting.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53I'm going for a very feminine blouse.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56Cutting out is one of the hardest bits,
0:39:56 > 0:39:59because the fabric moves all the time
0:39:59 > 0:40:02and it is really difficult to get it to stay in the right place.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04Lauren's fine silk blouse has
0:40:04 > 0:40:07a peplum that falls from the waist.
0:40:07 > 0:40:12The peplum is, like, kind of mini skirt thing,
0:40:12 > 0:40:14it will start at the waist band and go down.
0:40:14 > 0:40:18It's got some pleats in it. That's what I'm making at the moment,
0:40:18 > 0:40:19these little folds.
0:40:19 > 0:40:23I've listened very carefully to the comments from the judges
0:40:23 > 0:40:26and it strikes me that what they want is excellent construction.
0:40:26 > 0:40:31And actually, the whistles and bells don't matter
0:40:31 > 0:40:34if the construction isn't just so.
0:40:34 > 0:40:37Stuart's raw silk Chinese-style blouse
0:40:37 > 0:40:39has a diagonal front opening,
0:40:39 > 0:40:43a mandarin collar and bell-shaped sleeves.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46You're making us a kind of Maoist...
0:40:46 > 0:40:49Yeah, it's a sort of adaptation of a cheongsam.
0:40:49 > 0:40:52OK, but we're going to want these bottom edges hanging straight.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55I think the trickiest part of fitting your blouse here
0:40:55 > 0:40:59is getting it right so that these bottom edges are continuous.
0:40:59 > 0:41:03If you don't get that right, it's going to look a little bit wonky.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05Confident?
0:41:06 > 0:41:08Yeah, I've designed this pattern myself,
0:41:08 > 0:41:11I design quite a few of my own patterns.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13I love doing that, so you're not constricted by what
0:41:13 > 0:41:15someone else has come up with.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17Tilly has designed and drafted
0:41:17 > 0:41:19her own pattern, which is for
0:41:19 > 0:41:21a boat-necked blouse and puffed sleeves.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24Ooh, this feels a little bit tight.
0:41:24 > 0:41:29Oh, no. I just messed the whole thing up.
0:41:29 > 0:41:33Because Tilly is not using a commercial pattern which gives
0:41:33 > 0:41:36different size options, she has to rework every single part,
0:41:36 > 0:41:38so that the blouse will fit her model.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41So I'm pinning it on and I'm having to make some changes.
0:41:41 > 0:41:45So, for example, originally, the dart was here,
0:41:45 > 0:41:48but because it wouldn't point to the apex of her bust,
0:41:48 > 0:41:51I'm moving the dart so it fits her a lot better.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53Or, at least, that's the theory!
0:41:53 > 0:41:56Oh, God. This is going to put me way back,
0:41:56 > 0:41:58so I'm probably not going to finish.
0:42:06 > 0:42:08Three hours remaining to make a blouse.
0:42:12 > 0:42:15In the last made-to-measure challenge,
0:42:15 > 0:42:17Lauren made her model a dress that was too tight.
0:42:17 > 0:42:22Last week, you had a couple of issues, fitting round the waist.
0:42:22 > 0:42:27I know, well, I re-measured the model again today to double-check
0:42:27 > 0:42:30my measurements, and then I've gone on
0:42:30 > 0:42:33the slightly bigger side of things.
0:42:33 > 0:42:36It's hard, because I've never fitted anything to anyone
0:42:36 > 0:42:39other than myself, so it's difficult.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41- OK, well, good luck.- Thank you.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50You're all over the place, darling, how's it going?
0:42:50 > 0:42:54Slowly. Unfortunately, I've had to redraft every single piece.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57Because the arm hole was too tight on the model,
0:42:57 > 0:43:01the apex of the bust on my original dart was up here.
0:43:01 > 0:43:05So I had to move it right down, which then meant
0:43:05 > 0:43:07I had to change everything else. So it's stressful
0:43:07 > 0:43:09but, you know, I'm getting there.
