0:00:02 > 0:00:05It's only week two, and already our sewers have battled with bias,
0:00:05 > 0:00:08felt the wrath of the judges, and nine are back from the brink
0:00:08 > 0:00:13to face three bigger challenges, but on a much smaller scale.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16That's right - it's children's week.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19- Last time...- Aargh!
0:00:19 > 0:00:22..it all began with a pattern that demanded precision.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25- Oh, great(!) - Oh, why have I done this?
0:00:25 > 0:00:29- Savile Row's Patrick Grant...- Sorry, we've made you panic.- Please go..
0:00:29 > 0:00:33- ..and Central Saint Martin's Esme Young...- A little bit off here.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35I love how tough you were there.
0:00:35 > 0:00:39..ranked househusband Jamie in the top spot.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42Your matching is fantastic. You've done a really good job.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Then, a maternity dress alteration...
0:00:44 > 0:00:48- Oh, that wasn't very good, was it? - ..failed to impress.
0:00:48 > 0:00:49I'm really disappointed.
0:00:49 > 0:00:54- PR manager Angeline created a made-to-measure skirt...- It's sexy.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56- PATRICK CHUCKLES - Is she making you blush?
0:00:56 > 0:00:58..deemed fit for garment of the week.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03- Retired teacher Tracey... - I thought it was quite flouncy.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06- ..put herself in danger. - I mean, it is flouncy.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09But it was Duncan, whose sewing bee, like his hem,
0:01:09 > 0:01:11was abruptly cut short.
0:01:11 > 0:01:12Oh, that's dangerous.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14- Oh, Duncan.- It's fine, it's fair.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16Now... SHE SIGHS
0:01:16 > 0:01:18..the sewers face children's clothes...
0:01:18 > 0:01:20Oh, my God, these cuffs are teensy.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24- ..creating stretchy babygros... - One gusset, yes!
0:01:24 > 0:01:26..shrinking down silky dresses...
0:01:26 > 0:01:28Go on, Jamie! Rip it with your teeth!
0:01:28 > 0:01:31..and crafting exquisite woollen capes.
0:01:31 > 0:01:32GASPS
0:01:32 > 0:01:34But who will survive to stitch another week?
0:01:34 > 0:01:36That's going to be fabulous.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39And who will unravel under the pressure?
0:01:39 > 0:01:41- It's got to come off. - CLAUDIA SHRIEKS
0:01:58 > 0:02:01# Lollipop, lollipop, ooh lolly lolly lolly lollipop. #
0:02:01 > 0:02:07Back in Sewing Bee's second week, very, very, very excited.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10I think last week, everybody found the judges quite harsh,
0:02:10 > 0:02:13so we're hoping this week to impress them a bit more, I think.
0:02:13 > 0:02:14Oh, dear.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17First week in the sewing room was really nerve-racking,
0:02:17 > 0:02:19but this week it's a lot more calm.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22- It's got a nappy on it! - LAUGHS
0:02:22 > 0:02:23Mine's having a disco.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26You break that before we start, and you'll be in bother.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28I haven't really made children's clothes before,
0:02:28 > 0:02:32but I quite like the idea of creating for children.
0:02:32 > 0:02:33The pattern challenge tests
0:02:33 > 0:02:36the sewers' ability to follow instructions,
0:02:36 > 0:02:39but they have no idea what the judges will ask them to make.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43Hello, welcome back, sewers. Please come and gather round.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45You all look smiley.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49Now, this week is children's week. Patrick.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51I'm going to give you each the patterns,
0:02:51 > 0:02:52if you could just hand those around.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54SEWERS LAUGH
0:02:54 > 0:02:56We'd like you to make a babygro.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59What I want to see is evenly-sewn cuffs,
0:02:59 > 0:03:03and a beautifully-sewn binding, that will form the opening.
0:03:03 > 0:03:08You have three hours and 15 minutes. Enormous luck. Your time starts now.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13- Good luck, everyone. - Right, let's have a wander around.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16Active babies need stretchy fabrics...
0:03:16 > 0:03:19- That's stretch, what's that?- I think it's too lightweight.- Ah, right.
0:03:19 > 0:03:20..so the pattern requires the most flexible
0:03:20 > 0:03:24and comfortable material the haberdashery has to offer...
0:03:24 > 0:03:26I like the tractor. I'm going tractor.
0:03:26 > 0:03:27..stretch cotton jersey.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30I like the fluffy inside. I think that'll be nice for a babygro.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Don't even like that.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36What are you testing them on with this?
0:03:36 > 0:03:40You need a particular skill to sew jersey, to sew stretch.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43You have to understand the stretch of the two bits that you're
0:03:43 > 0:03:44sewing together.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46It's just fine material-handling skills.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48Yes. The most difficult thing will be the binding.
0:03:48 > 0:03:52It's really important where they stretch it,
0:03:52 > 0:03:54and then, after that, the gusset.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56They have to be very careful when they sew the gusset in.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59It forms a sharp point at the end, and they've got to make sure that
0:03:59 > 0:04:02they sew it very accurately, or they could end up with holes at the end.
0:04:02 > 0:04:03So, no pressure.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06I did pick this fabric with my little son Harry in mind,
0:04:06 > 0:04:10because he likes things with wheels, and this has got lots of wheels on.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13Jamie met his wife when they were both teaching at the same school.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16Part of their home is now dedicated to his passion for sewing,
0:04:16 > 0:04:19as he makes all his own shirts and jackets.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21He does it when Harry's asleep.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23He does it every day, just as and when he can.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26But Jamie does show him what he's doing, and he's really
0:04:26 > 0:04:29looking forward to the day that he can teach Harry to sew.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33- Morning.- Good morning.- Right, we can see here how this fabric is curling.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35It does curl a bit, so I'm just going to be careful
0:04:35 > 0:04:36- handling it, that's all. - Yes, OK.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38And you've used stretch before?
