0:00:02 > 0:00:04Hello, we are back. We've got a brand-new sewing room,
0:00:04 > 0:00:07you're going to love it. We've got ten brand-new sewers,
0:00:07 > 0:00:09they're adorable. And in just eight weeks' time,
0:00:09 > 0:00:13one of them will be crowned Britain's best amateur sewer.
0:00:13 > 0:00:17This year, thousands of people from all over Britain applied to
0:00:17 > 0:00:20take part in the Great British Sewing Bee.
0:00:20 > 0:00:25I sew for my kids late at night, no-one around, and it's just for me.
0:00:25 > 0:00:29It gives me the opportunity to create things you wouldn't normally get in the high street.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31I get to really personalise something and make it fit me.
0:00:31 > 0:00:35Ten of the nation's best home-sewers have made it to this sewing room.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38I feel a little bit out of body at the moment,
0:00:38 > 0:00:40as though this can't really be real.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43I've got three daughters and I'd really like them to be proud of me.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45I want them to think their mum is cool.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48My family are really excited about me getting onto the competition,
0:00:48 > 0:00:51and said to me, "Don't be the first one out."
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Each week they will face three challenges designed to test
0:00:54 > 0:00:56all of their sewing skills.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59It's fantastic being with people that are like-minded,
0:00:59 > 0:01:01doing the same thing. Wonderful.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04They'll have to prove they have the technical know-how
0:01:04 > 0:01:08to follow any pattern, then show off their creative side by transforming
0:01:08 > 0:01:12an ordinarily high-street buy into something spectacular.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16And finally, make the perfect made-to-measure garment.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19I really just want to get in there and start sewing. I can't wait.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23Everything from simple cotton tops to men's pyjamas
0:01:23 > 0:01:27to prom dresses will be judged by expert sewing teacher May Martin
0:01:27 > 0:01:29and Savile Row's Patrick Grant.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33Pat says it as it is, you can deal with that, but May, I don't know.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35I think she can tell you off.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39This series we're going to be testing a range of skills,
0:01:39 > 0:01:41from the most basic, which will have to be
0:01:41 > 0:01:43absolutely spot-on, to the more technical,
0:01:43 > 0:01:45which will really push them out of their comfort zone.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48It's a bigger competition. We're going to be expecting
0:01:48 > 0:01:50the sewers to take what they learn each week, grow with it,
0:01:50 > 0:01:53show us more and more. We're giving them an opportunity
0:01:53 > 0:01:55to really show their passion and flair for sewing.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59But who will they crown the winner of the Great British Sewing Bee?
0:01:59 > 0:02:02I don't feel particularly like I've got a good chance of winning.
0:02:02 > 0:02:03But it's nice to be here.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06They're in. The scissors are at the ready.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08Welcome to the Great British Sewing Bee.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33This year we're back in London's East End,
0:02:33 > 0:02:36home to the nation's rag trade for 500 years.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40But we've moved to the river, where, since the 16th century,
0:02:40 > 0:02:43ships carrying fabrics from all over the world sailed up the Thames
0:02:43 > 0:02:47and unloaded at wharfs just like this one.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50Welcome to the Sewing Bee.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52Huge congratulations for making it this far,
0:02:52 > 0:02:54it means you are already brilliant. This week,
0:02:54 > 0:02:59the judges want to see how you work with the three most popular fabrics
0:02:59 > 0:03:01found in a dressmakers' cupboard.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04So challenge one is cotton. This is the scary challenge.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07This is when you're given a pattern that you've never seen before,
0:03:07 > 0:03:10but I reckon it's week one so they'll have chosen something nice.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14- What have you gone for? - We have got a sleeveless top
0:03:14 > 0:03:15- for you to make.- Thank you.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18I can hear squealing, and somebody just went "Oh."
0:03:18 > 0:03:22I believe that was you, Cliff. Have you made a sleeveless top before?
0:03:22 > 0:03:25I never wear sleeveless tops.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29There's a haberdashery, which is wonderful, full of beautiful things.
0:03:29 > 0:03:30You can choose whatever cotton you like.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33You've got two and a half hours. I'm making tea.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35We can tease Patrick, he likes it.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38Good luck. Your time starts...now.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42In this first challenge, Patrick and May want to test
0:03:42 > 0:03:45how good the sewers are at following a pattern.
0:03:45 > 0:03:46Oh, my God!
0:03:46 > 0:03:50And to make the top, they're free to choose any cotton they like.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52Back in the '60s, I had a mod shirt,
0:03:52 > 0:03:55like polka dots, so I was rather taken with this one.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57I have worked with cotton a lot.
0:03:57 > 0:03:58It's quite easy to work with,
0:03:58 > 0:04:00doesn't move about, doesn't slip.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02You can do literally anything with it.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05Why have you set this week's challenges about the three fabrics?
0:04:05 > 0:04:07Well, cotton, wool and silk
0:04:07 > 0:04:10are probably the commonest natural fabrics that we use.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12They all behave very differently.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14We're starting with cotton which is a very stable fabric,
0:04:14 > 0:04:16won't be moving around too much,
0:04:16 > 0:04:18so it's a good way of testing their basic sewing skills,
0:04:18 > 0:04:21but it will also show every detail. We'll be able to see every mark,
0:04:21 > 0:04:24- every stitch.- And you've asked for a sleeveless top.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27- These are the things we'll be looking for.- Go on.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Lovely clean edges. Can you see how beautifully flat
0:04:30 > 0:04:31- that neckline is sitting?- Yeah.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35We've set them the challenge of making a handmade loop.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38This is the first week, and we would like to test them
0:04:38 > 0:04:40on the quality of their hand-sewing.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42This is a really lovely technique.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44I'm looking for a tiny print, I think,
0:04:44 > 0:04:48and then I don't have to worry about matching the sides,
0:04:48 > 0:04:51I think, for this first challenge. I want to ease myself into it!
0:04:51 > 0:04:55Mum-of-three Julie is a housing estate officer in West Yorkshire.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58She began sewing just four and a half years ago.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00I am very much "have a go at it".
0:05:00 > 0:05:03I always think, "Oh, yeah, I can do that."
0:05:03 > 0:05:05I thought I could learn laminate flooring,
0:05:05 > 0:05:08that's why you're tripping over it every day in the hall!
0:05:08 > 0:05:10But I always think I can do everything.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14- This is divine. - It's a little bit boring, but...
0:05:14 > 0:05:17No, it's not boring, it's beautiful! First challenge, make it classic.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21You're better off doing three things fantastically
0:05:21 > 0:05:23- than ten things rubbish, aren't you? - This is correct.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26I'm looking at the trimmings first.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28I'll try and match the fabric to the trimming.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32Tamara lives in Surrey with her husband and two children.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35Her mum began teaching her to sew when she was ten.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Sewing's been in the family for generations.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39My great-grandmother worked for a tailor,
0:05:39 > 0:05:41so she taught my mum how to sew
0:05:41 > 0:05:43and then taught me how to sew.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46I've chosen this fabric because of its bright colour.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49Probably could have made my life easier by choosing plain fabric,
0:05:49 > 0:05:50but never do easy.
0:05:50 > 0:05:54I was waiting for something to actually jump out at me.
0:05:54 > 0:05:55And this did.
0:05:55 > 0:05:56I love working with cotton.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58One of my favourite fabrics.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01Lynda is a learning support assistant.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Stop cheating!
0:06:03 > 0:06:06Originally from Wales, she moved to West Sussex
0:06:06 > 0:06:08to be close to her grandchildren.
0:06:08 > 0:06:12When I make something for them, it's like surrounding them with my love.
0:06:12 > 0:06:13I could cry just thinking about it!
0:06:13 > 0:06:15I'm sorry.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Lynda is deaf and can lip-read.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21She also has a signer in the sewing room.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24So you've got the most difficult spot in the room, because you have
0:06:24 > 0:06:27the distraction of this beautiful view out the window.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29I haven't had a chance to look out of the window!
0:06:29 > 0:06:32And to be honest with you, because I'm deaf,
0:06:32 > 0:06:35distractions that might disturb other people, like sounds
0:06:35 > 0:06:37and people talking, that doesn't happen to me.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40So I'm totally in my own little world when I'm sewing.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45I'm going to lay the pattern out, then we're going to
0:06:45 > 0:06:48crack on with it. Chocks away, Ginger.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51The pattern comes in six sections -
0:06:51 > 0:06:53one for the front and two for the back,
0:06:53 > 0:06:57and three pieces of supporting material known as facing.
0:06:57 > 0:07:01Darts are sewn into the front to give the top shape.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04The front and back pieces are stitched along the shoulder,
0:07:04 > 0:07:06and the facing pieces are stitched to the reverse of the fabric,
0:07:06 > 0:07:09along the neck and arm holes.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13The two back pieces are then passed through the shoulder sections.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15The side seams are then sewn together,
0:07:15 > 0:07:17then the centre-back seam,
0:07:17 > 0:07:20and that's topped with the hand-sewn button and loop.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23I hate pinning. Pinning is just a nightmare.