0:43:09 > 0:43:11So are you all cut out?
0:43:11 > 0:43:12Yeah, that was my last piece, yeah.
0:43:12 > 0:43:16- I'm going to let you get on and concentrate.- And start sewing!
0:43:21 > 0:43:24A bit concerned about Tilly, she's way behind.
0:43:24 > 0:43:26She's had to redraft her pattern completely.
0:43:26 > 0:43:29Is it a complicated blouse that she's cutting?
0:43:29 > 0:43:31No, I don't think it is,
0:43:31 > 0:43:33but perhaps she didn't realise about the shape of the model.
0:43:33 > 0:43:37Tilly has the same model she had last week,
0:43:37 > 0:43:40so she knew what to expect, and it's the same for everybody else.
0:43:40 > 0:43:41I think Lauren is worried
0:43:41 > 0:43:43a little bit about the fit round the middle.
0:43:43 > 0:43:46If she's made it too big on too many seams,
0:43:46 > 0:43:49then it will not fit properly because she will destroy
0:43:49 > 0:43:51the shape of the blouse. So I'm hoping that
0:43:51 > 0:43:55she's just enlarged the side seams and put some extra fabric on those.
0:43:57 > 0:43:59It's too big for you.
0:44:02 > 0:44:04Uh-huh.
0:44:06 > 0:44:10- I'm not laughing at you. I'm just sympathising.- The situation.
0:44:10 > 0:44:14It's got one middle panel here and it's got two seams here,
0:44:14 > 0:44:17and these seams should sit there.
0:44:19 > 0:44:22So if I do that...
0:44:25 > 0:44:27..they sit in the right place.
0:44:29 > 0:44:31Which means it's that much too big.
0:44:35 > 0:44:37Right, pins, pins.
0:44:37 > 0:44:40Two hours to go on the final challenge.
0:44:43 > 0:44:46Each week, on the Great British Sewing Bee,
0:44:46 > 0:44:48we're going to give you a how-to guide.
0:44:48 > 0:44:51How to make something simple for the home.
0:44:51 > 0:44:53This week - cushions.
0:44:53 > 0:44:56Start by cutting out four long rectangles,
0:44:56 > 0:45:01two for the outer cover and two for the contrasting lining.
0:45:01 > 0:45:05Fold the lining in half and stitch along each side.
0:45:05 > 0:45:10Then make the ties by cutting four strips of cover fabric
0:45:10 > 0:45:13and four strips of the lining.
0:45:13 > 0:45:14Snip off at the corner.
0:45:16 > 0:45:19Stitch along the sides, but leave the end open,
0:45:19 > 0:45:22so you can push your ties the right way out.
0:45:22 > 0:45:27Give everything a good press with steam. Next, assemble your cushion.
0:45:27 > 0:45:32Place the ties about a third of the way along the cover on each side.
0:45:32 > 0:45:35Put the lining on top, then stitch through
0:45:35 > 0:45:37all layers around three sides.
0:45:37 > 0:45:39Give it another good press inside and out.
0:45:39 > 0:45:41Next, stuff it with your cushion pad,
0:45:41 > 0:45:44and you have a gorgeous tie-sided cushion.
0:45:51 > 0:45:53The sewers have an hour-and-a-half left
0:45:53 > 0:45:56and most are ready to add the collars and sleeves to the blouses.
0:45:56 > 0:46:00A mandarin collar is fairly sort of straightforward.
0:46:00 > 0:46:03It's a stand-up collar, with a gap in the middle,
0:46:03 > 0:46:06that looks nice and smart. I'm using a chopstick
0:46:06 > 0:46:09to turn the points through,
0:46:09 > 0:46:13which seems rather appropriate, as it's a Chinese-style cheongsam.
0:46:13 > 0:46:16Yeah, just using the point.
0:46:16 > 0:46:19Sometimes, I use scissors,
0:46:19 > 0:46:22but they do have a tendency to just go straight through the fabric.
