0:00:02 > 0:00:05We are halfway through way through our search for Britain's best amateur sewers.
0:00:05 > 0:00:08So far, we've had dresses that wrap, leggings that sag
0:00:08 > 0:00:11and leotards for tap dancing babies -
0:00:11 > 0:00:13you can't say we haven't covered everything.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16'In the last Sewing Bee...'
0:00:16 > 0:00:21Do I wear leggings? No, will I ever wear leggings? No.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24'Chinelo won garment of the week for the first time.'
0:00:24 > 0:00:26I'm very shocked.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28'Jennie struggled with stretch...'
0:00:28 > 0:00:29SHE STIFLES A SCREAM
0:00:29 > 0:00:33'But it was Julie who had to leave the sewing room.'
0:00:33 > 0:00:34THEY LAUGH
0:00:36 > 0:00:38'This week, the sewers tackle kids' clothes.'
0:00:38 > 0:00:40- So how does this work then? - That's it.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42This is why I need kids now.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44'It's the fiddliest pattern yet.'
0:00:44 > 0:00:45It's tiny.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47'The alterations get more fancy...'
0:00:47 > 0:00:49- What have you got? - Never you mind.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52'And whilst the sewers know what prom dresses they're making...'
0:00:52 > 0:00:54That's not an easy sew.
0:00:54 > 0:00:55'The biggest surprise...'
0:00:55 > 0:00:56Let's bring them in
0:00:56 > 0:01:00- '..is their models.' - LAUGHTER AND GIGGLES
0:01:00 > 0:01:02- Gin?- I need a Valium.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31The sewers have reached the halfway point in the Sewing Bee.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33# Every morning, every evening
0:01:33 > 0:01:35# Ain't we got fun?
0:01:35 > 0:01:37I am excited to get back to my sewing table.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39I never leave my table, actually. SHE GIGGLES
0:01:39 > 0:01:42I'm sewing here or at home so I'm excited to get back here.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44I think you're only as good as your last garment
0:01:44 > 0:01:47and last week I had a particularly poor week.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50I have no idea what Patrick and May have in store for us this week.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53Hopefully it will be cowboy-themed. I'm already halfway there.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55- Oh, wow.- Uh-oh.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57Every week they introduce something else,
0:01:57 > 0:01:59I've come to the limits of my knowledge.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01I don't like the small child.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04I'm going to be much stricter with myself, pay attention more
0:02:04 > 0:02:07and stop talking. SHE LAUGHS
0:02:07 > 0:02:11- I'm nervously confident or confidentially nervous - either or. - SHE LAUGHS
0:02:11 > 0:02:13- Hello.- ALL: Hello.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17Now, as you'll have noticed, there are quite eerie children's
0:02:17 > 0:02:21- mannequins on your sewing stations. - Very creepy.
0:02:21 > 0:02:25That's because this week the judges want to see how you cope
0:02:25 > 0:02:27making children's clothes.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30The first challenge, as always, is about following a pattern.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32What have you got for them, May?
0:02:32 > 0:02:37This week, we'd like you to make some dungarees for a toddler.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41You have three hours, your time starts now.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43We're going.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47To make successful dungarees, the sewers should chose a hardwearing,
0:02:47 > 0:02:51firm fabric like a cotton drill or corduroy from the haberdashery.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53That's lovely. Jenni, I want to share that with you.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56- You sharing the blue corduroy? - Yeah. It's beautiful.
0:02:56 > 0:02:57# Corduroy. #
0:02:57 > 0:02:59OK, Patrick and May, why children's clothes?
0:02:59 > 0:03:02Fundamentally, children's clothes need to be robust -
0:03:02 > 0:03:03heavy fabrics, hefty seams.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06These clothes have to go through the rough and tumble
0:03:06 > 0:03:09of kid's lives and go through the washing machine 20 times a week.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12Talk me through these dungarees, what you want to see.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15We've got lots of surface stitching, we've got double rows of
0:03:15 > 0:03:18top stitching here. And that has to be beautifully straight.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20You've got more top stitching here.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22Much more stitching in this garment, simply because you need
0:03:22 > 0:03:24the strength in the rows of stitching.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27The other thing they need to do on this garment are
0:03:27 > 0:03:30some different fastening, so we've got snap-fastenings on the side,
0:03:30 > 0:03:32which they'll have to insert correctly and align properly.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36And dungaree clips, which they may not have had experience of working with before.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38Thank you very much. Thank you.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41I've gone for a needle cord and it's got little piggies on,
0:03:41 > 0:03:43which I thought was rather cute.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47Their first task is to carefully pin the small pattern pieces.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49It's tiny.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53The pattern requires nine pieces of fabric, four for the legs,
0:03:53 > 0:03:55two for the bib, two more for the straps
0:03:55 > 0:03:57and one more for the waistband.
0:03:57 > 0:04:01The front of the legs, waistband and bib are sewn together.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04The back of the legs are sewn to the straps and then the front
0:04:04 > 0:04:08and back sections are sewn together. Dungaree clips are then added to the
0:04:08 > 0:04:11straps and bib and snap fasteners to the side seams.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13Now, you've got twin boys who are four,
0:04:13 > 0:04:16you must be constantly making dungarees for them.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18No, just repairing.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20David is not the only sewer in the family.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24I love sewing with my daughter, we make those little bags together
0:04:24 > 0:04:27that go with her dresses. And my boys, there's no so sort of,
0:04:27 > 0:04:29"That's a girly thing, you shouldn't be doing that."
0:04:29 > 0:04:31It's just, "Oh, it's what my dad does."
0:04:31 > 0:04:32I don't make clothes for them cos I spend
0:04:32 > 0:04:35so much time looking after them, stopping them from killing
0:04:35 > 0:04:41each other and the local wildlife, you don't have time to make clothes.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44Me and Kurt are really looking forward to having kids just
0:04:44 > 0:04:48so I can make them dungarees, so I'm getting some practice in.
0:04:48 > 0:04:49Jenni doesn't have kids yet,
0:04:49 > 0:04:53but she does have someone special she sews for.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55I've made a dog coat for my dog, Renton.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58He's got a bald belly so you've got to keep him warm in the winter.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00He's my number one fan, obviously.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04I've made sure that I'm pinning my fabric all in the same direction,
0:05:04 > 0:05:07otherwise you're going to get shadows and things you don't want.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10It's really important to get the nap right.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13- Me and Jenni are using the same one. - Oh, yeah.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15CHINELO LAUGHS She stopped it first though.
0:05:15 > 0:05:16You've got good taste.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21One sewer has decided to cut out two different fabrics.
0:05:21 > 0:05:25So this is your base fabric, a really good sturdy bit of corduroy,
0:05:25 > 0:05:29- what is this? - I quite like to decorate dungarees
0:05:29 > 0:05:32so I'm making strips for my bias binding.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34Given that we've under time pressure, why would you do
0:05:34 > 0:05:36this at the beginning and not at the end?
0:05:36 > 0:05:39It's better to do the fiddly bits first
0:05:39 > 0:05:43cos by the end of the challenge, my hands are shaking so badly.
0:05:43 > 0:05:48Tamara is mum to nine-year-old Lily and six-year-old Charlie.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51At the moment, he's quite into his Ninja Turtles so he wants me
0:05:51 > 0:05:56to make him a little shell for his back. And with Lilly, she's
0:05:56 > 0:05:59often asked me to help her make dresses for her Sindy dolls.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03And we'd literally be wrapping fabric around it and tying it with a bow.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06Because I'm adding a little bit of colour to the seams,
0:06:06 > 0:06:08I'm just re-reading the pattern
0:06:08 > 0:06:12and making sure that what I want to do is actually physically possible.
0:06:13 > 0:06:18I've sewn the front trousers together and I'm just going to top stitch now.
0:06:18 > 0:06:22This is the first time the sewers have been required
0:06:22 > 0:06:24to topstitch every single seam.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26Err, OK.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30It's a visible stitch, so it needs to be perfectly straight.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33I'm just putting the bib onto the bottom parts,
0:06:33 > 0:06:36so there you have the front of the trousers and this will be the bib.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39I'd like to do all my top stitching in this slightly thicker thread so
0:06:39 > 0:06:45it's a construction question. I'll give it a go, going down.
0:06:46 > 0:06:50I think the first thing I sewed for my younger daughter was,
0:06:50 > 0:06:54I was going to my sister's wedding and I cut up my own wedding dress
0:06:54 > 0:06:57and made a little suit for her and she was only six months old.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00I'm really experienced at making children's clothes,
0:07:00 > 0:07:03that's how I got back into sewing after I'd done sewing at school.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05So I'm definitely in my comfort zone.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09Once the front of the dungarees is constructed...
0:07:09 > 0:07:11It says press the seams open at the front.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14The sewers need to complete the finish on the waistband.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18I'm just making sure that all my pieces are sorted out
0:07:18 > 0:07:21because when I turn this over, I want to make sure that
0:07:21 > 0:07:25everything is going to be tucked in to the waist band nice and neat.