0:07:23 > 0:07:27I end up pinning myself more than I do pinning the garment.
0:07:27 > 0:07:31David is a police constable at Scotland Yard.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34But he's recently been spending more time at home in Surrey
0:07:34 > 0:07:37with his wife and two children after an operation on his leg.
0:07:37 > 0:07:41I'm the sewer of our household. The wife doesn't do any sewing.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44She's managed to sew on one of my daughter's swimming badges.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48I then promptly unpicked it and did it myself because it was awful.
0:07:48 > 0:07:49I've got this stool down here to lean on
0:07:49 > 0:07:53so I can stay upright long enough to do some cutting-out.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55But one of the sewers has decided
0:07:55 > 0:07:58not to pin their fabric to the pattern before cutting.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00I usually freehand cut.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03So I would draw my measurements onto it and then...
0:08:03 > 0:08:06- So you don't use a paper pattern at all?- No.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09Chinelo is a recent graduate
0:08:09 > 0:08:10who lives in Essex with her husband.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14She bought herself a sewing machine second-hand just two years ago.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17I was taught to sew by an aunt of mine - she's a tailor.
0:08:17 > 0:08:21She just was freehanding everything. Whilst she was doing it,
0:08:21 > 0:08:24I was writing what she was doing, and I'd come home and I'd practise,
0:08:24 > 0:08:27so that was how I learned to sew, without using a pattern.
0:08:27 > 0:08:32Chinelo is the only sewer using two contrasting cottons for her top.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35Everyone's got a lot more experience than I have,
0:08:35 > 0:08:38everybody else has been sewing for, like, 30 years,
0:08:38 > 0:08:40but I think that's an added advantage for me.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43They're probably knackered from doing it for 30 years!
0:08:48 > 0:08:51You've chosen probably, of everybody here,
0:08:51 > 0:08:54and I'm now going to worry you, probably the most obvious pattern.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57I saw it as a bit of a challenge. I've not worked with
0:08:57 > 0:08:59a pattern so bold as this before.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Unless the centre of the pattern on Jenni's fabric
0:09:01 > 0:09:03is right in the middle of her top,
0:09:03 > 0:09:05the finished garment will be off-balance
0:09:05 > 0:09:07and Patrick won't be happy.
0:09:07 > 0:09:11I noticed that you re-laid the whole thing and got the centre pattern,
0:09:11 > 0:09:14so...good to see that you've done that!
0:09:14 > 0:09:16Jenni lives and works in Walsall,
0:09:16 > 0:09:19and is a resources manager for a software company.
0:09:19 > 0:09:20I started sewing a year and a half ago.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23Started with my wedding dress. Never sewn beforehand,
0:09:23 > 0:09:25and I haven't stopped since.
0:09:25 > 0:09:26I'm all done with my cutting out
0:09:26 > 0:09:29so hopefully I'm going to start constructing it.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31I'm just about to start
0:09:31 > 0:09:33some actual sewing. So darts first.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35Darts are triangular areas of fabric
0:09:35 > 0:09:38which are folded in on themselves and secured with
0:09:38 > 0:09:40a straight line of stitching.
0:09:40 > 0:09:41Just for extra safety.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44Without them, the fabric won't shape around the bust.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46By jiminy!
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Simon works at Bradford Industrial Museum,
0:09:48 > 0:09:51and his job has fuelled his love of fabric.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54I get a bit carried away with nice cloth.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57I'm not sure, really, if it's being from Bradford,
0:09:57 > 0:09:58and because I've worked in the mill
0:09:58 > 0:10:02and my dad's worked in the mill all his life. Maybe it's in the blood.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04I like to think for a long time.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07Let the construction of something just sit for a minute,
0:10:07 > 0:10:10or a couple of days, ideally.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15'If they've managed to sew their darts correctly...'
0:10:15 > 0:10:18That looks beautiful, what you've done there! I don't know much,
0:10:18 > 0:10:21- but I know that is going to make May weep.- Oh, Claudia,
0:10:21 > 0:10:23- you're easily pleased.- I am!
0:10:23 > 0:10:25'..construction can begin.'
0:10:25 > 0:10:28Stitch the front and back shoulder seams together, and press.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31- Oh, hello!- Aren't they cute?
0:10:31 > 0:10:34I'm not wearing this. This isn't for a 50-year-old woman.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38Cerina lives in Hampshire with her two daughters, two dogs,
0:10:38 > 0:10:42two goats, a brood of chickens and her husband.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44She's been sewing for almost 40 years.
0:10:44 > 0:10:45I have a very busy life.
0:10:45 > 0:10:49Sewing means that I can sit quietly, I can listen to some music,
0:10:49 > 0:10:51music that I want to listen to!
0:10:51 > 0:10:54It's about just doing stuff for myself.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56- Are you all right for time? - I'm a bit speedy.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59I get bored easily, I go, "Oh, can't be bothered."
0:10:59 > 0:11:01- I've got a lot of unmade things at home.- OK.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03- You have to finish this.- OK.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05- I'm just flagging it up.- I will.
0:11:05 > 0:11:0990 minutes left to finish making a sleeveless cotton top.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12A lot of people seem to be a little bit ahead of me.
0:11:12 > 0:11:16I'm just preparing to put the facing onto the neckline.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19Facing is the name for another layer of material
0:11:19 > 0:11:22sewn onto the reverse of the fabric, which gives it strength.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25I'm making sure everything's in place, then I'm going to sew it.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27I'm not going to pin it.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29So I'm just pinning it,
0:11:29 > 0:11:31and evening out the fabric to make sure
0:11:31 > 0:11:33that there's no puckering.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35Heather lives in Leicestershire
0:11:35 > 0:11:38with her husband Andrew and her Jack Russell Roly.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41Well, I've been a closet sewer for most of my life.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44When I really needed to make clothes because I couldn't afford them,
0:11:44 > 0:11:47I didn't want to tell anybody I sewed,
0:11:47 > 0:11:51because I thought they might just think, "Oh, she's really home-made."
0:11:51 > 0:11:54So it was a secret.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57You could usually feel where the points are coming
0:11:57 > 0:11:59if they're going to be a little bit sort of over-bulky,
0:11:59 > 0:12:01so you just ease the fabric out
0:12:01 > 0:12:04and hopefully around the garment neck.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08Clipping ensures that the fabric's edge won't bulge or sag
0:12:08 > 0:12:10as it moulds around the neck.
0:12:10 > 0:12:11I don't like doing this stuff.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14Unless it's clipped at regular intervals,
0:12:14 > 0:12:15the finished neckline will be ruined.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19I think if I start thinking of the end, I'm going to make mistakes.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22Cliff took up sewing three years ago,
0:12:22 > 0:12:24when he retired as a Buddhist prison chaplain.
0:12:24 > 0:12:29I like the concentration. I'm very competitive with myself.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33I'm not happy if what I do isn't as good as I can do,
0:12:33 > 0:12:35so there's internal competition.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39In between each of these things I just sort of mentally stand...
0:12:40 > 0:12:44..come back to the centre and then carry on.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46What else can we do?
0:12:47 > 0:12:50Sewers, you have one hour left.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52- Ooop!- Give over!
0:12:52 > 0:12:54I feel pretty calm, actually.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57Been doing a lot of sewing at home.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01I took my sewing machine on holiday with me so I could practise.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04Ensuring the facing lies flat around the neckline...
0:13:04 > 0:13:05Can do that, can do that.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08..requires a simple technique that's new to some.
0:13:08 > 0:13:12"And understitch the facing from the right side."
0:13:12 > 0:13:15Wonder if I could do it as some sort of haiku and it would make sense.
0:13:15 > 0:13:16So we put this in here...
0:13:16 > 0:13:20Understitching is a row of stitching on the inside of the neckline
0:13:20 > 0:13:22along the edge of the facing.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24We want it nice and close to the edge.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28It ensures that the neckline and facing lay flat against the body.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32- So when I turn this one in, how beautiful is that?- Perfect.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35And then try and turn this one that hasn't been understitched...
0:13:35 > 0:13:37- doesn't happen, does it? - It's sort of lumpier, isn't it?
0:13:37 > 0:13:42It's a finishing technique that one sewer has decided to skip.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44That's how I would normally do it.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48To save time, Julie is attempting to press her facing flat
0:13:48 > 0:13:49instead of understitching.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51I'm not sure how the judges will respond to me
0:13:51 > 0:13:53not really looking at the pattern that much
0:13:53 > 0:13:57but at the end of the day, it's the end garment that matters, isn't it?
0:13:59 > 0:14:0145 minutes remaining.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05I'm doing OK, I think.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08Well, it will all be revealed when I turn it the right way out.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11Until now, the sewers have been working inside-out.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13Okey-dokey, here we go.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17They now have to carefully turn their top the right way round.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20- Do you want a go?- No. It looks hard!