0:46:22 > 0:46:25Sandra is finishing the edges of her frilly collar
0:46:25 > 0:46:28with a notoriously tricky rolled hem.
0:46:28 > 0:46:30A traditional finish for silk.
0:46:30 > 0:46:32I think we've all upped our game
0:46:32 > 0:46:35because we've all loved it so much,
0:46:35 > 0:46:38and we all just want to come back next week.
0:46:38 > 0:46:40May, talk to me about a rolled hem.
0:46:40 > 0:46:44Rolled hems are really fine, fine hems.
0:46:44 > 0:46:46Can you see this? Just a tiny...
0:46:46 > 0:46:49And the fabric is turned under twice
0:46:49 > 0:46:51to make the tiniest hem finish.
0:46:51 > 0:46:53And how exquisite is that?!
0:46:53 > 0:46:55It is quite difficult to make
0:46:55 > 0:46:58a lovely parallel rolled hem
0:46:58 > 0:46:59round the edge of something.
0:46:59 > 0:47:02I don't do a lot of rolled hemming,
0:47:02 > 0:47:05I've done it as neatly as I can.
0:47:05 > 0:47:08The fact we've got to lose two,
0:47:08 > 0:47:10that's what frightens me,
0:47:10 > 0:47:13because two could very easily be me.
0:47:15 > 0:47:18Stuart's going for a more straightforward top stitched hem.
0:47:18 > 0:47:23I think everybody knows that I'm the real novice
0:47:23 > 0:47:26when it comes to dressmaking.
0:47:26 > 0:47:29I'm kind of hanging on by the skin of my teeth.
0:47:29 > 0:47:31This could be it, couldn't it?
0:47:36 > 0:47:38It's all gone a bit Pete Tong.
0:47:39 > 0:47:43Sewed the wrong side and it just looks a mess on the back.
0:47:43 > 0:47:47Mark should have stitched his collar onto the inside of the blouse
0:47:47 > 0:47:48and then turned it out.
0:47:48 > 0:47:51But he stitched his collar onto the outside,
0:47:51 > 0:47:53leaving the inside seams of the collar on show.
0:47:53 > 0:47:55I'd like to unpick it. If I was at home, I'd unpick it
0:47:55 > 0:47:57and do it all again.
0:47:57 > 0:47:59Or make another collar.
0:47:59 > 0:48:01But you just haven't got the time.
0:48:01 > 0:48:04I'll hide it, you won't see it.
0:48:07 > 0:48:11Everyone, you have 30 minutes left, that's 30 minutes.
0:48:11 > 0:48:15At the moment, I'm still trying to set the sleeve in,
0:48:15 > 0:48:19and I'm trying to spend as much time as I can pinning it in place
0:48:19 > 0:48:21so that it doesn't move as much.
0:48:23 > 0:48:27Don't you find, in all the challenges this is what happens?
0:48:27 > 0:48:30They race in at it and then just before everything's
0:48:30 > 0:48:33about to come together, quite a few of them start to unravel.
0:48:33 > 0:48:36You can hear a pin drop in here. Everyone's suddenly
0:48:36 > 0:48:39incredibly tense. I think that's also cos two people are going home.
0:48:39 > 0:48:41Absolutely. I mean, the pressure's on
0:48:41 > 0:48:44- and some of these blouses are not together yet.- They're absolutely...
0:48:44 > 0:48:46What's interesting is, you watch them
0:48:46 > 0:48:48and they've started looking at each other,
0:48:48 > 0:48:51going, "I'm behind, I'm behind! They've got to somehow keep
0:48:51 > 0:48:54- their eyes down and just get on with it.- We're near the end,
0:48:54 > 0:48:55a lot to do in the room.
0:48:55 > 0:48:58I've just got to get my sleeves done really quickly.
0:48:58 > 0:49:00I haven't finished them.
0:49:00 > 0:49:03I haven't done the hem. I'll try to do the cuffs.