0:07:25 > 0:07:26I've gone for camouflage.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30I see quite a lot of this at home - familiar territory.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33Heather's husband is a lieutenant colonel in the Royal Medical Corps.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36He keeps asking me to make stuff for him.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38I haven't got round to it yet, but I will do.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42He's quite tall and the shirts are so big you could hang-glide in them.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44I mean, it's like masses of fabric.
0:07:46 > 0:07:47Does he sleep in camo?
0:07:47 > 0:07:50No, but he brings me a cup of tea when he's fully dressed.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52- Does he, does he?- In camo. Yeah.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55Does he? Does he stand straight and everything?
0:07:55 > 0:07:56No, he goes, "I'm really tired.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59"I'd really like to get back into bed, actually."
0:07:59 > 0:08:01But he's wearing camo and he's brought you tea,
0:08:01 > 0:08:02so quite frankly, it's win-win.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05- It's win-win. - It's better than what I'm getting.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07# Love me in the day time
0:08:07 > 0:08:09# Love me in the night-time... #
0:08:09 > 0:08:12One hour has gone, sewers, you have two hours left.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15The time is worrying me.
0:08:15 > 0:08:16Lynda, read your pattern.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19I'm reading my pattern, don't worry.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22The next stage requires a technique that is unfamiliar to some.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25Snap felt seams are the only way forward
0:08:25 > 0:08:27because they don't tear, which is what it's about.
0:08:27 > 0:08:31The dungaree straps must be attached to the back leg sections
0:08:31 > 0:08:33using a flat-fell seam.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37These are what you usually have on jeans. I've never done one before.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40What we've done is, I've joined these two pieces of fabric together
0:08:40 > 0:08:44so that the wrong side is on the back and I've got the right side here.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46- OK.- I've ironed them
0:08:46 > 0:08:48so that they are both pressed in the same direction.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50And then you take the top layer back
0:08:50 > 0:08:53and you trim the underneath layer away.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56It feels so weird cos this is the right side. Normally...
0:08:56 > 0:09:01It is. Absolutely. And then we turn under the edge
0:09:01 > 0:09:03so it's beautifully flat.
0:09:04 > 0:09:09- So we now put it underneath the sewing machine.- Right at the edge.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12So you get this beautiful double stitch seam.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15And that's a flat-felled seam, that is dead flat.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19I've finished the one, which I'm really pleased with.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21I'm just about to do the second.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23It's a bit tricky with the thicker material,
0:09:23 > 0:09:25cos it gets a bit bulky.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28You don't want a massive about of bulk in the seams cos
0:09:28 > 0:09:30they're only little, tiny people.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33And what feels like a like a little bit of a stiff seam to us
0:09:33 > 0:09:36is probably going to rub and be quite uncomfortable.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39I'm just adding a little bit of colour to the seams.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43They are looking all right.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46All right. I'm hoping all right's going to be good enough.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49Lynda's halfway through, her first ever flat-felled seam.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52I thought the flat-fell seam went that way.
0:09:52 > 0:09:53But looking, it comes down.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55But she's sewn it pointing upwards
0:09:55 > 0:09:58rather than downwards as the pattern demands.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00So I'm going to undo the whole seam because that's something
0:10:00 > 0:10:03the judges will definitely pick up on.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05- Pink and purple, was it?- Yeah.- OK.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09I think it's really important to teach my grandchildren to sew.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11It's a very important life-skill.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15And everything is so much better when you've put love into something
0:10:15 > 0:10:17you've made than buying it, in my opinion.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21I made dungarees for my girls, years and years ago.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23I didn't have much money
0:10:23 > 0:10:25so sewing was a great way of clothing the children.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30The seam I've just done is ever so slightly bigger than it should be,
0:10:30 > 0:10:32so I've just done it again.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35If this goes wrong, it could mess up the fit of the clothes.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37So I'm just making sure that it's all perfect.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39Oh, that's nice.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41Yeah, but I've made a couple of mistakes
0:10:41 > 0:10:43so I need to take out some stitches now.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46Chinelo lives with very own quality controller - her husband Tunde.
0:10:48 > 0:10:49Careful, careful.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51He is like my biggest fan.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54He is my biggest critic as well, cos he picks at everything I make.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57But it's not symmetrical, if you look at this bit...
0:10:57 > 0:10:59But he is my biggest supporter.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01I couldn't ask for better, to be honest.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04Do you want me to do it for you whilst you do something else?
0:11:04 > 0:11:05No, thanks.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07I think it's such a simple garment.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09The beauty of it is in those little details.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12And I think the judges will be looking at those little details.
0:11:12 > 0:11:17Sewers, you have one hour and 20 minutes left.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21I'm just doing the rolled hems on my straps.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23I've just slightly cut those
0:11:23 > 0:11:25so it falls a little bit neater on the back.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27How fiddly is this? Right, next step.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30Each dungaree strap should be finished with
0:11:30 > 0:11:32two parallel rows of topstitching.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36It's very difficult to keep it straight when you go over the bumps.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39These are horrend...er, not nice.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41These are horrendous, you were about to say.
0:11:41 > 0:11:42Well I didn't want to be too dramatic.
0:11:42 > 0:11:46The danger of a contrasting top stitch is that everything shows.
0:11:47 > 0:11:48Yeah.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51I need to sew this part of the pattern up,
0:11:51 > 0:11:55so I need right sides together like so.
0:11:55 > 0:11:59I need all of this to match up. I'm just going to be sewing there.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04When joining the back pieces together, the curved top edge
0:12:04 > 0:12:07must line up exactly. As should the two flat felled seams.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11I'm just taking it slowly.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13Because they've been double topstitched
0:12:13 > 0:12:16any errors will be twice as obvious.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18Bob's your uncle. No.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22It's only slightly out by a couple of mm,
0:12:22 > 0:12:24but it's really lovely matched here.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27This is ever so slightly off, but it's done and
0:12:27 > 0:12:29I can't do about it now, so I'll just stick with it like that.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32What I'm going to do is unpick that section and re-stitch it.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34I want to come first today.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37I really, really, really am enjoying this challenge.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40The seams aren't perfectly lined up.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44May and Patrick would pick up on that straightaway so it's coming out.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47- Go on.- Do you want a go?- Yes!
0:12:47 > 0:12:50If you break the material, Claudia, I'm going to find it very
0:12:50 > 0:12:52difficult to forgive you.
0:12:52 > 0:12:53CLAUDIA LAUGHS
0:12:56 > 0:12:59Dungarees for children became popular in the 1970s -
0:12:59 > 0:13:03but children's fashion is a relatively new phenomenon.
0:13:03 > 0:13:08One of the first big trends was kick-started nearly 170 years ago
0:13:08 > 0:13:11when a young prince stepped out onto the deck of the Royal Yacht.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15During a family holiday, all eyes were on Queen Victoria's
0:13:15 > 0:13:18four-year-old son Prince Albert who was dressed
0:13:18 > 0:13:23head to toe in a scaled-down version of a low ranking sailor's uniform.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25The original suit is kept in storage
0:13:25 > 0:13:28at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33This is it - this is Prince Albert's outfit.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35This is the sailor suit
0:13:35 > 0:13:38that launched the fashion for children wearing them.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42It was made by the man who made the sailor uniforms for sailors
0:13:42 > 0:13:47on the Royal Yacht, so it's exactly what they were wearing in 1846.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49There are a few little personal quirks to it,
0:13:49 > 0:13:50which are really lovely.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53If you see these little stripes here and here,
0:13:53 > 0:13:56sailors on the Yacht would only have one stripe and that
0:13:56 > 0:14:00would indicate that they were either on the port or starboard watch.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03For Bertie, what they had done was to have both stripes put on
0:14:03 > 0:14:05so he's not showing any favouritism.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08And then if you open this up, you've got this little fob pocket.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10He's not putting his pocket watch in,
0:14:10 > 0:14:13but probably his sweets and his little bits and pieces.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15What was the queen trying to show by putting him in this?
0:14:15 > 0:14:18It's quite a humble association because she's going with the
0:14:18 > 0:14:20common sailor and not with an officer,
0:14:20 > 0:14:22which people found really charming.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25That the Royal Family is associating themselves with Jack Tar
0:14:25 > 0:14:30who's seen as this honest, loyal and patriotic character.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34The trend did take a while to take off but it did become
0:14:34 > 0:14:37one of the most popular children's outfits of the 19th century.
0:14:37 > 0:14:41And, in fact, Bertie had his own five children photographed
0:14:41 > 0:14:44wearing sailor suits in 1875.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47And that's when the outfit's popularity soared.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50Until then, children would wear miniature versions of what their
0:14:50 > 0:14:54parents wore, which were dictated by class and status.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57But the sailor suit was a democratic little outfit
0:14:57 > 0:14:59that was worn by every class of child.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03It was robust too - made from canvas or wool serge.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06Seaside holidays were massively popular,
0:15:06 > 0:15:11but saltwater and the wet sand is going to wreck your clothes.
0:15:11 > 0:15:16So families wanted something that the kids could wear that
0:15:16 > 0:15:21wouldn't get ruined. And sailor suits fitted that bill.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23Sailor suits weren't just for the holidays -
0:15:23 > 0:15:26soon they were being worn on a daily basis.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29Tailors all made them, but by the 1870s
0:15:29 > 0:15:32they were being mass-produced in factories.