0:14:20 > 0:14:23It's really clever. And I have never done this before.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26The two back pieces need to be carefully pushed to the front,
0:14:26 > 0:14:29through the shoulder straps, and pulled out the other side.
0:14:29 > 0:14:30Can't get my big fat fingers in.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34If they attempt to push the front sections through to the back...
0:14:34 > 0:14:37- Oh, this is exciting! - ..it will become stuck.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40Jenni, how do you work this out?
0:14:40 > 0:14:42It's just a bit fiddly,
0:14:42 > 0:14:44poking everything back through the shoulder piece.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47- Were you bringing the whole thing through?- Yeah.
0:14:47 > 0:14:48Why didn't it work, then?
0:14:48 > 0:14:50Fantastic.
0:14:50 > 0:14:51A-ha.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54- You're not doing it this way. - I did it that way.
0:14:54 > 0:14:55- That's the way I did it.- Oh.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00- Oh!- OK?- Yes!
0:15:00 > 0:15:03- Look at that!- So now the facings are done, aren't they?
0:15:05 > 0:15:07- Lovely fit.- Done.- Lovely fit.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09Ten out of ten.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Ah. Pull it through this way, not that way.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15Pull it through from the back end, not the front end.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17Then you'll get... Cos this is stopping you.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20Whereas this is loose. If you come through here,
0:15:20 > 0:15:23- you'll be able to get back through. - Do you think?- Yeah.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25- So I did it right?- Absolutely fine,
0:15:25 > 0:15:27you were just pulling it through the wrong side!
0:15:27 > 0:15:29You nana.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31What a dummy!
0:15:31 > 0:15:34That mannequin's got more brains than me.
0:15:34 > 0:15:35THEY LAUGH
0:15:35 > 0:15:38Boys and girls, you have half an hour left.
0:15:42 > 0:15:46You have no idea how short 30 minutes can actually be.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49I'm not 100% certain I'm going to finish.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52Rush hour now. Basically got to put the sides together.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56I'd like to neaten the side seams but I don't think I've got time.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59Cos it's quite plain, I'm going to try and embellish it a little bit.
0:15:59 > 0:16:00HE SIGHS
0:16:00 > 0:16:03I've still got the button loop to do. Argh!
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Don't know what that's all about,
0:16:05 > 0:16:09but I think time's going to be called before I finish it, anyway.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13I've never done one of these hand-sewn button loops before,
0:16:13 > 0:16:16so the technique I'm using probably is wrong.
0:16:16 > 0:16:22I'm just going to tie off that end carefully so it can't slip.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25My hands are all hot now because I'm panicking,
0:16:25 > 0:16:28and the thread is slipping out of my hands.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31- What do you mean, you've cheated? - I've not hand-stitched my loop.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34I have no idea how the judges are going to feel about that.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37Sewers, you've got five minutes left.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39Only five minutes.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41Oh, gosh.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43SHE SIGHS
0:16:43 > 0:16:45Not going to have time to do my button.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50I just could not be bothered getting this hem right, so I'm just doing it.
0:16:52 > 0:16:56- No, don't look, it's hideous. - Just finishing off now.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Come on, roll, roll, roll!
0:16:58 > 0:17:00I'm trying to roll this hem.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03I need the hands of a seven-year-old.
0:17:03 > 0:17:04HE GROWLS
0:17:04 > 0:17:06See? This is why you pin.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Patrick, don't look at this.
0:17:19 > 0:17:20OK, that's it.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22The first challenge is over.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25Whatever you have, put it on your mannequin.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29- I like, er, Chinelo's. - I don't like it.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31I think the colours are horrible.
0:17:31 > 0:17:32But my colours are boring as hell.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37# I can be happy I can be sad
0:17:37 > 0:17:40# I can be good or I can be bad
0:17:40 > 0:17:45# It all depends on you... #
0:17:45 > 0:17:48Ten sleeveless cotton tops made from scratch
0:17:48 > 0:17:50in just two and a half hours,
0:17:50 > 0:17:52but what will May and Patrick think?
0:17:52 > 0:17:54Cerina, bring your mopeds.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56Here come the mods.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59# ..It all depends on you... #
0:18:02 > 0:18:03The neckline is lovely,
0:18:03 > 0:18:06the understitching is very near the edge.
0:18:06 > 0:18:07And the back...
0:18:07 > 0:18:09we have a loop!
0:18:09 > 0:18:12And it fits beautifully over the button,
0:18:12 > 0:18:14and our tops are level, and we've got right angles.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17I like the choice of fabric, it's a bit of fun.
0:18:22 > 0:18:26- We've got no understitching on this one.- No.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28I deliberately didn't, because if I pressed it well,
0:18:28 > 0:18:31I didn't think it were necessary. If you hadn't looked...
0:18:31 > 0:18:32But we did look!
0:18:32 > 0:18:34And we did ask for it.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41Immediately, I'm struck by the remaining pins.
0:18:41 > 0:18:45- Yes.- Really a lack of all sorts of stuff going on in here.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48Sadly, it's pulling.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52I think this could be a clipping issue on the inside.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00Very neat, very tidy.
0:19:00 > 0:19:04The most exquisite understitching. Well done.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07It is absolutely beautiful.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10This is quite a crisp fabric, but you've handled it very well.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13We have a hand-sewn loop, it's the right size,
0:19:13 > 0:19:15that's very nice.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20This front edge
0:19:20 > 0:19:23is not running parallel down the centre of that pattern.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25We're wider away from it there than we are down the bottom.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28However, we have understitching in the neckline
0:19:28 > 0:19:31and it is right on the edge.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34- Haven't managed to get a button on. - I did, but it fell off!- Really?
0:19:34 > 0:19:36That's worse - don't tell us that!
0:19:41 > 0:19:42You, of everyone, have chosen
0:19:42 > 0:19:45the most challenging pattern,
0:19:45 > 0:19:49and that line through the centre, you've executed it really nicely.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52And actually, looking along the bottom hem there,
0:19:52 > 0:19:54a pattern like this is a dead giveaway, but that spot,
0:19:54 > 0:19:57and that spot there, they're in exactly the same position.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00The understitching should be right on the edge.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03Not half a centimetre away.
0:20:05 > 0:20:06Did you clip it
0:20:06 > 0:20:09- all the way round? - Maybe left it a little bit too wide.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12Yes. Can you see how that's stretching out?
0:20:12 > 0:20:15And that's a sure sign that it can't lay completely flat.
0:20:15 > 0:20:16It's hemmed all the way round.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18Neater at the front than it is at the back.
0:20:21 > 0:20:22You have struggled
0:20:22 > 0:20:25a little bit with the shoulders and the arm hole.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27Which is a shame.
0:20:27 > 0:20:28We have a button, we have a loop.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31It's well-anchored, it's not been bound.
0:20:35 > 0:20:36Our understitching -
0:20:36 > 0:20:39ooh! - is quite a way in.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41There's a bit of a distance.
0:20:41 > 0:20:42It should be nearer the edge.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45- Okey-dokey.- You've got something happening in your back seam.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47It's puckering slightly.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49I think this is perhaps an issue when you joined it together.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52You haven't got on to the button loop so we don't know
0:20:52 > 0:20:53whether you can do one of those or not.
0:20:53 > 0:20:57- I don't think you'd want to wear that out the house.- No.
0:20:57 > 0:20:58Harsh!
0:21:03 > 0:21:07We have an extra! Did you finish all the things we asked of you?
0:21:07 > 0:21:11We have understitching, we have a really clean, flat neckline.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14Now, why did you choose to put the trim down that back seam?
0:21:14 > 0:21:16Is there something it's hiding?
0:21:16 > 0:21:20No, I actually chose my trims first and then the fabric.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23I would rather you followed the brief exactly.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25You haven't done a handmade loop.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27What you have done, you've done well,
0:21:27 > 0:21:30but you've let yourself down a bit by doing things we didn't ask for.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33For the record, I love the trim.
0:21:33 > 0:21:34I'm mad for the trim.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38So that everyone knows where they stand after this first challenge,
0:21:38 > 0:21:42Patrick and May will now rank the tops from worst to best.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45Sadly, in 10th place, Cliff.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47Just didn't get through the work in time.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50And in 9th place, Simon.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52There were things that weren't finished.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54David is 8th, Chinelo 7th,
0:21:54 > 0:21:57Lynda 6th, Julie 5th,
0:21:57 > 0:21:59and Jenni is 4th.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03And in 3rd place, Tamara. You lost points
0:22:03 > 0:22:06by doing the extra things instead of the things that we requested.
0:22:06 > 0:22:12Second, Cerina. Everything you did was extremely well done,
0:22:12 > 0:22:15- and a very close-run thing. - And in first place, Heather.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18Well done! A really good job. A very clean garment.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20APPLAUSE
0:22:20 > 0:22:23So huge congratulations. First challenge done.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25It never gets tougher than that.