0:49:03 > 0:49:07I didn't cut them out earlier because, by the time I'd done
0:49:07 > 0:49:10all the fitting, I thought I just would never have time.
0:49:10 > 0:49:12But I'm going to give it a go, these are a bit shoddy.
0:49:12 > 0:49:15OK, sewers, you have ten minutes left,
0:49:15 > 0:49:18that's ten minutes to complete this challenge.
0:49:29 > 0:49:30Doesn't fit her,
0:49:30 > 0:49:32I can't get it to sit right
0:49:32 > 0:49:33cos the fabric moves all the time
0:49:33 > 0:49:37because it's a silk. I just wish I knew how to work it better.
0:49:40 > 0:49:44Today has just been a catalogue of disasters.
0:49:44 > 0:49:46Feeling a bit panicky now.
0:49:46 > 0:49:47OK, let's put it on.
0:49:47 > 0:49:51Don't tell me you're sitting down, Stuart, with a cup of tea,
0:49:51 > 0:49:52cos I don't want to know.
0:49:52 > 0:49:54Right, let's go.
0:49:54 > 0:49:58Lauren's got hers on the model! I'm not looking.
0:50:10 > 0:50:14OK, I have one cuff on and one cuff off.
0:50:15 > 0:50:19- I'm really sorry, but there are pins in there.- Don't worry about that.
0:50:19 > 0:50:21You have five seconds.
0:50:21 > 0:50:25Five, four, three, two, one. That's it.
0:50:25 > 0:50:28Step away from your model.
0:50:28 > 0:50:30Sandra, don't make me hurt you!
0:50:33 > 0:50:35'I'm a bit disappointed.'
0:50:35 > 0:50:39That silk was just so hard to work with.
0:50:39 > 0:50:41'I didn't finish. My sleeves look
0:50:41 > 0:50:43'totally different from each other,
0:50:43 > 0:50:44'but it could have been a lot worse,'
0:50:44 > 0:50:47so I'm really relieved that I actually have a blouse,
0:50:47 > 0:50:52and it sort of looks nice, if you ignore the other sleeve!
0:50:52 > 0:50:54'I'm absolutely shattered.'
0:50:54 > 0:50:56I want to go home!
0:50:56 > 0:50:58'I think she looks beautiful in it,
0:50:58 > 0:51:01'but I think that's because she's beautiful, rather than the blouse.'
0:51:01 > 0:51:03This could be it for me. This could be it.
0:51:14 > 0:51:17I mean, the first thing to note is fit-wise, we've got
0:51:17 > 0:51:18a bit of fullness in the front here
0:51:18 > 0:51:20that we could probably have done without.
0:51:20 > 0:51:23I think these seams are very, very even.
0:51:23 > 0:51:27Looking down the bottom, those are very even too,
0:51:27 > 0:51:29and I think the material is not straightforward to use,
0:51:29 > 0:51:31and you've managed that well, as well.
0:51:41 > 0:51:44- I have got a bit of an issue here. - Yes, I had an issue as well,
0:51:44 > 0:51:47but I tried to hide it from you.
0:51:47 > 0:51:49I have noticed! You've got lots of pleats
0:51:49 > 0:51:52and all sorts of stuff going on round the back neck.
0:51:52 > 0:51:56I think it's got impact, but it's just lacking that kind of finesse
0:51:56 > 0:51:59that we really would like to have seen on a fine garment like this.
0:51:59 > 0:52:01If he came rushing towards you with a sword,
0:52:01 > 0:52:03would you take any notice of his shirt?
0:52:03 > 0:52:06I'd be on the first bus home, if that came running towards me!
0:52:13 > 0:52:16I'm not sure about the fit on the model.
0:52:16 > 0:52:19I'm not sure about the way it sits on her.
0:52:19 > 0:52:23I'm looking at it and I'm thinking, it's not stunning.
0:52:23 > 0:52:24- Doesn't take my breath away.- No.
0:52:30 > 0:52:33There's an even amount of frill on both sides.