0:15:32 > 0:15:36The great thing about the sailor suit is it's really simple to make.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39They'd cut out the basic garment pieces and then they'd make
0:15:39 > 0:15:42it in different fabrics, they'd make it in different colours.
0:15:42 > 0:15:46A catalogue like this from 1897...
0:15:46 > 0:15:48You've got one with short trousers,
0:15:48 > 0:15:51one with long trousers in dark blue wool.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54This one in the middle, which is a bit more formal.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57And then for Sunday best you've got velvet sailor suits.
0:15:57 > 0:16:02And, of course, it does cost more. This one starts at five shillings
0:16:02 > 0:16:07and the velvet one starts at ten shillings.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10So, basically, the UK was wearing a sailor suit?
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Absolutely. If you went to a primary school
0:16:12 > 0:16:18anywhere in Britain, nine out of ten boys would be wearing a sailor suit.
0:16:25 > 0:16:30I am pinning the back of my dungarees to the front of my
0:16:30 > 0:16:33dungarees and I'm about to sew down the side seams.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36Once the dungarees are fully constructed and hemmed...
0:16:36 > 0:16:38Where have you got to, Dave?
0:16:38 > 0:16:40The front and back have been sewn on.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43- This is divine.- Thank you. - I'm coming off the pill.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45TAMARA LAUGHS
0:16:45 > 0:16:48The sewers need to add the fasteners.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50So how does this work then?
0:16:50 > 0:16:52- That's it. - This is why I need kids now.
0:16:52 > 0:16:56'First, each strap must be fitted with a dungaree clip.'
0:16:56 > 0:16:59I'm just trying to work out how it works.
0:17:01 > 0:17:05So that button goes snap on top and then that hooks over.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08The sewers need to be sure that as they position
0:17:08 > 0:17:09the button and fastener.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11That's how it's going to be.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13The dungarees will fit the mannequin when the strap
0:17:13 > 0:17:15and the bib are joined.
0:17:17 > 0:17:2118 minutes. Dix-huit for those of you who have been to France.
0:17:23 > 0:17:24He's lost his head.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27Is that right? No, it's wrong. My God.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30I'm no parenting expert...
0:17:30 > 0:17:31CHINELO LAUGHS
0:17:31 > 0:17:33That should not happen.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36Hello...what? Yeah, OK. It wants its body back.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38I'm just trying to make you laugh,
0:17:38 > 0:17:40which is unfair cos you don't have long.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43- I feel like crying now, actually. - Don't cry. What?
0:17:43 > 0:17:45He doesn't want you to cry.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49I just thought of something.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51These are the top ones, they should be up there.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54SHE SIGHS
0:17:54 > 0:17:58I hope they come off. Silly me.
0:17:58 > 0:17:59SHE GROANS
0:17:59 > 0:18:04So, I've finished that.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08My hands have started shaking again cos we're running out of time.
0:18:08 > 0:18:09I can't get it off.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13I'm going to go for my hero.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18Uh-uh, don't do that.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20HE SIGHS
0:18:20 > 0:18:22Come on, Dave, you can do it.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25- Yes! No.- No.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31Oh! Do you know what, I love you.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37Ten minutes left on the toddler dungaree challenge.
0:18:37 > 0:18:42The side seams should be closed by using child-friendly snap fasteners.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45- That must be B.- You sure?- No.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48Interlocking the disks of metal are attached by using
0:18:48 > 0:18:50a special pair of pliers.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52This is probably where I lose a finger on telly.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55- My reckoning...- Are you sure you've got this the right way?
0:18:55 > 0:18:57No, but I'm willing to take a risk.
0:18:57 > 0:19:02I'm still having trouble. I'm just really stupid. I can't do it.
0:19:02 > 0:19:03SHE LAUGHS
0:19:03 > 0:19:06I need somebody strong. Is Patrick strong?
0:19:06 > 0:19:08- Get that bit on.- What way?
0:19:08 > 0:19:11- One on these. - SHE GROANS
0:19:11 > 0:19:12Don't worry, don't worry.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16When I'm at home, I use a rubber glove to open a bottle cos
0:19:16 > 0:19:18I can't even open a bottle.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20Here you go, David, I'm absolutely thick as...
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Here, take this. This bit goes in there.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25This bit goes through your hole, then you line that up there.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27And then it goes in there.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29Give it a good squeeze and you end up with that.
0:19:29 > 0:19:30- Cool.- OK?
0:19:30 > 0:19:33- David, you're the hero of the room. - Oh, I don't know about that.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35We're all going to cuddle you in a minute.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38Well that's one done, because the other one is back to front.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41Good team work. That's what I keep telling my kids, it's
0:19:41 > 0:19:44all about the team work. You don't have to fight each other. Please.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48SHE SIGHS
0:19:48 > 0:19:50Everyone, that's five minutes.
0:19:50 > 0:19:51Come here, Fred.
0:19:54 > 0:19:58Thank you. His head just fell off.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00As for this person...
0:20:01 > 0:20:05Chinelo, I really don't want you to have children.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07This is how I dress my kids, Heather.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09Oh, my God. Nightmare.
0:20:09 > 0:20:10HE CHUCKLES
0:20:12 > 0:20:14Oh!
0:20:14 > 0:20:16As you were, Chinelo. Don't panic.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18How do I do this?
0:20:19 > 0:20:21Right, 60 seconds left
0:20:21 > 0:20:23and your dungarees have to be on your mannequins.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26SHE LAUGHS
0:20:26 > 0:20:29LAUGHTER
0:20:29 > 0:20:30Don't come off.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33OK, that's it, end of the challenge.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35Let's get your mannequins and take them
0:20:35 > 0:20:38through to the haberdashery. David, I'm coming to help you.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40# 20 tiny fingers
0:20:40 > 0:20:43# 20 tiny toes... #
0:20:43 > 0:20:46Seven pairs of toddler's dungarees made in just three hours,
0:20:46 > 0:20:50but which ones will impress the judges?
0:20:50 > 0:20:52Jenni, please bring your little creature.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56# ..exactly like his pop, pop, pop... #
0:20:56 > 0:20:59I think, overall, I'd say they look very good.
0:20:59 > 0:21:03I think they hang very well. The bottom hem sits nice and even.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05I really like the double top stitching.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07The same separation throughout,
0:21:07 > 0:21:09all the way round and on the bottom hem.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12I think it looks really effective, especially in this contrast red.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15Really beautifully flat well-executed flat felled seams.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19And also, you've actually matched your seams at the back.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22- Ignoring that fastening... - That's unfortunate.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26- ..then I think, overall, that's a pretty good job.- Thank you.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29- First thing I have to say is that you haven't finished.- Yeah.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32One trouser leg not at all hemmed and the other one looks
0:21:32 > 0:21:37- a little bit like you've sewn it with your feet.- I know...
0:21:37 > 0:21:39You've put this popper on back to front.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43We have a flat felled seam that is really beautifully flat
0:21:43 > 0:21:45and matching on the back.
0:21:51 > 0:21:52Oh, your seam is escaping.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55I undid it once because I wasn't happy.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59Your seam isn't trapped, so your turning isn't turned under enough, so
0:21:59 > 0:22:03you haven't caught it in. So, at the back, you've got seams escaping.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05- Right, right. - You've got no stitching here.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07I didn't realise that was supposed to be done.
0:22:07 > 0:22:11I must not have read the pattern properly. I'm sorry.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13Oops!
0:22:13 > 0:22:15Whoops!
0:22:15 > 0:22:18I had a bit of drama with my poppers.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Some of your topstitching is good.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28- I improved as I went on. - And some of it is a bit wayward.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30The early stuff is wayward.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33I'm a little concerned, I've just found a little hole or
0:22:33 > 0:22:34something in the back of your fell seam.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37You've had neater sews in this competition, I think.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40I think with this challenge, it was all about precision.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43And I don't think you've shown us enough of that on this one.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49We've got two pairs of dungarees both in the same fabric.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51The fabric has been used in a different way -
0:22:51 > 0:22:54the nap goes up one garment and down the other.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56Either is absolutely fine
0:22:56 > 0:23:00- providing the whole garment goes in the same direction.- Yeah.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02They are sitting nicely, they're nice and even.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06Your poppers appear to be well-secured.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08Well-executed flat felled seams, but they don't quite match
0:23:08 > 0:23:11at the bottom of the V at the back, which is a shame.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13- The bottom one was just a bit... - Yeah.
0:23:13 > 0:23:17Also...your stitching here has slipped off the edge of the seam.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26Your seams at the back, your V matches.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28Well done. They are beautifully aligned.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31- The sides are even on this one, aren't they?- Yep.
0:23:31 > 0:23:35The poppers are well positioned, well-anchored. It's very solid.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38Good finishing on the inside as well.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41Your turning under on your machine, on all your hems.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43Good top stitching around the crutch.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46I mean, that looks like a good, solid, robust sew,
0:23:46 > 0:23:48- which is exactly what we were looking for.- Thank you.