0:22:25 > 0:22:26I'm totally lying.
0:22:26 > 0:22:30But, er, have a lovely break, and then when you come back in,
0:22:30 > 0:22:32it's time for challenge two.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35# Teacher's pet
0:22:35 > 0:22:36# I wanna be... #
0:22:36 > 0:22:40I cannot believe I won that.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42- Fantastic! - SHE LAUGHS
0:22:42 > 0:22:45I did the two things I promised myself I would not do.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48One, try and do too much, and the second one,
0:22:48 > 0:22:52I promised myself that I'd play by the rules, and I didn't do that.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54I could definitely agree with the comments.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56I think it's a little bit harsh, though,
0:22:56 > 0:22:59saying you wouldn't want to step out in it. It will still cover!
0:22:59 > 0:23:01It's not THAT bad.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03So we've seen what they can do with a pattern,
0:23:03 > 0:23:06but for the next challenge, they have nothing.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09No instructions, just a garment,
0:23:09 > 0:23:12and all they have to do is totally transform it.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15Easy, right? I don't think so.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19Well, this morning you tackled cotton,
0:23:19 > 0:23:23and this afternoon, we're welcoming you to the world of wool.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25Ooh!
0:23:25 > 0:23:27We have a long, boring skirt.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30We want you to make it look amazing. Give it some flair.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33You can chop it, twist it, pleat it,
0:23:33 > 0:23:35but please, we don't want it to look anything like this
0:23:35 > 0:23:37by the time you've finished with it.
0:23:37 > 0:23:41The bad news is, you only have an hour and a half.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43Good luck! Off you go.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49This woollen maxi-skirt can be found on any high street.
0:23:49 > 0:23:50Nice quality.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55I've not...used wool before.
0:23:55 > 0:24:00For this 90-minute challenge, the sewers are completely on their own.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03Nothing! Nothing is going through my mind at the moment!
0:24:03 > 0:24:05It had better soon.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08There are no rules,
0:24:08 > 0:24:10and so that they can surprise the judges
0:24:10 > 0:24:12with their ideas for deconstructing
0:24:12 > 0:24:15and reconstructing a garment, Patrick and May
0:24:15 > 0:24:19won't be in the sewing room to see them work.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23- MAY:- Wool is really lovely to manipulate.
0:24:23 > 0:24:24It stretches, it moulds.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26There's also enough fabric
0:24:26 > 0:24:29to actually cut some bias shapes into it,
0:24:29 > 0:24:33- and flute it round.- Yep, and they could insert pieces into it.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36It's also pretty hefty, so if you want to apply things
0:24:36 > 0:24:38to the top of it, it won't pull it out of shape.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41I think ultimately we want to see both imagination
0:24:41 > 0:24:44and a demonstration that they know how to do more than straight sewing.
0:24:44 > 0:24:48I'm just wondering where it's going to be good to chop it off.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52I think that's first things first, it's too long, isn't it?
0:24:52 > 0:24:54I'm just cutting off the bottom,
0:24:54 > 0:24:56cos it's going to turn into a mini-skirt.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59I'm a bit scared to cut this, though. What if I get it wrong?!
0:24:59 > 0:25:03All the sewers have decided to shorten the length of their skirts.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06But some are also altering the width.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08I'm making a piece to go in the front.
0:25:08 > 0:25:12It's spelt G-O-D-E-T, but I don't know how to say it.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15Lynda is not alone in attempting a godet,
0:25:15 > 0:25:19which is a triangular piece of fabric which creates flare.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22It might be an absolute disaster.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24I'm going to come up to the hipline
0:25:24 > 0:25:29and I'm going to sew in a big purple triangle.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32Simon's insert won't change the shape of his skirt,
0:25:32 > 0:25:36but it will be made up of a variety of woollen fabrics.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40I'm going to take off and put in a sort of...thing.
0:25:40 > 0:25:44I still think dress. What are you doing?!
0:25:44 > 0:25:45JENNI WHISPERS
0:25:45 > 0:25:50- (Why?- Because...I want to make a pair of dungarees.)
0:25:50 > 0:25:53Boom! Hell, yes! That's bold!
0:25:53 > 0:25:56- Simon, you are...you're finished! - Yeah, yeah.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00One hour remaining.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03I'm going to put that at the bottom.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06- Then I'm going to make a pocket with a trim of that on.- Divine.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09- Are you worried about time?- No. - You're not?!- No.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14Cerina's alteration is also focused on the hemline.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18I'm putting a ruff on the bottom of the skirt, with a teeny little hem.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21Tamara's hoping to create a ruffle with even more impact.
0:26:21 > 0:26:25This bit is the long piece of the skirt which I have cut in half
0:26:25 > 0:26:29and then made into strips, and sew in one long strip
0:26:29 > 0:26:30so it's a continuous circle.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32So that is going to fit this.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35- It's going to be a ruffle-y bit at the bottom.- Adorable.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38And then I'm going to put an extra layer on top.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41Chinelo's ruffle will sit on top of her skirt.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44I'm going to turn it into a fitted peplum skirt.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47A peplum is a ruffle often attached to the bottom of a blouse.
0:26:49 > 0:26:53Chinelo plans to attach hers to the top of her woollen skirt,
0:26:53 > 0:26:56a style made popular in the 1930s.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58I'm going to freehand cut the circle,
0:26:58 > 0:27:00so I'm just trying to get the circumference of the waist.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03Once she knows the circumference of the waist,
0:27:03 > 0:27:06Chinelo can transfer the measurements to paper,
0:27:06 > 0:27:09fold the paper into quarters, do the same to her chosen fabric
0:27:09 > 0:27:11and then cut along the curves to produce
0:27:11 > 0:27:16a circle of fabric that will fit the waist exactly.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19This is my chance to climb up from seventh place.
0:27:20 > 0:27:2445 minutes left to transform a woollen skirt.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27With the time we have, it's going to be really difficult to get
0:27:27 > 0:27:30all these ruffles perfectly straight, which is what I would do normally.
0:27:30 > 0:27:34This is the piece that I've just cut out on the front of the skirt.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37I'm laying it onto the cloth here. Marking it up.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41I'm hoping it will just about squeeze into the original gap.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44- These are the straps for my dungarees.- Straps for dungarees.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46Bold. Ten out of ten.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49To ensure a neat finish for her straps,
0:27:49 > 0:27:52Jenni has sewn two strips of woollen fabric together inside out.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54It's going to take me an hour.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57It won't take you an hour, it will take you three months.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59Before she can attach them to her skirt,
0:27:59 > 0:28:02she needs to turn them the right way round.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04OK, we're winning.
0:28:04 > 0:28:08- Are you happy?- Yeah, the problem is I have to do the other one now.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10Heather is keeping things a little simpler.
0:28:10 > 0:28:14If you're making a box pleat, you need to fold it in three,
0:28:14 > 0:28:18so when the pleat opens, you get a little kick effect.
0:28:20 > 0:28:24Everyone, you have got half an hour left. That's 30 minutes.
0:28:24 > 0:28:29Lynda and Julie are both attempting patch pockets as well as their godets.
0:28:29 > 0:28:34I think I want to impress May because I didn't impress her this morning.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37Simon is also hoping to impress with a pocket.
0:28:37 > 0:28:41I'm cutting a hole for a letter box pocket.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44I'm going to tuck that in there, put in a little silky pocket.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48Everyone, you've got ten minutes left.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52I'm nearly done with the ruffle, which means I have extra time.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54Oh, that's nice.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56I'm not feeling so confident any more.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59It's the most ridiculous orange in the world
0:28:59 > 0:29:02and I'm going to put these buttons on.
0:29:02 > 0:29:05So hopefully it'll be wacky enough.
0:29:05 > 0:29:09I'm pinning the hem to try to make it neater than the last project.
0:29:09 > 0:29:12I'm just putting a little contrast hem on the bottom.
0:29:12 > 0:29:14Maybe I should hand-stitch this.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16I'm quite happy that I've finished.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18I'm just going to check it over,
0:29:18 > 0:29:20see if there's anything else I'd like to do.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26This is now damage limitation, actually.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29It's just letting me down here.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33Sewers, you have ten seconds.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35No panic, don't panic.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41I've not done this very well at all.
0:29:41 > 0:29:42All right, that's it, that is the end.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47Please put your skirts on your mannequins,
0:29:47 > 0:29:51bring them to the front, mix them around.
0:29:51 > 0:29:57# Every little movement has a meaning all its own... #
0:29:59 > 0:30:02Patrick and May have no idea whose skirt is whose.
0:30:02 > 0:30:04I'm terrifically impressed.
0:30:04 > 0:30:08There's a terrific amount of variation in what you've all done.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11They're certainly all dramatically different.