0:52:33 > 0:52:34It looks well distributed.
0:52:34 > 0:52:37This is a difficult technique and you've handled it well.
0:52:37 > 0:52:39You really have done that nicely.
0:52:50 > 0:52:53I think that single line of piping is effective.
0:52:53 > 0:52:57I think it's well done. I prefer sleeve A to sleeve B.
0:52:57 > 0:53:00If you'd had two the same, that would have been great.
0:53:00 > 0:53:04Maybe just a fraction more length on the front. It's just riding up.
0:53:04 > 0:53:06You haven't quite finished the cuff. No, you ran out of time.
0:53:06 > 0:53:10Oh, we've got no hem. OK. We're lacking processes.
0:53:21 > 0:53:25We talked about this, but this front edge runs all the way round.
0:53:25 > 0:53:28You don't have it sitting below or above.
0:53:28 > 0:53:32Your top stitching around the hem looks really even.
0:53:32 > 0:53:36Your sleeve details here are quite complex.
0:53:36 > 0:53:39We're coming to expect bold choices from you, Stuart,
0:53:39 > 0:53:42and I think, you know, it's slightly Bond villain-esque
0:53:42 > 0:53:45and we're not going to forget this one in a hurry.
0:53:45 > 0:53:47And I think you've done a sterling job.
0:53:47 > 0:53:50- Thank you.- 007! - THEY LAUGH
0:53:52 > 0:53:54The sewers take a well-earned break,
0:53:54 > 0:53:58while May and Patrick decide which two will be going home.
0:53:58 > 0:54:00All right, judges, time to deliberate,
0:54:00 > 0:54:03and it's now time to decide who should be going home.
0:54:03 > 0:54:04I think I know who...
0:54:05 > 0:54:08..I would send home, but I've got to say,
0:54:08 > 0:54:12it was a fairly difficult decision to come to,
0:54:12 > 0:54:14and I'm not sure I was considering the same two people
0:54:14 > 0:54:17- that perhaps May was considering. - No, I think we were thinking about
0:54:17 > 0:54:19- different people. - So we need to talk about that.
0:54:19 > 0:54:21- We do need to talk about this.- OK.
0:54:21 > 0:54:24Let's have a look at Mark. It definitely had impact, you said.
0:54:24 > 0:54:25Yeah, it had a lot of impact,
0:54:25 > 0:54:27and I think it's very much his cup of tea.
0:54:27 > 0:54:30I mean, it was a historical pattern reinterpreted.
0:54:30 > 0:54:34The technical skills in this blouse are not executed well enough.
0:54:34 > 0:54:36This is Tilly.
0:54:36 > 0:54:39I think it's a very simple style
0:54:39 > 0:54:42and she hasn't demonstrated as many techniques.
0:54:42 > 0:54:44I actually think it's a well-executed piece,
0:54:44 > 0:54:48- with quite a lot of work in it. - And Stuart is next.
0:54:48 > 0:54:51I really loved this piece, and it's got lots of processes in it.
0:54:51 > 0:54:53I just think he's an amazing improver.
0:54:53 > 0:54:55He has made improvements, but for me,
0:54:55 > 0:54:57it's not about choosing the best improver,
0:54:57 > 0:55:01- it's about choosing the best sewer. - All right. We're going to
0:55:01 > 0:55:04take this out back and we're going to oil up and fight.
0:55:13 > 0:55:17Thank you so much, and I'm so sorry about the wait.
0:55:17 > 0:55:19Well done on the last two days.
0:55:19 > 0:55:21As you know, every week, somebody wins the accolade
0:55:21 > 0:55:25of creating the best piece, and for that, I hand over to the judges.
0:55:25 > 0:55:30We chose, for the fun factor and the originality,
0:55:30 > 0:55:32the tulips. APPLAUSE
0:55:35 > 0:55:37A huge well done to Stuart.
0:55:37 > 0:55:40Now comes the horrible bit, because two of you,
0:55:40 > 0:55:42unfortunately, have to leave.