0:23:55 > 0:23:59I think it's a nice combination, I'm just not sure the machine's got
0:23:59 > 0:24:02enough guts to go through what's going to be one, two, three, four,
0:24:02 > 0:24:06five layers of fabric. And you've just lost a few stitches there.
0:24:06 > 0:24:10- We've just sadly lost a popper. - Naughty popper.- Naughty popper!
0:24:10 > 0:24:13Your dungaree clips are on back to front.
0:24:13 > 0:24:14It may have been that,
0:24:14 > 0:24:17because you're trying to control this piping,
0:24:17 > 0:24:20your stitching's just run off the edge in the back here.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23I really like the idea of putting this piece of trim in here,
0:24:23 > 0:24:27but I think it's given you a problem that you didn't need to have.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29And the time that it took you to do all of this
0:24:29 > 0:24:31could have been spent ensuring
0:24:31 > 0:24:34that everything else was just that fraction neater.
0:24:36 > 0:24:40Patrick and May will now rank the dungarees from worst to best.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43In seventh place was Cerina.
0:24:43 > 0:24:47The overall tidiness of those seams just wasn't up to standard.
0:24:47 > 0:24:51Sixth place is Lynda. A lot of finishing off didn't happen.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54Tamara is fifth, Heather is fourth.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56In third place...
0:24:59 > 0:25:03Chinelo. It's very difficult to judge between yourself
0:25:03 > 0:25:04and the next one up.
0:25:04 > 0:25:09In second place is...Jenni.
0:25:09 > 0:25:13Some well-executed stitching, a really good effort.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15Thank you so much, I'm really pleased with that.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19And that means that this week's winner is David.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:25:22 > 0:25:24- LYNDA:- Good man!
0:25:25 > 0:25:30Who knew? One for Team Gentleman. Really solid, robust -
0:25:30 > 0:25:33exactly what we were looking for in a pair of kid's dungarees.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35Thank you .
0:25:35 > 0:25:37# Talk about a moon
0:25:37 > 0:25:40# Floating in the sky... #
0:25:40 > 0:25:42Definitely looking forward to telling my wife.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45She's going to go, "Really?!"
0:25:45 > 0:25:4816 stone of hairy-bottomed copper
0:25:48 > 0:25:51and I'm winning a sewing competition.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53Or at least that bit of it anyway.
0:25:53 > 0:25:58I am so pleased! I knew I'd really enjoy that challenge anyway.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01I was completely brooding through the whole of it.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03I am never - for the record -
0:26:03 > 0:26:06ever going to make dungarees for anybody ever again -
0:26:06 > 0:26:07child, adult, whatever.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11Oh, the result was sad, I came last.
0:26:11 > 0:26:15I don't get a gold, silver or bronze medal today.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20So that's how they cope with instructions,
0:26:20 > 0:26:23and now it's time for challenge two - when they don't have any.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28The judges would like you to make a children's outfit
0:26:28 > 0:26:30from the following...
0:26:30 > 0:26:31I have a pillow case.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34GROANS
0:26:34 > 0:26:38You'll be pleased to hear that's not all.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41You also have these two items.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45And what we'd like you to do is make a child's fancy dress outfit.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48- Chinelo, you look horrified. - I am horrified.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51You have an hour and a half. Off you go. Good luck.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56The sewers can use anything they find in the haberdashery,
0:26:56 > 0:27:00but their finished outfit must feature the three items
0:27:00 > 0:27:01they've been given.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04- I haven't got a clue. - Oh, come on, you've got three kids.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06- And they love dressing up. - Come on then.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08You're kidding me, it's red and blue!
0:27:08 > 0:27:10And it must fit their mannequin.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12What have you got?
0:27:12 > 0:27:15- Never you mind! - I love this challenge.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17I think I'm going to do Super Girl.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19So I need some cape material.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22I think I'm going to make a little girl's dress.
0:27:22 > 0:27:26I can't quite recall whatever her name is.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28Over The Rainbow job.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31This might seems like a fairly frivolous challenge,
0:27:31 > 0:27:33but it's actually going to be quite testing for them.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36And it's something that a lot of home sewers will do.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39Everybody has things in their cupboards that they do not use,
0:27:39 > 0:27:40that they could chop up and reinvent.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43They are going to have to come up with a good idea,
0:27:43 > 0:27:46create a pattern, dissemble, reassemble - different materials.
0:27:46 > 0:27:50So actually, it's going to test their technical skills as well.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53Lynda is hoping to transform the old tracksuit
0:27:53 > 0:27:55and pillowcase into the Queen of Hearts.
0:27:55 > 0:27:59I've never made one for my daughter or granddaughter.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01I did tell a lie!
0:28:01 > 0:28:06I made Princess Jasmine for Tash when she was little.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09She's 26 now, so that was quite a while ago.
0:28:09 > 0:28:13I used to be involved with school plays, making costumes,
0:28:13 > 0:28:15- painting scenery. - What are you going to make?
0:28:15 > 0:28:16I'm going to make a pirate outfit.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19Look, there you are. The trousers sorted already.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21And this will become a waistcoat.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23How adorable!
0:28:23 > 0:28:26- And this, I'll make this into a little kind of flouncy shirt.- Yeah.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29I'm making a big meringue-y something.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32Something big and meringue-y, that's what I'm making.
0:28:32 > 0:28:37So it could be either a princess or a ballerina. Or something like that.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40Lots of people, when we announced that that challenge, were like that.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42- And you were like, let me go! - I want to go now!
0:28:42 > 0:28:43What are you making?
0:28:43 > 0:28:45I'm going to make a dinosaur. I'm going to do zigzags,
0:28:45 > 0:28:48- so he has scales on his back, and stuff it.- Nice!
0:28:48 > 0:28:50And I'm going to make a tail.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55I haven't got any thoughts at the moment.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01How do you start with that? Come up with a children's thing...?
0:29:04 > 0:29:06It's the wrong colour for anything.
0:29:07 > 0:29:11Have we got any big black spots on red fabric or anything like that?
0:29:11 > 0:29:14Spots. Spots. Anything for spots? Where's the spots?
0:29:18 > 0:29:20Right, let's make a ladybird.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23Sewers, you have an hour left on this challenge.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26I feel like I'm in work and they've said to me,
0:29:26 > 0:29:29"We're doing a play, can you quickly make something to wear?"
0:29:29 > 0:29:32I just have in my mind that a pirate's waistcoat has little
0:29:32 > 0:29:35black straps across it with gold buttons.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37So I think I'm going to resort to the felt.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40I'm going to use the pillow case to cut out two big D-shapes,
0:29:40 > 0:29:43fill them with a bit of wadding and make wings.
0:29:43 > 0:29:47So that's the spikes. They'll be stuffed, and nice and pointy.
0:29:47 > 0:29:50I'm going to make a little ruffle to go round the neck.
0:29:50 > 0:29:54So once I've done the neck here, I'll line it a little bit with gold
0:29:54 > 0:29:56and then I'm going to do a little orange tutu.
0:29:56 > 0:29:59Any child would want to wear this. Good luck. You'll be fine.
0:29:59 > 0:30:01- Do you need tea?- Oh, God.
0:30:01 > 0:30:02- Gin?- I need a Valium.
0:30:02 > 0:30:03THEY LAUGH
0:30:05 > 0:30:09You're halfway through - you have 45 minutes left on your outfit.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11David, you may begin.
0:30:11 > 0:30:14It's a good job I came first this morning, because
0:30:14 > 0:30:15I'm going to come last in this!
0:30:15 > 0:30:18I've never rushed this much before really, apart from the time when
0:30:18 > 0:30:21my husband asked me to make two canoe suits for him to take
0:30:21 > 0:30:25on his canoeing expedition, and I needed to do them in half an hour.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28- Jenni, have you made fancy dress before?- For myself, yeah!
0:30:28 > 0:30:31- What did you make? - I think the last one was
0:30:31 > 0:30:33a zombie? What about you?
0:30:33 > 0:30:35- Never, ever, ever. - You've not succumbed
0:30:35 > 0:30:37- to a fancy dress night out?- Never.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39Right, I'm taking you out, girl.
0:30:39 > 0:30:43I did go down the pub one New Year's Eve for a fancy dress, but I did
0:30:43 > 0:30:45go as Jane, so I wore three chamois leathers
0:30:45 > 0:30:47and carried a stuffed monkey.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51Not much of a costume. Certainly wasn't when it got wet.
0:30:51 > 0:30:54Ha-ha. That's what I'm after.
0:30:54 > 0:30:55I'm making the pillow case...
0:30:55 > 0:30:58a little sort of flamboyant little shirt
0:30:58 > 0:31:00to go underneath the waistcoat.
0:31:00 > 0:31:02So, with slightly puffy sleeves.
0:31:02 > 0:31:03This is going to be the key.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06Then I'm putting hearts on it.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09Nearly all of the alterations will feature applique...
0:31:09 > 0:31:12Just doing my scales on the front of the jersey.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15..a technique where shapes are cut out of fabric
0:31:15 > 0:31:17and then sewn on to the front of the garment.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20I'm making it for my goddaughter. Her name's Alice.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23The bodice of the dress is the pillow case.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25And I've used the tracksuit to make like a little heart.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27Do ladybugs have eyes?