0:30:13 > 0:30:14Really interesting use
0:30:14 > 0:30:17of contrasting fabric. We've got a button here.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20- Does the button do anything? - No, it's just decorative.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23The brief was "be bold" and it's quite simple.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30So we've got a godet in the side and one in the back.
0:30:30 > 0:30:34They're looking slightly like a pair of ears.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37But they're just a little bit off-centre.
0:30:39 > 0:30:42This is a really nice dramatic effect, isn't it?
0:30:42 > 0:30:45Putting this jetted pocket in there in the time, lined.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48Look, we've got silky fabric inside.
0:30:48 > 0:30:52In terms of transformations, I think that's substantial and impressive.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59It's simple but it's very effective.
0:30:59 > 0:31:01It's a complete transformation.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04It looks symmetrical, the length of this peplum
0:31:04 > 0:31:06and the length of the skirt appears well-balanced.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09- That's a very nice effect. - Very pretty.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15I'm not sure about the combination of fabrics here.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17This is cotton and this is wool.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20It's the colour that, somehow, this doesn't quite work for me.
0:31:20 > 0:31:24I think this band isn't terrifically well handled on the waist.
0:31:28 > 0:31:29I was a little concerned
0:31:29 > 0:31:32that it might just be a little bit of trim around the bottom.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34- But actually... - It's all in the back.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37And that's good fabric handling.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39To me, it would be nicer just with this little box pleat in the back
0:31:39 > 0:31:41and not with the tape.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47There is something of the Bohemian about it.
0:31:47 > 0:31:48It's been really nicely done.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50Really nicely finished at the top.
0:31:50 > 0:31:54Gathering up that fabric. It's quite evenly distributed, isn't it?
0:31:58 > 0:32:02Just a nice combination of fabric for the insertion,
0:32:02 > 0:32:05- the choice of button and the choice of ribbon.- And the pocket.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08A little bit ragged at the top here.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14Just a little frill on the bottom of this one.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17Where the binding joins, it's got a step in it.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24It's the only one that's above the waistband.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26Probably one of the simpler adaptations.
0:32:26 > 0:32:31We've just taken a lump off the bottom, applied a contrasting trim.
0:32:34 > 0:32:37Patrick and May will now rearrange the skirts in the order they feel
0:32:37 > 0:32:41has shown the most creative ambition and the best technical execution.
0:32:44 > 0:32:45- Happy?- Yes, I'm happy.
0:32:45 > 0:32:49Could the owner of mannequin number ten please come and claim her?
0:32:51 > 0:32:55Thank you so much, Cliff. The binding at the top let you down.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57The person who created number nine.
0:32:57 > 0:33:00It was a nice idea. If they'd all been even and well executed,
0:33:00 > 0:33:04I think we might have nudged you a little bit further up.
0:33:04 > 0:33:09Julie is eighth. Heather seventh. Cerina sixth. Jenni is fifth.
0:33:09 > 0:33:11And Lynda is fourth.
0:33:11 > 0:33:14Patrick just turned to May and said, "I can guess these three now."
0:33:14 > 0:33:16Let's see if you're right.
0:33:16 > 0:33:19The owner of number three, please come forward.
0:33:20 > 0:33:23- That's a fiver to me.- Is it?
0:33:23 > 0:33:24Well, for a start,
0:33:24 > 0:33:29there's, like, a history of Bradford in the front of that skirt there.
0:33:29 > 0:33:33- A combination of woollen weaves. - Absolutely.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35We're down to the last two.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39Who owns this skirt? Please come forward.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42We love the peplum and the way it falls.
0:33:42 > 0:33:46It's the choice of fabrics, it's a really good alteration.
0:33:46 > 0:33:48That means the winner is Tamara.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50APPLAUSE
0:33:52 > 0:33:55We're impressed with the combination of fabrics.
0:33:55 > 0:33:59It shows an innate understanding of how shapes go together.
0:33:59 > 0:34:01Altogether it has been a big success.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05You did absolutely brilliantly.
0:34:05 > 0:34:08Thank you for today. Two challenges done.
0:34:08 > 0:34:10Tomorrow is the big one. Night-night.
0:34:12 > 0:34:16How exciting! I'm so happy, I'm so chuffed.
0:34:16 > 0:34:18I think the second challenge suited me better
0:34:18 > 0:34:22because it's more spontaneous, it's freehand. So it's more my thing.
0:34:22 > 0:34:26I'm glad to have risen a little in the standings.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28A little bit disappointed with ninth.
0:34:28 > 0:34:30I've really got to up my game a little bit.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33That was just such a horrible test.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36All I want to do now is go and have a bucket of wine.
0:34:38 > 0:34:41# It's a lovely day today
0:34:41 > 0:34:44# So whatever you've got to do
0:34:44 > 0:34:47# You've got a lovely day to do it in
0:34:47 > 0:34:49# That's true... #
0:34:49 > 0:34:52There's one more item of clothing to make before somebody wins
0:34:52 > 0:34:55Garment of the Week and somebody has to leave the Sewing Bee.
0:34:55 > 0:34:59I want to talk to you about Heather. You were so impressed with her top
0:34:59 > 0:35:01and then, not knowing which skirt she did,
0:35:01 > 0:35:03she came all the way from first to seventh.
0:35:03 > 0:35:06The execution was good but the drama wasn't there.
0:35:06 > 0:35:09May tore a bit of a strip off Tamara for going off-piste
0:35:09 > 0:35:10in the pattern challenge.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13But actually that demonstrated to us that she clearly loves sewing,
0:35:13 > 0:35:17she loves the creativity and I think she's got a great chance to shine.
0:35:17 > 0:35:18Can I ask you about Chinelo?
0:35:18 > 0:35:21She doesn't follow shop-bought patterns, she likes to just go
0:35:21 > 0:35:24with what she feels and I think that will stand her in good stead.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26Can we talk about the boys?
0:35:26 > 0:35:27They all came bottom
0:35:27 > 0:35:31and then, at the last minute, shot to number three - Simon!
0:35:31 > 0:35:34He demonstrated some good techniques.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36Are you disappointed with Cliff and David?
0:35:36 > 0:35:38Or do you think they could both come first and second today?
0:35:38 > 0:35:42These challenges are set up to test three completely different skills.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45Things could completely turn around in the course of today's sewing.
0:35:45 > 0:35:48I get the impression that David is solid and organised.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50He will have practised this
0:35:50 > 0:35:52and I have a feeling he could be a lot better today.
0:35:52 > 0:35:56For this final challenge, the mannequins are gone.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00This time, they're making clothes for real people.
0:36:00 > 0:36:02I'm Simon.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04Each sewer has their own model.
0:36:06 > 0:36:09Good morning, everybody.
0:36:09 > 0:36:10You've met your lovely models.
0:36:10 > 0:36:14The judges would love you to make a nightgown.
0:36:14 > 0:36:15It can be anything you like.
0:36:15 > 0:36:18It's got to be silk and it's got to fit them beautifully.
0:36:18 > 0:36:23You've got five hours, enormous luck, time starts now.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26This is the one garment
0:36:26 > 0:36:29the sewers have had a chance to practise at home.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32It says 24, but that's the wrong end of the tape measure.
0:36:32 > 0:36:35But now they need to fit their nightgowns to a real person
0:36:35 > 0:36:37and prove that they know how to handle silk.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40Silk is so difficult to work with.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43Isn't that going to be very hard for them, week one?
0:36:43 > 0:36:45The measuring stage is crucial. This is a nightgown,
0:36:45 > 0:36:49it's going to go against your skin. You are going to sleep on it.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51So, precise measurements, and really work to them.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54And they have to handle the fabric well.
0:36:54 > 0:36:55We're looking at the fit.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58We want to see it soft. We don't want to see it pulled or puckered.
0:36:58 > 0:37:02We want to see nice, clean lines and nice balance on the garment.
0:37:02 > 0:37:06On the model, it's a very different challenge from on the mannequin.
0:37:06 > 0:37:07You know something?
0:37:07 > 0:37:11This is the very first nightie I've ever made in my life.
0:37:12 > 0:37:16Heather is making a slim-fitting lingerie-style nightgown
0:37:16 > 0:37:19with a shaped bust and lace overlay.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22Every different type of silk is different to handle.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24This is crepe de chine.
0:37:24 > 0:37:29Nice, crisp silk, but at the same time it's got flow.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32I've chosen to use shot silk. It's quite a thick one.
0:37:32 > 0:37:36Shot silk has got a different coloured warp to weft.
0:37:36 > 0:37:40It's got a turquoise warp and a pink weft which means that,
0:37:40 > 0:37:44under the right light, it will shimmer ever so slightly.
0:37:44 > 0:37:46Simon's heavy-shot silk dupion
0:37:46 > 0:37:49will become a semi-fitted, one-piece nightgown
0:37:49 > 0:37:51with a lace-trimmed neckline.