0:55:42 > 0:55:46I will say this - they had a proper row,
0:55:46 > 0:55:48and we had to leave them in a room shouting.
0:55:48 > 0:55:52The first person who's going to be leaving the Sewing Bee...
0:55:57 > 0:55:58..is Mark.
0:55:59 > 0:56:01We're really sorry.
0:56:02 > 0:56:04- Are you all right?- Yeah. At the end of the day,
0:56:04 > 0:56:06it's stiff competition and that's what it's about.
0:56:06 > 0:56:08The second person who is leaving...
0:56:14 > 0:56:16..is Tilly.
0:56:16 > 0:56:19- I'm really sorry.- I expected it. - Did you?
0:56:19 > 0:56:20Yeah, I did.
0:56:20 > 0:56:23- OK.- But I've had a really great time, so...
0:56:23 > 0:56:25We will really, really miss you.
0:56:25 > 0:56:27Thank you so much. Mark and Tilly.
0:56:27 > 0:56:30APPLAUSE
0:56:30 > 0:56:34I shall miss you, Mark. It's been so nice to meet you.
0:56:34 > 0:56:37- Well done, Mark. You've been fantastic.- I enjoyed it.
0:56:37 > 0:56:38'No regrets, no.'
0:56:38 > 0:56:43Just happy I took part, and I met some wonderful people.
0:56:43 > 0:56:44'Just enjoyed myself.'
0:56:44 > 0:56:47- Oh, Mark. Can I give you a man-hug? - Go on, then!
0:56:47 > 0:56:49'I entered this, you know, to prove to people that
0:56:49 > 0:56:50'no matter how you look,'
0:56:50 > 0:56:54your background, what you do, you can always do something else.
0:56:54 > 0:56:56Something that you enjoy doing, and it's good fun.
0:56:56 > 0:57:00- So sorry, Tilly.- Why are you sorry?
0:57:00 > 0:57:02'I've had a really, really great time,'
0:57:02 > 0:57:05and just to be part of this contest has been absolutely amazing.
0:57:05 > 0:57:06'I've learnt a lot.'
0:57:06 > 0:57:09'I just felt that Stuart finished the challenge.
0:57:09 > 0:57:10'He finished all the hems,'
0:57:10 > 0:57:12he finished the cuffs,
0:57:12 > 0:57:14he put the collar on, he put the button hole in.
0:57:14 > 0:57:16Tilly didn't finish the challenge.
0:57:16 > 0:57:18What are you crying about?
0:57:18 > 0:57:19LAUGHTER
0:57:19 > 0:57:22It's horrible to see anybody go.
0:57:22 > 0:57:24Big shock to find out who's going home, actually.
0:57:24 > 0:57:26Big shock that one of them wasn't me.
0:57:27 > 0:57:30Yeah, actually. Actually, yeah.
0:57:32 > 0:57:36The fact that May and Patrick have kept me in
0:57:36 > 0:57:39makes me feel like I can do
0:57:39 > 0:57:43much more than I thought I could and I've got that potential.
0:57:43 > 0:57:45I'm going to go for it.
0:58:02 > 0:58:03At the next Sewing Bee...
0:58:03 > 0:58:06The competition is fierce, isn't it? Fierce.
0:58:06 > 0:58:10..Sandra, Lauren, Ann and Stuart enter the semi-final...
0:58:10 > 0:58:12I'm in the semi-final, I'm in the semi...
0:58:12 > 0:58:15..where they create garments on a miniature scale.
0:58:15 > 0:58:17I mean, you've not made it easy for yourself.
0:58:17 > 0:58:19Their tailoring techniques are put to the test.
0:58:19 > 0:58:22'I've got cramp in my fingers!'
0:58:22 > 0:58:26And the most complex construction challenge so far pushes them all.
0:58:26 > 0:58:28Not got enough fabric.
0:58:28 > 0:58:29You can smell the tension!
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