0:31:27 > 0:31:29Ha!
0:31:29 > 0:31:31They must have eyes, mustn't they? My daughter would say,
0:31:31 > 0:31:34"Just chuck it in the bin, Dad. Not wearing that."
0:31:35 > 0:31:38I'm using some blue binding with my red sleeves.
0:31:38 > 0:31:41If this stitching is not straight, then it's going to look awful.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44I don't like kids' clothes - I don't like kids!
0:31:47 > 0:31:48Ah...!
0:31:48 > 0:31:51Sewers, you have five minutes.
0:31:51 > 0:31:53And those outfits HAVE to be on the mannequins.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03Oh. Oh, OK.
0:32:03 > 0:32:07But I can't get the dress onto the mannequin.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12Actually, I've just let the zip down a bit more. That might help.
0:32:13 > 0:32:15Oh, g...!
0:32:15 > 0:32:17- Nope.- Ha-ha-ha-ha!
0:32:20 > 0:32:23Pity she hasn't got a head.
0:32:23 > 0:32:24I could make a crown!
0:32:28 > 0:32:31It can't go on.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34OK, three, two, one...
0:32:34 > 0:32:36That is it.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40Please bring your mannequins forward, we'll jumble them up,
0:32:40 > 0:32:42and then I'll invite the judges in.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45# Tweedlee, tweedlee, tweedlee dee
0:32:46 > 0:32:50# I'm as happy as can be... #
0:32:50 > 0:32:54Patrick and May will have no idea who's made each fancy dress outfit.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56Bravo, sewers.
0:32:56 > 0:32:59- Wow!- Yep, that is pretty genius.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04I think this one's the Queen of Hearts.
0:33:04 > 0:33:05A lovely little collar here,
0:33:05 > 0:33:08and there's a bit of trim that's holding the collar on.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10The skirt's been gathered onto the bodice.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13- A little net petticoat underneath. - A petticoat!
0:33:13 > 0:33:16- Just to give it a bit more... - Oomph.- ..fullness.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18There's an awful lot going on there.
0:33:21 > 0:33:23So, this is a...
0:33:23 > 0:33:25- Oh, my goodness, on the back... - Ladybird!
0:33:25 > 0:33:28Ah! It feels like there's a bit of padding in there as well.
0:33:28 > 0:33:32Has that been sewn together? No, it's just sitting on the top.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35Some rough applique where the circles have been applied.
0:33:40 > 0:33:42- So, this is a superhero.- So...
0:33:42 > 0:33:46- Who's A?- Don't know. I'm not up-to-date with my superheroes.
0:33:46 > 0:33:50Layers of applique on the front, big net skirt...
0:33:50 > 0:33:53Oh, we've got trim round the arm holes, and some binding.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56So we've got rickrack round the back and a bit a lace round the front.
0:33:56 > 0:33:59- Ha-ha!- Did we run out of rickrack?
0:34:03 > 0:34:07- Again...- Applique. - Applique on the front...
0:34:07 > 0:34:09I mean, this is brilliant.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12Just a wadded row of scales down his back,
0:34:12 > 0:34:14and this brilliant little tail.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16- And we've got some scales on the sleeves as well.- Yeah.
0:34:16 > 0:34:20I mean, it's quite simple, but it's really, really effective, isn't it?
0:34:24 > 0:34:28Our little pirate. So, he's got a waistcoat,
0:34:28 > 0:34:31with little appliques to look like braid.
0:34:31 > 0:34:35- Oh, look! - And a strap-and-button at the back.
0:34:35 > 0:34:37- Yeah!- Is the sash pleated, or is it just...?- Well, I think...
0:34:37 > 0:34:39- Yes, look!- Yeah, it is, yep.
0:34:39 > 0:34:42The pillow case has become a little tunic top,
0:34:42 > 0:34:45- with gathered, elasticated sleeves. - ..sleeves.- This is quite brilliant.
0:34:50 > 0:34:53We've got our Sugar Plum Fairy -
0:34:53 > 0:34:55not quite on the mannequin.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57A little cat sleeve with a bound edge.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00That one is absolutely beautiful, but it doesn't fit
0:35:00 > 0:35:02the little chap, or... the little girl!
0:35:02 > 0:35:05- Could be a little chap. - It could be a little chap, yes!
0:35:10 > 0:35:14I'm not really sure what we call this little creation.
0:35:14 > 0:35:17- I think it's a princess.- Some sort of princess. Do you have insight
0:35:17 > 0:35:18- into this, Winkleman?- I do.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21- I think it's an autumnal flower fairy.- Oh, OK!- Oh, right!
0:35:21 > 0:35:22Meets princess.
0:35:22 > 0:35:26I think this is probably an autumnal flower fairy meets princess.
0:35:26 > 0:35:27Oh!
0:35:27 > 0:35:30We've got our pillow case, which has been gathered in with a piece of gold
0:35:30 > 0:35:32- and a bit of...- What have we done on the edge here?
0:35:32 > 0:35:36Just a bit of zigzagging. And we've got a bit of binding round the neck,
0:35:36 > 0:35:38and this wonderful gold layer to the cape.
0:35:38 > 0:35:41No autumnal flower fairy/princess should go out
0:35:41 > 0:35:43- without a gold cape.- Absolutely!
0:35:45 > 0:35:48May and Patrick will now attempt to rank the outfits
0:35:48 > 0:35:51in order of creativity and technical execution.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56- There we are. - I think we'll stop there.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00Would the creator of number seven come and take
0:36:00 > 0:36:04this beautiful swan...ballerina... heart...princess?
0:36:04 > 0:36:06- Chinelo!- Chinelo!- Ha-ha!
0:36:06 > 0:36:10Simply, at the end of the day, yours didn't fit the mannequin...
0:36:10 > 0:36:14OK, the creator of the autumnal flower-fairy-meets-princess...?
0:36:14 > 0:36:17- Heather! You're up against stiff competition...- Yes.
0:36:17 > 0:36:20- ..and, you know, you were beaten by a ladybird.- Ha-ha!
0:36:20 > 0:36:23- No shame in that whatsoever.- No.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26David is fifth,
0:36:26 > 0:36:28Tamara fourth, and Jenni is third.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31Now, you're flummoxed!
0:36:31 > 0:36:34- No idea! - Completely. Cerina or Lynda...?
0:36:34 > 0:36:36Let's find out. Could the creator
0:36:36 > 0:36:39of the Queen of Hearts costume please come forward?
0:36:39 > 0:36:41- Yeah!- Oh!- Oh!
0:36:41 > 0:36:43Seeing the Queen of Hearts
0:36:43 > 0:36:47out of a pillow case, a pair of tracksuit bottoms and a sweatshirt -
0:36:47 > 0:36:50- amazing.- Thank you very much.
0:36:50 > 0:36:52So, the winner...is Cerina!
0:36:52 > 0:36:55APPLAUSE
0:36:55 > 0:36:57It's really, really lovely, your pirate.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00Just brilliant attention to detail, the little buckle,
0:37:00 > 0:37:03the gold buttons, the imitation braid, the gathered sleeve,
0:37:03 > 0:37:05the sash - there's so much going on.
0:37:05 > 0:37:09And all of that in an hour-and- a-half is swashbucklingly good.
0:37:09 > 0:37:10Thank you.
0:37:10 > 0:37:12A huge well done. Thank you so much for today.
0:37:12 > 0:37:15Go home, have a nice rest, we'll see you tomorrow
0:37:15 > 0:37:18for the next bit challenge. Thank you very much.
0:37:18 > 0:37:19Night-night.
0:37:19 > 0:37:23I came first - again - for a small person's outfit!
0:37:23 > 0:37:26And I just... I'd like to win a big person's outfit,
0:37:26 > 0:37:28but hey, never mind!
0:37:28 > 0:37:31I'm delighted to have come second, because the afternoon challenge
0:37:31 > 0:37:34is the one I absolutely dread the most.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36My day has been pretty rubbish.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39I just feel like I'm coming up average.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41I'm just not on the same wavelength as the judges,
0:37:41 > 0:37:43so I'm really dreading tomorrow.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45Tomorrow's going to be a big day for me,
0:37:45 > 0:37:48now that I've come last in this challenge. I have to really
0:37:48 > 0:37:50pull out all the stops tomorrow, make sure that...
0:37:50 > 0:37:52fitting is perfect, it looks beautiful...
0:37:52 > 0:37:54That challenge was horrible!
0:37:54 > 0:37:56Horrible!!
0:38:06 > 0:38:09'The sewers have one more garment to make.'
0:38:09 > 0:38:11What's extraordinary is that at the end of today,
0:38:11 > 0:38:13somebody's going to have to leave the sewing room.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16Sometimes you have an inkling about two or three people,
0:38:16 > 0:38:17- but you have no idea... - Absolutely no idea.
0:38:17 > 0:38:21Tamara has hovered in the middle ground, we've seen David
0:38:21 > 0:38:22winning a challenge for the first time,
0:38:22 > 0:38:25we've had Cerina going from the bottom all the way to the very top.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28It's completely mixed-up, and it's absolutely wide open.