0:37:51 > 0:37:54Because I've never done anything for a woman before,
0:37:54 > 0:37:56I'm doing this incredibly simple version over here.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58- Haven't you made stuff for your girl?- No.
0:37:58 > 0:38:01I made her one thing, actually. I made her a vest.
0:38:01 > 0:38:02She doesn't wear it.
0:38:02 > 0:38:07Jenni has attempted to track down a pattern which is 70 years old.
0:38:07 > 0:38:09Getting the pattern was a bit of a nightmare.
0:38:09 > 0:38:13The one that I could find didn't turn up. So, very nervously, I decided to,
0:38:13 > 0:38:16for the first time ever, make my own pattern.
0:38:16 > 0:38:19Her 1940s-style silk satin nightgown
0:38:19 > 0:38:21has a pin-tucked waist and shoulders.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25You can see how old it is.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28I was just working off the image when I was creating the pattern.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31Hopefully, I've got the same kind of style.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34Julie's pattern isn't quite what Patrick and May have asked for.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36I couldn't find anything that I liked, really.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38They were all a bit old-fashioned.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41Most of them looked like they were modelled on Wee Willy Winkie.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43So I picked a dress pattern.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46She's adapted the pattern for a slip dress
0:38:46 > 0:38:48to create a bias-cut nightgown
0:38:48 > 0:38:50with a lettuce-edge hem.
0:38:50 > 0:38:52I scooped the back out to make it a little bit lower
0:38:52 > 0:38:55and then I'm going to have a lace overlay
0:38:55 > 0:38:58and finish it with a sprinkling of black diamantes.
0:38:58 > 0:39:01Chinelo doesn't have a pattern at all.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03This is how it would be done in Nigeria.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06She's transferring her model's measurements directly to the silk.
0:39:06 > 0:39:10I'm just marking the measurements, then I'm going to cut it out and construct it that way.
0:39:10 > 0:39:12The bust of her floor-length gown
0:39:12 > 0:39:14will be finished with lace
0:39:14 > 0:39:15and the low-cut back will be
0:39:15 > 0:39:17fastened with crisscrossing ribbon.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21I'm going to cut out the waist measurement and the top half of it,
0:39:21 > 0:39:24then I'm going to cut out the length to get the bottom part.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27And then that's basically my skirt done.
0:39:27 > 0:39:31Cutting silk accurately is notoriously difficult.
0:39:31 > 0:39:34- Are you finding it tricky?- It is. It just moves all over the place.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36Even with pinning, it moves as it's cut,
0:39:36 > 0:39:39making pattern pieces harder to line up,
0:39:39 > 0:39:42raising the risk of a misshapen finished garment.
0:39:42 > 0:39:45I'm actually using a rotary cutter because as you use scissors,
0:39:45 > 0:39:49what happens is the fabric moves and silk can stretch in both ways.
0:39:49 > 0:39:53I'm trying to minimise the stretch of the fabric under the pattern piece
0:39:53 > 0:39:55so I get the correct shape.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57Tamara is making an empire-line
0:39:57 > 0:40:00babydoll nightgown with a lace trim bust.
0:40:01 > 0:40:05You can see the fabric isn't really moving at all. Ta-da!
0:40:07 > 0:40:08Lynda's nightgown requires
0:40:08 > 0:40:11cutting more pattern pieces than anybody else.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14Yes!
0:40:14 > 0:40:17That was the bit I was dreading, cutting out all of that fabric.
0:40:17 > 0:40:22I've been a total diva today. I'm leaving fabric on the floor.
0:40:22 > 0:40:25I don't worry about the mess. I don't care.
0:40:25 > 0:40:27Lynda's empire-line nightgown
0:40:27 > 0:40:29will have a lace bust and straps
0:40:29 > 0:40:30with a full skirt
0:40:30 > 0:40:32made out of five panels of silk.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34- I'm going to tell you a story.- OK.
0:40:34 > 0:40:39In the deaf community, people have sign names for each other.
0:40:39 > 0:40:41It's something that is particular to the person.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44And my daughter, every time she talks about you,
0:40:44 > 0:40:46she's like, "Patrick! Patrick!"
0:40:46 > 0:40:50So your sign name is now Patrick...
0:40:50 > 0:40:52because you make her heart beat a little faster.
0:40:52 > 0:40:56Well, it could've been a lot worse. I'll take that. That's lovely.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00Once the seams of their skirts are sewn,
0:41:00 > 0:41:04work on the nightgown's bodice can begin.
0:41:05 > 0:41:10I'm just getting the lower bodice part fixed.
0:41:10 > 0:41:13Creating shape in silk is harder than with any other fabric.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16It's going to be quite loose in the breast area,
0:41:16 > 0:41:17hopefully very flattering.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20Any puckering around the curved seams at the bodice
0:41:20 > 0:41:24will be highly visible as the silk catches the light.
0:41:24 > 0:41:27These two are going to make the cups.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29Pins. I hate pins.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31Just pin, pin, pin.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33David's bodice will be trimmed with lace
0:41:33 > 0:41:35to complete a classic, semi-fitted,
0:41:35 > 0:41:37empire-line nightie.
0:41:38 > 0:41:42I'm just trying to get these points at the top of the bust piece
0:41:42 > 0:41:43as sharp as possible
0:41:43 > 0:41:46so that when May and Patrick look at it, they will go,
0:41:46 > 0:41:49"Ooh, they're nice and sharp." Not really my colour.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52I'm just tacking the top part of the bodice.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54There will be top stitching along here.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56Cerina is attempting
0:41:56 > 0:41:58to gather her bodice around the bust
0:41:58 > 0:42:00to complete a 1930s-style
0:42:00 > 0:42:01bias-cut nightgown.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06It's a long stitch and I'm going to pull it
0:42:06 > 0:42:08and it will gather up the bodice.
0:42:09 > 0:42:13Just pull the top thread and that gives me a very fine gather.
0:42:13 > 0:42:18I'm really, really struggling with my bodice. I've unpicked it three times.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21Finding it really difficult to work with the fabric.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28Even if they've managed to create shape in their bodice,
0:42:28 > 0:42:31most of the sewers have given themselves the extra challenge
0:42:31 > 0:42:32of applying lace.
0:42:34 > 0:42:39- This is really quite fine lace.- Have you worked with lace before?- No.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42- Have you worked with silk before? - No.- Holy moly!
0:42:44 > 0:42:48It requires quite delicate handling and hand-stitching.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50It's all time-consuming, really.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52I'm trying to be speedy. Be brave.
0:42:54 > 0:42:56Hope the sewing gods are with me.
0:42:56 > 0:42:59There's more pins on this than a five-week old Christmas tree.
0:43:01 > 0:43:04I have to literally go around the whole thing,
0:43:04 > 0:43:08all these little leafs, have to follow each and every one.
0:43:08 > 0:43:11I thought this would take me, like, three minutes to do,
0:43:11 > 0:43:13but it's a bit trickier.
0:43:16 > 0:43:18I've got myself into a bit of a muddle.
0:43:18 > 0:43:21Jenni's self-drafted pattern doesn't feature any lace.
0:43:21 > 0:43:24There isn't really much room to hide in.
0:43:24 > 0:43:27But she set herself the difficult task of tucking the silk into pleats
0:43:27 > 0:43:29where the skirt meets the bodice.
0:43:29 > 0:43:31I'm really nervous about my iron at the moment.
0:43:31 > 0:43:34I can't seem to get the detail but I want on the tucks.
0:43:34 > 0:43:35I'm going to burst into tears.
0:43:38 > 0:43:42- This looks beautiful, by the way. - It's nice, isn't it?- Gorgeous.
0:43:42 > 0:43:46Cliff is the only sewer attempting to make a nightgown with sleeves.
0:43:46 > 0:43:50That's stitched to that and that's stitched to that.
0:43:50 > 0:43:51To sew in the sleeves correctly,
0:43:51 > 0:43:53he first has to pin them to the bodice
0:43:53 > 0:43:56without allowing the silk to pucker.
0:43:56 > 0:44:00I cannot for the life of me... And I've done this in practice.
0:44:03 > 0:44:07The Sewing Bee's home here in London's East End
0:44:07 > 0:44:10has long been associated with the rag trade.
0:44:10 > 0:44:11Since the 1550s,
0:44:11 > 0:44:15boats would come up this river with loads of silks and dyes
0:44:15 > 0:44:18and they'd be unloaded at wharves like this one.
0:44:18 > 0:44:20But the silk trade's golden era
0:44:20 > 0:44:24came with the arrival of Britain's first wave of refugees from France.
0:44:26 > 0:44:29The Huguenots were highly skilled French craftsmen.
0:44:29 > 0:44:30They were also Protestants.
0:44:30 > 0:44:35So when, in 1685, the Catholic king Louis XIV outlawed their religion,
0:44:35 > 0:44:39they sought refuge outside France and set up trade in Britain.