0:38:29 > 0:38:32For their final challenge, something's missing...
0:38:35 > 0:38:37Right, it's time for the next challenge, you know the one -
0:38:37 > 0:38:40where they have to fit something perfectly to a model's body.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43It's Children's Week so they're going to make prom dresses.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45Here's the thing - the models
0:38:45 > 0:38:47aren't the usual models.
0:38:47 > 0:38:49Instead, let me introduce you to...
0:38:49 > 0:38:52their daughters, nieces, best friends, neighbours.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54They have no idea you're here!
0:38:54 > 0:38:56Girls, thank you for being here. Be very quiet,
0:38:56 > 0:38:59because they don't know you're here. I'm about to send you in.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01Stay where you are, OK?
0:39:03 > 0:39:05Hello, everybody, how are we?
0:39:05 > 0:39:08Let us start the next challenge.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11The judges would love you to make a prom dress
0:39:11 > 0:39:15for a teenager. You're probably wondering where your models are,
0:39:15 > 0:39:17so let's bring them in.
0:39:17 > 0:39:19# For once in my life... #
0:39:19 > 0:39:21- Ah!- Agh! GASPS
0:39:21 > 0:39:24# ..someone who needs me... # SHOCKED LAUGHS AND GASPS
0:39:24 > 0:39:27# Someone I've needed so long
0:39:28 > 0:39:31# For once, I'm afraid
0:39:31 > 0:39:34# I can go where life leads me
0:39:34 > 0:39:38# And somehow I know I'll be strong
0:39:40 > 0:39:42# For once I can touch... #
0:39:42 > 0:39:45Excited? Going to make you a prom dress!
0:39:45 > 0:39:47Good! You can help me!
0:39:48 > 0:39:51- You didn't know? - No, I didn't have a clue!
0:39:53 > 0:39:55So, I hope you're happy...
0:39:55 > 0:39:58- Yes!- Very, very happy. - ..with your models.
0:39:58 > 0:40:01You have seven hours. Your time starts...
0:40:01 > 0:40:03now.
0:40:03 > 0:40:07The sewers have been allowed to practise this challenge at home.
0:40:07 > 0:40:09Well, why don't you do it a 30 and then you can take it in?
0:40:09 > 0:40:10Yeah, good idea.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12But until now they have had no idea who
0:40:12 > 0:40:14they were making the dresses for.
0:40:15 > 0:40:18- Are you going to wear heels?- Yeah. - Is it that long though? That high?
0:40:18 > 0:40:21There are just so many elements in a prom dress -
0:40:21 > 0:40:23the fit, layering.
0:40:23 > 0:40:27So, if we've got a full skirt we'll be seeing some net petticoats.
0:40:27 > 0:40:30Also, with prom dresses, very often you take away the straps,
0:40:30 > 0:40:33so therefore how do you support those bodices?
0:40:33 > 0:40:37Do you want simple or do you want complex, high impact?
0:40:37 > 0:40:40I don't mind whether we see a simple or a complicated dress,
0:40:40 > 0:40:42as long as it's well-handled and well fitted.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44They just need to give themselves not too much to do.
0:40:44 > 0:40:48It's a very big challenge and we need to see them finished.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50And the best one Patrick will wear.
0:40:50 > 0:40:53Totally pleased that we OK'd that in the meeting. Well done, May.
0:40:53 > 0:40:56BOTH LAUGH
0:40:56 > 0:40:58Jenni, who's your model?
0:40:58 > 0:41:00My second cousin.
0:41:00 > 0:41:02Oh, wow! That's lovely.
0:41:02 > 0:41:06- This is my daughter's best friend. - Oh, no way!
0:41:06 > 0:41:08When I read the measurements of the model,
0:41:08 > 0:41:12I thought, "She sounds like she's like Emma. She's tall and slim."
0:41:12 > 0:41:16Honestly, I didn't for one second imagine
0:41:16 > 0:41:17that it would actually be Emma!
0:41:17 > 0:41:21Linda's making Emma a dress with a short, circular flared skirt,
0:41:21 > 0:41:25fitted sweetheart bodice and a sheer overlay.
0:41:25 > 0:41:29I'm using two fabrics, the Georgette on top of the silk,
0:41:29 > 0:41:31because I think this is beautiful material.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34But obviously you can't have a top like that,
0:41:34 > 0:41:37so I'm putting the fabric underneath.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40This is the worst idea ever. I can't concentrate.
0:41:40 > 0:41:44My second cousin's just sat right there and this is just mental.
0:41:44 > 0:41:47Jenni's vintage inspired prom dress for Becky has a gathered
0:41:47 > 0:41:50halter neck bodice and gathered skirt.
0:41:50 > 0:41:55I have a tremendous amount of fabric, six metres in total.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57Even when I was making my wedding dress,
0:41:57 > 0:41:59I didn't have this much material.
0:41:59 > 0:42:02Heather's model Annie is one of her dressage students.
0:42:02 > 0:42:06- She's responsible for the pin dog. - No!- Yeah!
0:42:07 > 0:42:11The pin dog has developed quite his own character.
0:42:11 > 0:42:15Heather's making Annie a shot silk strapless dress with
0:42:15 > 0:42:17a layered organza overskirt.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19Having Annie here is just a joy.
0:42:19 > 0:42:23I can...put her to work, like I normally do.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25SHE LAUGHS
0:42:26 > 0:42:28They don't call me Cruella for nothing.
0:42:28 > 0:42:32This is Ellie, my neighbour, and we've been very close.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35She used to babysit the kids. It brought a tear to my eye.
0:42:35 > 0:42:39Tamara's prom dress for Ellie features a strapless satin bodice
0:42:39 > 0:42:43to which a pleated paper bag-style skirt made in neoprene is
0:42:43 > 0:42:45attached over a net petticoat.
0:42:45 > 0:42:49I just like the mixture of a really modern and unusual fabric
0:42:49 > 0:42:51alongside a traditional fabric.
0:42:51 > 0:42:53It's nice cos you get a very clean edge,
0:42:53 > 0:42:55but it's really hard to put a crease into.
0:42:55 > 0:42:58Once again, you've given yourself a different and unusual challenge.
0:42:58 > 0:43:01- I hope you do it tremendous justice. - No pressure(!)
0:43:02 > 0:43:06The sewer's first concern should be constructing the bodice.
0:43:06 > 0:43:08Where is my upper bodice.
0:43:08 > 0:43:11It's the section of the prom dress where fit will be most visible.
0:43:11 > 0:43:14I think it's going to have to go in a bit.
0:43:14 > 0:43:16I made it slightly larger so I could reduce it.
0:43:17 > 0:43:21Cerina's making a strapless shift dress with a double layered
0:43:21 > 0:43:23bustled overskirt for her youngest daughter Katty.
0:43:24 > 0:43:28Your reaction, by the way, might have been my favourite because...
0:43:28 > 0:43:31Can I just do a full Cerina? Stand up for me, darling.
0:43:31 > 0:43:35You stood here and you watched everybody walk in,
0:43:35 > 0:43:38and you went, "They know these people - how marvellous."
0:43:38 > 0:43:43And your daughter literally stood like that, and you went, "Arg!"
0:43:43 > 0:43:47Holly is my niece. The daughter of a big, burly soldier,
0:43:47 > 0:43:51so this better be good, otherwise he might be having words with me!
0:43:52 > 0:43:56David's strapless panelled princess seemed dress for Holly is
0:43:56 > 0:43:59fitted at the waist, all constructed in a fine satin.
0:44:00 > 0:44:03Goodness me, it's a slippery bit of old stuff, isn't it?
0:44:03 > 0:44:05It's a pain in the bum, it really is.
0:44:05 > 0:44:07I'm trying to use as many pins...
0:44:07 > 0:44:10These long visible seems all the way through the front, I mean,
0:44:10 > 0:44:11that's not an easy sew.
0:44:12 > 0:44:16Er... Yes, now I feel like I've worried you, but I'm going to....
0:44:16 > 0:44:19- You have.- ..leave you to crack on.
0:44:19 > 0:44:22Chinelo is using two fabrics in her bodice...
0:44:22 > 0:44:24It's got to go over.
0:44:24 > 0:44:27A duchess satin and organza, which will be attached to the
0:44:27 > 0:44:30bottom of the bodice and tied in a bow at the shoulder.
0:44:30 > 0:44:34Lizzie, we've been going to the same church for about seven years?
0:44:34 > 0:44:36So I've known her since she was quite young.
0:44:36 > 0:44:39I taught her how to sew. She's like my little baby girl, really.
0:44:39 > 0:44:41Chinelo's freehand cutting the dress for Lizzie,
0:44:41 > 0:44:44which will be fitted in at the waist and hips with a
0:44:44 > 0:44:46flared fishtail skirt.
0:44:46 > 0:44:48My system usually, when I'm going to do my fitting,
0:44:48 > 0:44:50is just put her in the dress and it fits.
0:44:50 > 0:44:53If it doesn't fit then I should really just need to take
0:44:53 > 0:44:55it in a little bit in the side seems,
0:44:55 > 0:44:58so not having to fidget with anything else in the middle.
0:44:58 > 0:44:59When it comes to fitting the bodice...
0:44:59 > 0:45:01SHE MUMBLES
0:45:01 > 0:45:04..some sewers are being a little more cautious.
0:45:04 > 0:45:07With it being vintage the pattern size is always a bit tricky,
0:45:07 > 0:45:09so when you are normally a size 12, for instance,
0:45:09 > 0:45:12you'll probably be more like a 16 in a vintage pattern.
0:45:12 > 0:45:14Not that you're big or anything.
0:45:14 > 0:45:19What you can see here is that I've created all the suedes of fabric,
0:45:19 > 0:45:22and all these pieces of red cotton are called 'tailor tags'
0:45:22 > 0:45:26and they get transposed from the pattern onto the fabric,
0:45:26 > 0:45:29and they guide me as to where the pleats need to go.
0:45:29 > 0:45:32No fittings have taken place just yet
0:45:32 > 0:45:36because my model is the perfect size for this pattern.
0:45:39 > 0:45:43SEWING MACHINE HUMS
0:45:43 > 0:45:46Sewers, you have three and a half hours left.
0:45:46 > 0:45:49You are halfway through.
0:45:49 > 0:45:52It's a shame you haven't got a sewing oven you can just put things in
0:45:52 > 0:45:55and...come back 25 minutes later and it's done.
0:45:55 > 0:46:00- As prom dresses are traditionally strapless...- OK.
0:46:00 > 0:46:03..they need to be supported using a technique called boning.
0:46:03 > 0:46:05This is my first time boning, yes.
0:46:05 > 0:46:08Never used boning before, but I have watched this on YouTube,
0:46:08 > 0:46:11like, a million times to make sure I get it right!
0:46:11 > 0:46:14I've worked with boning once before when I made a ball
0:46:14 > 0:46:15dress for a work's Christmas do,
0:46:15 > 0:46:17but this is a long time ago...
0:46:17 > 0:46:20and it wasn't very good.
0:46:20 > 0:46:23The strips of plastic are sewn into the seems around the bust.
0:46:23 > 0:46:25You've got to get it in the right place,
0:46:25 > 0:46:27otherwise it makes everything look wonky.
0:46:27 > 0:46:30They give it structure and help to create shape within the dress.
0:46:30 > 0:46:34Cos the boning's got a curve already, I'm making sure I layer it
0:46:34 > 0:46:37so that it's curling around the body it's going to lay.
0:46:37 > 0:46:39With the boning in, everything sort of...
0:46:39 > 0:46:41It's like having straight arms on everything.
0:46:41 > 0:46:45So you go to move something round and you can't get at it cos it's...
0:46:45 > 0:46:48It's like a child who won't be put in its pram,
0:46:48 > 0:46:50you know, it goes rigid.
0:46:50 > 0:46:52With their bodice completed...
0:46:52 > 0:46:54- Ah! Job done.- So, out tonight.
0:46:54 > 0:46:57- Cocktail. You with me?- Why not? - Why wouldn't we?
0:46:58 > 0:47:01..the sewers should move on to constructing their skirts.
0:47:01 > 0:47:05I'm slightly concerned about when I get started on the skirt.
0:47:05 > 0:47:07These are skirt overlays.
0:47:07 > 0:47:10I'm going to do an orange layer and a magenta layer.
0:47:10 > 0:47:12Tamara is the only sewer creating pleats
0:47:12 > 0:47:14where the skirt meets the waistband.
0:47:14 > 0:47:16Can I have your tape measure?
0:47:18 > 0:47:21That's at least a quarter of an inch less deep than that one.
0:47:21 > 0:47:22Fair enough, yes.
0:47:23 > 0:47:26Sewers, you have one hour left.
0:47:26 > 0:47:29- Is anyone going to finish early? - SHE LAUGHS
0:47:29 > 0:47:32With skirts attached, the sewers needs to insert a zip.
0:47:32 > 0:47:35I'm using an invisible zip because I don't want to see it.
0:47:37 > 0:47:41Here it is! Look, it's invisible.
0:47:41 > 0:47:43Having a concealed zip, it's almost like
0:47:43 > 0:47:45it's just one flowing piece of fabric.
0:47:45 > 0:47:47Definitely gets more Brownie points.
0:47:47 > 0:47:49I've got my zip seems folded in already,
0:47:49 > 0:47:52so it makes life a lot easier for me already.
0:47:53 > 0:47:55I've made a decision.
0:47:55 > 0:47:57If it was a zip down the back of the dress,
0:47:57 > 0:48:00it would be really important for it to be an invisible zip.
0:48:00 > 0:48:02But this is down the side of the dress,
0:48:02 > 0:48:05so it's tucked underneath the arm.
0:48:05 > 0:48:08So because it's a little easier than an invisible zip, I'm going
0:48:08 > 0:48:10to go with the dress zip.
0:48:12 > 0:48:14Oh, gosh. What's going on?
0:48:14 > 0:48:17My zipper's not going up. It's getting caught in the lining.
0:48:17 > 0:48:20I've done it far too close to the teeth of the zipper.
0:48:21 > 0:48:23I'm going to have to redo that.
0:48:23 > 0:48:25If I can pull of a concealed zip, it will be my first one ever
0:48:25 > 0:48:27and I'll be really chuffed.
0:48:27 > 0:48:30It's better that I checked this now than when I had finished the dress.
0:48:30 > 0:48:32That would have been a real disaster.
0:48:33 > 0:48:37That's not bad for a first ever concealed zip.
0:48:37 > 0:48:39Oh, Lord. This zip...
0:48:39 > 0:48:41SHE SIGHS
0:48:41 > 0:48:43Oh...
0:48:43 > 0:48:45Jesus, please help me.
0:48:45 > 0:48:47SHE SIGHS
0:48:47 > 0:48:49Oh, thank God for that.
0:48:49 > 0:48:51Five minutes remaining.
0:48:51 > 0:48:54I've made a decision that it's better just to have a dress...
0:48:54 > 0:48:59- and no skirt.- What?! - Yeah.- So...overlay gone.
0:48:59 > 0:49:01- SHE LAUGHS - Linda's finished.
0:49:01 > 0:49:03Seriously?
0:49:03 > 0:49:05Really?
0:49:05 > 0:49:06- On the table.- That's not safe!
0:49:06 > 0:49:10- Don't worry about safety. - You're a policeman!
0:49:10 > 0:49:13- I can't believe this is young uncle and a policeman.- Turn around!
0:49:13 > 0:49:15Stop shouting at a teenager!
0:49:15 > 0:49:19It's not illegal. When they make it illegal, I'll stop.
0:49:19 > 0:49:21Oh, my God. What am I doing?
0:49:26 > 0:49:29Come on...
0:49:29 > 0:49:30We've got a flower.
0:49:30 > 0:49:33DAVID: Oh, this is terrible.
0:49:35 > 0:49:37Sewers, you have one minute left.
0:49:37 > 0:49:39Put your dresses on your models.
0:49:39 > 0:49:42- That's it. - Arg!
0:49:46 > 0:49:49This is definitely not a conventional way of ironing.
0:49:54 > 0:49:59OK, that's it. Time's up. Step away from your models.
0:49:59 > 0:50:02I'm just so upset. I've really done a bad job.
0:50:06 > 0:50:10# Mama, teach me to dance
0:50:10 > 0:50:14# Mama, teach me to dance.. #
0:50:14 > 0:50:18Seven made-to-measure prom dresses in just seven hours,
0:50:18 > 0:50:20but whose will impress the judges?
0:50:23 > 0:50:26# Mama show me the way... #
0:50:26 > 0:50:28Initial impression, really effective.
0:50:28 > 0:50:32All those layers work really well together and the shape's lovely.
0:50:32 > 0:50:35This sharp silk has two colours, and to pick both of them out
0:50:35 > 0:50:37and use them in the overskirts is a really nice touch.
0:50:37 > 0:50:40Yes, it's not brilliantly fitted across the front of the bodice,
0:50:40 > 0:50:42but there's quite a lot of work in here.
0:50:42 > 0:50:44There's a lot of tucks and pleats.
0:50:44 > 0:50:46Whereas the back of the bodice is a really good fit.
0:50:46 > 0:50:49Your boning has been really well used
0:50:49 > 0:50:52and it's a really structural supported bodice.
0:50:52 > 0:50:54You've got an invisible zip in there.
0:50:54 > 0:50:56It's not completely level, but it was a very difficult thing to do
0:50:56 > 0:50:59with all those different layers of fabric.
0:51:03 > 0:51:06There's a thin line between well-fitted
0:51:06 > 0:51:09and just a little bit too tight.
0:51:09 > 0:51:12Some of those seems are just stretching a little bit.
0:51:12 > 0:51:16That hem on that underskirt is certainly not your finest work.
0:51:16 > 0:51:20I'm fairly certain the manual for sewing that does not include
0:51:20 > 0:51:22the technique that we saw you demonstrating
0:51:22 > 0:51:24- just a few moments ago. - And one last point.