0:44:41 > 0:44:45Around 50,000 Huguenots arrived on our shores
0:44:45 > 0:44:48and many of them gravitated here. Spitalfields.
0:44:48 > 0:44:51The whole area really began to flourish
0:44:51 > 0:44:56as many of our new arrivals were experts in textiles, mainly in silk.
0:44:59 > 0:45:02The silk they wove was exquisite
0:45:02 > 0:45:05and the resulting fashions were unlike any dresses seen before.
0:45:07 > 0:45:09Huguenots were hugely beneficial
0:45:09 > 0:45:11for the British silk industry
0:45:11 > 0:45:14because they brought with them a load of trade secrets.
0:45:14 > 0:45:19It's kind of like an early form of industrial espionage, I guess.
0:45:19 > 0:45:21So all of these techniques, the weaving,
0:45:21 > 0:45:24but also finishing the silks, is what they brought with them.
0:45:24 > 0:45:28That allowed domestic industry to grow and, essentially,
0:45:28 > 0:45:31meant that new fashions could flourish.
0:45:31 > 0:45:33You could get these incredibly lustrous,
0:45:33 > 0:45:37gorgeous, beautiful, opulent silks being created right here.
0:45:41 > 0:45:45Amongst the new inhabitants was a labourer called Mongeorge
0:45:45 > 0:45:48who arrived here from his native Lyon with a secret
0:45:48 > 0:45:51that would make British silk the best
0:45:51 > 0:45:53and the most sought-after in all the world.
0:45:55 > 0:45:57Mongeorge used a technique of lustring
0:45:57 > 0:46:00which involved steaming and waxing yarns of silk before weaving,
0:46:00 > 0:46:02which gave it extra gloss.
0:46:03 > 0:46:06This did have lustring on it,
0:46:06 > 0:46:08but it's been worn
0:46:08 > 0:46:10and it's now a nice piece of plain taffeta.
0:46:10 > 0:46:13You've got lustring where... Cos this would be tucked behind.
0:46:13 > 0:46:16So that was protected.
0:46:16 > 0:46:19And you've got this, which was only brought out on special occasions.
0:46:19 > 0:46:22You can just see how shiny it is.
0:46:22 > 0:46:25It would have been that shiny, if not shinier.
0:46:25 > 0:46:28- Look at that! That looks like liquid gold.- He invented shine.
0:46:28 > 0:46:32He invented shine, which, let's be honest, is like gold.
0:46:34 > 0:46:38To this day, Mongeorge's valuable secret is closely guarded,
0:46:38 > 0:46:41known by only three firms in the UK.
0:46:41 > 0:46:44Mongeorge became quite philanthropic, very, very wealthy
0:46:44 > 0:46:46because obviously he had the secret.
0:46:46 > 0:46:51He basically supported apprenticeships within the silk industry
0:46:51 > 0:46:55and church schools and also the Foundling Museum to help children.
0:46:55 > 0:46:58- Good at silk, and good. - And good, yes.
0:46:58 > 0:47:01Thanks to Mongeorge, almost overnight,
0:47:01 > 0:47:05the silk industry boomed here in Spitalfields.
0:47:05 > 0:47:08French silk imports fell drastically
0:47:08 > 0:47:11and British silk became THE must-have fabric.
0:47:11 > 0:47:13The golden age had begun.
0:47:18 > 0:47:21Cliff has started to feel unwell.
0:47:21 > 0:47:22Just can't think any more.
0:47:22 > 0:47:25I'm trying to do something which I've done before.
0:47:25 > 0:47:27He has chosen to stop working on the final challenge
0:47:27 > 0:47:31and he's also decided he will be leaving the Sewing Bee.
0:47:31 > 0:47:34It was such a shame that Cliff wasn't well enough to carry on
0:47:34 > 0:47:36because he was such good fun.
0:47:36 > 0:47:38I'd really have liked to have seen what he made.
0:47:38 > 0:47:41So he'll be missed, very sorely missed.
0:47:41 > 0:47:43I know it's a competition, but nevertheless,
0:47:43 > 0:47:45we all want each other to succeed as well.
0:47:53 > 0:47:56You've got 30 minutes left.
0:47:58 > 0:48:01By placing the loosely constructed nightgowns on their models,
0:48:01 > 0:48:06the sewers can identify which seams need to be altered
0:48:06 > 0:48:08to make it fit perfectly.
0:48:08 > 0:48:11At the moment, I'm just finding a line down this seam
0:48:11 > 0:48:12to bring it in a little on the waist.
0:48:12 > 0:48:15Not too much obviously, because my model needs to get out.
0:48:15 > 0:48:20- And you have to bear in mind when this is going to be worn, yes?- Yes.
0:48:21 > 0:48:25That back's lovely. I love that. It fits you lovely over hips.
0:48:25 > 0:48:26Get in!
0:48:27 > 0:48:30You have 15 minutes left.
0:48:30 > 0:48:33I'm not going to finish my dress, I know that for a fact.
0:48:33 > 0:48:36I need to get the hem done.
0:48:36 > 0:48:37I need to do the back seam.
0:48:37 > 0:48:39I need to get a shifty in.
0:48:39 > 0:48:42It doesn't fit the model and I'm running out of time.
0:48:42 > 0:48:46It fits the model, I'm way ahead of schedule.
0:48:46 > 0:48:49I've got the hem to do, with a rolled hem.
0:48:49 > 0:48:51You can't rush silk, otherwise you ruin it.
0:48:51 > 0:48:56I haven't even bothered pinning, I'm just stitching in desperation.
0:48:56 > 0:49:00- Thank you, David. Practically married.- Indeed.
0:49:00 > 0:49:03I doubt very much I'll be scoring very highly.
0:49:03 > 0:49:06I don't know how much time we've got left, to be honest.
0:49:06 > 0:49:08Five minutes.
0:49:08 > 0:49:10I'm going to need every minute.
0:49:12 > 0:49:14Stress, stress, stress. This is literally the last bit.
0:49:14 > 0:49:17I'm not going to have time to put the trim on the bottom.
0:49:21 > 0:49:24I love diamantes. I put diamantes on everything!
0:49:24 > 0:49:25I've always got diamantes somewhere.
0:49:25 > 0:49:28You don't get these in Marks & Spencer, you know.
0:49:28 > 0:49:29Oh, Jesus, just help me.
0:49:29 > 0:49:32I'm going to hand-sew while it's on you.
0:49:33 > 0:49:36Pop that over your head for me. Put it on.
0:49:39 > 0:49:41This is just so shoddy.
0:49:48 > 0:49:50I can't get the thread off.
0:49:50 > 0:49:53I think I would probably do that a little bit differently next time.
0:49:53 > 0:49:54Come on.
0:49:56 > 0:50:01OK, that's it. Please step away from your models.
0:50:01 > 0:50:03Don't turn around. It's finished, don't turn around.
0:50:03 > 0:50:05I'm not turning round.
0:50:05 > 0:50:07Finished!
0:50:07 > 0:50:10Look! Turn round. It's finished(!)
0:50:11 > 0:50:15# In the cool, cool, cool of the evening
0:50:15 > 0:50:17# Tell them I'll be there... #
0:50:19 > 0:50:22Each silk nightgown was made to measure in just five hours
0:50:22 > 0:50:25and will now be judged by May and Patrick.
0:50:27 > 0:50:30My first impression is that this looks great.
0:50:30 > 0:50:31It isn't quite finished,
0:50:31 > 0:50:35but this crepe de chine is a much lighter, more fluid fabric
0:50:35 > 0:50:38and that's why we're getting this lovely movement.
0:50:38 > 0:50:41I love the way that the shaping fits underneath the bust
0:50:41 > 0:50:44and the way in which you've hand-sewn the lace.
0:50:44 > 0:50:47Absolutely beautiful. The sort of nightie I'd like to wear.
0:50:47 > 0:50:50- It's the sort of nightie - I- might like to wear.
0:50:50 > 0:50:52Come for a measurement.
0:50:53 > 0:50:55It looks a little stiff.
0:50:55 > 0:50:57It hasn't got that soft drape
0:50:57 > 0:51:01that we would really want from a piece of lingerie.
0:51:01 > 0:51:04In terms of balance and line, it looks good.
0:51:04 > 0:51:06But it fits more like a dress might fit
0:51:06 > 0:51:09rather than a piece of nightwear.
0:51:09 > 0:51:11Fundamentally, you've just got the wrong fabric.
0:51:17 > 0:51:22You have got masses of panels in your skirt. Lots of seams.
0:51:22 > 0:51:26I think I gave myself too much to do in the time.
0:51:26 > 0:51:27I notice you haven't finished.
0:51:31 > 0:51:36The centre line is not running down the centre of the body.
0:51:36 > 0:51:37This little diamond section
0:51:37 > 0:51:41that should be sitting neatly in the centre of the diaphragm
0:51:41 > 0:51:42is just off and up a little bit.