0:51:24 > 0:51:27It is a prom dress, and therefore Holly should be able to
0:51:27 > 0:51:30- dance in it without bursting out of it.- Hopefully not like that.
0:51:30 > 0:51:33SHE LAUGHS
0:51:38 > 0:51:40Well, the first thing I'm noticing...
0:51:40 > 0:51:44I can see a row of stitching showing around the hem, which spoils it.
0:51:44 > 0:51:48You got the zip in, not quite as neat as it ought to be.
0:51:48 > 0:51:50It isn't quite sitting flat.
0:51:50 > 0:51:52The sad thing for me is I didn't make the overskirt,
0:51:52 > 0:51:54which was going to be the spectacular bit.
0:51:54 > 0:51:55I cut my losses and thought,
0:51:55 > 0:51:57"I better concentrate just on the dress."
0:52:03 > 0:52:06It's sitting really nicely round the waist,
0:52:06 > 0:52:07and this band fits her well.
0:52:07 > 0:52:09You've got a lovely effect down the back
0:52:09 > 0:52:11with these rouleau loops and buttons.
0:52:11 > 0:52:14To me, it just looks slightly overpowering.
0:52:14 > 0:52:17- Fabric or...?- Just the amount of it.
0:52:17 > 0:52:20It looks a little bit clumsy.
0:52:28 > 0:52:32The first thing I notice is the fit - it's a really lovely shape on her -
0:52:32 > 0:52:34and the skirt flutes beautifully
0:52:34 > 0:52:37For me...the bow's just a bit overpowering,
0:52:37 > 0:52:41and I think what it's doing is actually twisting the whole
0:52:41 > 0:52:42dress a little bit.
0:52:42 > 0:52:47This back seem is being thrown just out of kilter by it.
0:52:47 > 0:52:48You've put in an invisible zip -
0:52:48 > 0:52:51quite difficult to do on such a slippery fabric -
0:52:51 > 0:52:53you've done it really well.
0:52:53 > 0:52:55It's a really lovely fit. It's a very effective dress.
0:52:55 > 0:52:57I think you've done very well.
0:53:09 > 0:53:13I think we might need to get a box for May to adjudicate this one.
0:53:13 > 0:53:16- Imagine how I feel.- Yes, exactly.
0:53:16 > 0:53:18I think there's a really nice balance to it.
0:53:18 > 0:53:21The waist is nice. The shape in the skirt is good.
0:53:21 > 0:53:24This bodice fits beautifully. It really does hug the figure.
0:53:24 > 0:53:26And you've got boning in here, haven't you?
0:53:26 > 0:53:29- I have got boning in all the seems. - It's really well-supported.
0:53:29 > 0:53:32This is a really nice finish on this bottom
0:53:32 > 0:53:35because it brings out a little bit of the black
0:53:35 > 0:53:37and a bit of the red in that shot silk.
0:53:37 > 0:53:39And you've had a little bit of time left over
0:53:39 > 0:53:41and you've done a little corsage for the wrist.
0:53:41 > 0:53:43I think you should be very pleased with it.
0:53:55 > 0:53:59Those colours look fabulous - really lovely combination.
0:53:59 > 0:54:01The back fits beautifully,
0:54:01 > 0:54:04but the front could do with being a bit snugger.
0:54:04 > 0:54:07The way you've put the zip in, if those had just been tucked in...
0:54:07 > 0:54:09That just looks a lot neater, doesn't it?
0:54:09 > 0:54:12I love all this binding all the way round the hem.
0:54:12 > 0:54:14Not caught in every place.
0:54:14 > 0:54:17I think it's really effective. You look really worried.
0:54:17 > 0:54:18I think it's really good.
0:54:18 > 0:54:21You took those pleats out and put them back in again.
0:54:21 > 0:54:22They now sit really evenly.
0:54:22 > 0:54:24It's got a really nice shape to it.
0:54:24 > 0:54:25I'd have done without the belt.
0:54:25 > 0:54:27I think it's a strong-looking garment.
0:54:27 > 0:54:30I don't think it needs the additional embellishment.
0:54:30 > 0:54:31I think it looks great.
0:54:42 > 0:54:44Having not completed the task,
0:54:44 > 0:54:46and not to the quality it should have been,
0:54:46 > 0:54:47could well be my downfall.
0:54:47 > 0:54:51I wouldn't be the least bit surprise if I was the one to go tonight.
0:54:51 > 0:54:53I'm gobsmacked to be here in week four,
0:54:53 > 0:54:55but I don't want to go. I don't want to go.
0:54:58 > 0:55:01I've done everything I can,
0:55:01 > 0:55:03and I think there's a line in the sand and it's coming up...
0:55:03 > 0:55:05very shortly.
0:55:10 > 0:55:14Now we get to the horrible decision about who's going to be
0:55:14 > 0:55:16leaving the sewing room.
0:55:16 > 0:55:20Cerina gave us a fantastic little pirate suit,
0:55:20 > 0:55:24but then really let us down with dungarees and, unfortunately,
0:55:24 > 0:55:26not a terrific prom dress.
0:55:26 > 0:55:29So she went from bottom to top to bottom again.
0:55:29 > 0:55:31Fairly near the bottom again.
0:55:31 > 0:55:34David's dress, there was various issues with this.
0:55:34 > 0:55:37But his dungarees...were pretty faultless.
0:55:37 > 0:55:38Anybody else?
0:55:38 > 0:55:40No. I think it was really just those two that I think
0:55:40 > 0:55:42we need to make a decision from,
0:55:42 > 0:55:44and I don't know that it's easy to separate them.
0:55:53 > 0:55:55First, the good news.
0:55:55 > 0:55:58Our favourite piece this week is...
0:56:00 > 0:56:01..that one.
0:56:01 > 0:56:04APPLAUSE
0:56:04 > 0:56:07It was a really, really close run thing, actually,
0:56:07 > 0:56:11- between about four of you, so congratulations.- Thank you.
0:56:11 > 0:56:14Well, I tell you, the next bit hasn't made anyone happy
0:56:14 > 0:56:17because it was not an easy decision.
0:56:17 > 0:56:21The person leaving the Sewing Bee is...
0:56:30 > 0:56:32..Cerina.
0:56:32 > 0:56:34I'm sorry!
0:56:34 > 0:56:37- I'm sorry!- It's all right. I can stay cheerful.
0:56:37 > 0:56:39You don't have to stay cheerful.
0:56:39 > 0:56:42No. You can't be too nice to me cos I'll cry then.
0:56:42 > 0:56:44- ALL: Aw... - Oh, dear.
0:56:44 > 0:56:45Really, really well done.
0:56:45 > 0:56:49It really was, honestly, just a horrible decision.
0:56:49 > 0:56:52It's been such an experience.
0:56:52 > 0:56:54It's such a tough decision this week.
0:56:54 > 0:56:58We really, really didn't want to lose anybody, and it really came
0:56:58 > 0:57:02down to a kind of forensic unpicking of everything that they'd done.
0:57:02 > 0:57:06- I'm so sorry. - Not at all. Not at all.
0:57:06 > 0:57:09Sadly, the dress making skills that she demonstrated in both
0:57:09 > 0:57:13the first challenge and the third challenge were not particularly good.
0:57:13 > 0:57:15She will be a great loss to the sewing room.
0:57:15 > 0:57:17We just loved having her around.
0:57:17 > 0:57:21I really had a lovely time and I've met a great bunch of people.
0:57:21 > 0:57:24Once of the best aspects of being in Sewing Bee
0:57:24 > 0:57:26has been meeting other sewers.
0:57:26 > 0:57:28I don't have any other sewing friends,
0:57:28 > 0:57:29so to meet a whole bunch of people,
0:57:29 > 0:57:33who all know what they're talking about, it's been really good.
0:57:33 > 0:57:37Delighted to win amateur of the week, but I still feel really sad.
0:57:37 > 0:57:39I was really shocked when my name wasn't called out.
0:57:39 > 0:57:42I've got some long and hard thinking to do,
0:57:42 > 0:57:43have a good chat with myself,
0:57:43 > 0:57:46and hopefully a hug from Kirk will make it all better.
0:57:46 > 0:57:49- I will miss you all.- We'll miss you.
0:57:49 > 0:57:52I did think it was going to be me and I think I could have handled that.
0:57:52 > 0:57:55I feel really, really, really gutted. Every week...
0:57:55 > 0:57:57you take one of my friends away.
0:58:04 > 0:58:06At the next Sewing Bee...
0:58:06 > 0:58:08HE SIGHS
0:58:08 > 0:58:10..the most challenging fabrics yet.
0:58:12 > 0:58:14Oh, are you serious?
0:58:14 > 0:58:16They tackle leather for the first time.
0:58:16 > 0:58:17I love a bit of leather.
0:58:19 > 0:58:21And in a brand-new twist...
0:58:21 > 0:58:23I'm not going to go right underneath.
0:58:23 > 0:58:26..make trousers for themselves.
0:58:26 > 0:58:27Oh.... Careful!
0:58:27 > 0:58:29SHE WOLF WHISTLES
0:58:29 > 0:58:31Control yourself, Heather.
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0:58:44 > 0:58:45inspired by the series.