0:51:42 > 0:51:46And the lace could really do with some more anchoring.
0:51:46 > 0:51:48It's trying to detach itself.
0:51:54 > 0:51:58The fit around the bust is verging on the slightly indecent.
0:51:58 > 0:52:00It's sitting pretty level
0:52:00 > 0:52:03despite the lack of a hem at the bottom there.
0:52:03 > 0:52:07Although the cups aren't sitting completely, hugging the bust,
0:52:07 > 0:52:09your lace is nice and flat.
0:52:09 > 0:52:12I think because you handled it so much,
0:52:12 > 0:52:13they're just stretched out a bit.
0:52:23 > 0:52:24The first thing I noticed,
0:52:24 > 0:52:27which is competently different to anything anybody else has done,
0:52:27 > 0:52:29we've got this wonderful rolled hem
0:52:29 > 0:52:34that's been stretched as you work it to give this lovely fluted effect.
0:52:34 > 0:52:37I love the pattern-matching down the side, that's really good.
0:52:37 > 0:52:39And the way you've graded it down at the back as well
0:52:39 > 0:52:41so you have got a narrower back.
0:52:41 > 0:52:44The flow of the garment is really very, very nice indeed.
0:52:44 > 0:52:47The diamante, you've carefully thought about where it's placed
0:52:47 > 0:52:50within the lace, which is a nice detail too.
0:52:55 > 0:52:58It's not sitting around the body, it's bagging.
0:52:58 > 0:53:01I'm not sure about the way you've attached the skirt to the bodice
0:53:01 > 0:53:03because it's just got lots of puckers in it.
0:53:03 > 0:53:06There isn't a really good system going on there.
0:53:06 > 0:53:09It's silk so it needs to be gathered in a way that's precise.
0:53:17 > 0:53:18It really is pretty good.
0:53:18 > 0:53:22You've got a little bit of a fit issue here
0:53:22 > 0:53:24and it's just a bit long through the side there,
0:53:24 > 0:53:26so it's wrinkling a little bit.
0:53:26 > 0:53:28But you did all of this without a pattern.
0:53:28 > 0:53:31I'm very, very impressed.
0:53:31 > 0:53:34The fit at the back is absolutely terrific.
0:53:34 > 0:53:38It does assist you, though, because by the way you've laced the back up,
0:53:38 > 0:53:41you could fit it to suit the person. Quite a clever technique.
0:53:41 > 0:53:42Some really, really lovely work.
0:53:42 > 0:53:45However, we've got some pins in the back
0:53:45 > 0:53:47and we've got a hem that isn't finished.
0:53:57 > 0:54:00I think you've done a really good job on this.
0:54:00 > 0:54:02Looking at the fit of it,
0:54:02 > 0:54:05there's very little, really, that I can find to criticise about it.
0:54:05 > 0:54:08The position of the bodice is very good.
0:54:08 > 0:54:12The little V comes right into the centre of her back
0:54:12 > 0:54:14and this back seam runs very straight.
0:54:14 > 0:54:19You've also got shaping across the bust which sits in the right place.
0:54:19 > 0:54:24And you've actually mitred out the corners at the tops of the cups.
0:54:24 > 0:54:26When it came to this challenge,
0:54:26 > 0:54:29I thought you'd be really good at time management
0:54:29 > 0:54:32- and I think you've proved me right. Well done.- Thank you.
0:54:32 > 0:54:34Well done. Thank you very much, David.
0:54:34 > 0:54:37Thank you, that was incredibly hard.
0:54:37 > 0:54:39Please go off and have a relax
0:54:39 > 0:54:43cos now the judges have to decide who will be leaving the Sewing Bee.
0:54:45 > 0:54:49We're all a bit nervous now waiting for the judges' decision.
0:54:49 > 0:54:54We've all bonded together great and I don't want to say ta-ra to anybody.
0:54:54 > 0:54:57The judges' comments today made me beam from ear to ear,
0:54:57 > 0:55:01especially after yesterday's. I'll be chuffed to bits if I stay in.
0:55:01 > 0:55:03Confidence is middling at the moment.
0:55:03 > 0:55:06I don't want to think about it. I really think I'm going home.
0:55:06 > 0:55:09There are two or three people that are not safe at all.
0:55:09 > 0:55:13- Simon, we've got some awful hemming there.- This is very untidy.
0:55:13 > 0:55:16- You loved his skirt in the second challenge.- Absolutely, yes.
0:55:16 > 0:55:19But his nightdress was just awful.
0:55:19 > 0:55:24First thing this morning, David didn't impress us a great deal.
0:55:24 > 0:55:26He definitely redeemed himself.
0:55:26 > 0:55:27If I was to pick one other person
0:55:27 > 0:55:30who might be looking a bit shaky at this point,
0:55:30 > 0:55:31it would probably be Jenni.
0:55:31 > 0:55:34The fit wasn't good, the pleating was all over the place,
0:55:34 > 0:55:37she'd stretched the neck and arm holes, they weren't sitting closely.
0:55:37 > 0:55:40Has Jenni's nightdress meant that you don't want to see her sew again?
0:55:40 > 0:55:43I think we'll have to discuss it and make our mind up.
0:55:50 > 0:55:53Huge congratulations for your first week.
0:55:53 > 0:55:55You all did absolutely brilliantly.
0:55:55 > 0:55:58Patrick is going to reveal the garment of the week
0:55:58 > 0:56:00but wanted to say something first.
0:56:00 > 0:56:03We just wanted to make special commendation to David.
0:56:03 > 0:56:06Because we found it very difficult to choose a winner this week.
0:56:06 > 0:56:08It could've been you, but sadly it isn't.
0:56:08 > 0:56:12Our garment of the week this week...is this one.
0:56:18 > 0:56:22It was finished and you matched the seams beautifully.
0:56:22 > 0:56:25There were some really nice touches, well done.
0:56:25 > 0:56:27Now here comes the bad news.
0:56:27 > 0:56:32The person leaving the Great British Sewing Bee this week is...
0:56:39 > 0:56:40..nobody!
0:56:40 > 0:56:42CHEERING
0:56:42 > 0:56:44LAUGHTER
0:56:49 > 0:56:52The judges didn't want to lose anybody else.
0:56:52 > 0:56:55They believe you all have something more to offer.
0:56:55 > 0:56:57I'm so sorry, did I make you cry?
0:56:58 > 0:57:01I'm so sorry. But we'll see you next week.
0:57:01 > 0:57:06Huge congratulations and very well done to you, Julie. Well done.
0:57:06 > 0:57:10I'm really pleased that everybody's staying in the competition.
0:57:10 > 0:57:13I think we've got a fantastic group of contestants.
0:57:13 > 0:57:17I think Julie getting best garment of the week is a demonstration
0:57:17 > 0:57:22of how people can change their positioning on every challenge.
0:57:22 > 0:57:25I think keeping all the sewers is the fair result.
0:57:25 > 0:57:26The challenges will get harder,
0:57:26 > 0:57:28the techniques will become more demanding.
0:57:28 > 0:57:32The point of all of this is to find Britain's best amateur sewer.
0:57:32 > 0:57:36I can't really believed what's just happened but I think my face says how I feel right now!
0:57:36 > 0:57:38Almost winning, coming second was brilliant.
0:57:38 > 0:57:41I'm still here! I really can't believe I'm still here.
0:57:41 > 0:57:42I'm going to burst into tears AGAIN.
0:57:42 > 0:57:47I can't have this much liquid in me, surely! But tears of joy.
0:57:47 > 0:57:49Although, we'll have to go through all that tension again.
0:57:49 > 0:57:51I don't think my heart can take it.
0:57:51 > 0:57:54At the next Sewing Bee...
0:57:54 > 0:57:55I have a hem, I have a hem.
0:57:55 > 0:57:58..the sewers take on patterned fabric...
0:57:58 > 0:58:01Those elephants all go that way and those elephants go that way. Sorted.
0:58:01 > 0:58:04..making box-pleated skirts.
0:58:04 > 0:58:06Mmm...which way shall I make it?
0:58:06 > 0:58:10The alteration challenge is twice as hard.
0:58:10 > 0:58:11I'm enjoying ripping this up.
0:58:11 > 0:58:13And made-to-measure...
0:58:13 > 0:58:16Right, Mark, if you'd like to take your kit off.
0:58:16 > 0:58:18..men's pyjamas.
0:58:18 > 0:58:19I love saying that.
0:58:19 > 0:58:22But who will create the best garment of the week?
0:58:22 > 0:58:24Show me your impressed face.
0:58:24 > 0:58:27And who will be asked to leave the Sewing Bee?
0:58:27 > 0:58:28This is guerrilla sewing.
0:58:28 > 0:58:30Happy with that!
0:58:32 > 0:58:34Patrick had my jamas on.
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