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Yeah, I've done a few bits and pieces.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42I don't sew a lot of children's clothes, but we'll see.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44- Best of luck.- Thank you. - Yeah, good luck.
0:04:46 > 0:04:52I've made children's clothes before, but when my niece was born
0:04:52 > 0:04:56I was not sewing yet, so I never got to do anything too small for her.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58- So, what do you think? - For Emily?- Yeah.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00C'est jolie.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02Ghislaine grew up in Martinique, where she and her sister
0:05:02 > 0:05:06helped their mum run craft activities at the local orphanage.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09Ghislaine sewed because our mother sewed too.
0:05:09 > 0:05:14I think that gives Ghislaine the... desire to sew.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17What worries me the most is the shape itself.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20I mean, I can't express anything right now.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23Although small, a babygro is far from child's play.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26I didn't think a babygro had this many pieces.
0:05:27 > 0:05:28Right.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31First, the front panels are sewn to the back, then a binding strip
0:05:31 > 0:05:35is attached round the neck and front opening to enclose the raw edges.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Next, sleeves are fitted,
0:05:37 > 0:05:40and the sides are sewn up before a gusset is inserted.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43To finish, cuffs are attached to the wrists and ankles,
0:05:43 > 0:05:45and nine jersey snaps are applied.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48I don't feel too uncomfortable, cos
0:05:48 > 0:05:51I make kids' clothes quite often.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53I think it's just...
0:05:53 > 0:05:55I'm so used to it by now.
0:05:55 > 0:05:56All the way round.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58Jade has three younger siblings to practise on,
0:05:58 > 0:06:00but she doesn't stop there.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02Jade's made her dad a lovely shirt.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05She's made a pair of pyjama bottoms for grandad,
0:06:05 > 0:06:09make-up bags for nan. Any excuse to get in the sewing room, yes.
0:06:15 > 0:06:19# 20 tiny fingers, 20 tiny toes
0:06:19 > 0:06:21# Two angel faces. #
0:06:21 > 0:06:23I'm cutting out using pattern weights on the rotary cutter,
0:06:23 > 0:06:25which is really useful with stretch fabrics,
0:06:25 > 0:06:28because they do have a tendency to shift about otherwise.
0:06:28 > 0:06:29I've already made a mistake.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32I didn't realise that I've actually cut it too short here.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36Nice cut pieces will guarantee a nice garment.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39I'm using a combination of pins and pattern weights,
0:06:39 > 0:06:42just to make sure it doesn't move around.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44I've made some baby clothes, but I've never done anything
0:06:44 > 0:06:48with stretch for a baby, so I'm a little bit anxious about that.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51- That probably needed to be shorter. - Rumana's latest project is
0:06:51 > 0:06:54creating outfits for her four-month-old niece.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56I know when she makes things for people,
0:06:56 > 0:06:59she gets really excited, they get really excited,
0:06:59 > 0:07:01and then they keep asking for more, and I think that
0:07:01 > 0:07:05satisfaction that she gets is probably the most important thing.
0:07:05 > 0:07:06Just going to try and keep calm,
0:07:06 > 0:07:09and just follow the instructions carefully.
0:07:09 > 0:07:10That's my plan.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13I have made dresses for my little niece.
0:07:13 > 0:07:17Princess Elsa dress, a couple of wee summer dresses as well,
0:07:17 > 0:07:20but I have never made any babygros.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23Newlywed Angeline made all her bridesmaids' dresses,
0:07:23 > 0:07:26and she makes all her own outfits for special occasions.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28Many of the garments Angeline's
0:07:28 > 0:07:29made are formal wear,
0:07:29 > 0:07:31so a lot of them are breathtaking.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34We were actually at a wedding, and a woman was like,
0:07:34 > 0:07:36"Oh, who's it by, darling?"
0:07:36 > 0:07:39Angeline was like, "I made it meself," and she was like, "Oh."
0:07:39 > 0:07:40CHUCKLES
0:07:40 > 0:07:42Let's go. Let's start sewing.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44Right, to start with on this,
0:07:44 > 0:07:50we're going to join the fronts to the back at the shoulder seams.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54I've never made a babygro before. I like making pretty dresses.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58# Bring me a higher love. #
0:07:58 > 0:08:01Tracey likes nothing better than a weekend sing-along sewing
0:08:01 > 0:08:03session with her daughter, Laura.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05I love my mum's sewing.
0:08:05 > 0:08:10She made dresses when we were small, and all through being a teenager.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12I was so excited that Mum's doing the Sewing Bee,
0:08:12 > 0:08:14and I'm so proud of her for trying.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16- Morning.- Morning.- Morning. - What are you up to?
0:08:16 > 0:08:18- I've cut out...- Oh, you have.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20Yeah, I've sewed the shoulder seams, but that's as far as I've got.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23- Very cosy for the baby.- Lovely, in't it? Yeah, I was very drawn to that.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25I'd like a babygro in this, I think.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27- I've not got enough fabric, Patrick, sorry.- Haven't you?
0:08:27 > 0:08:30Must be more somewhere, can we...?
0:08:30 > 0:08:33Now I'm going to make the bias binding,
0:08:33 > 0:08:35just sew the bias binding together
0:08:35 > 0:08:38so there's only one piece of binding that goes around the garment.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Josh makes most of his own t-shirts,
0:08:40 > 0:08:42and he's got his mum to thank for that.
0:08:42 > 0:08:47I first gave Josh a sewing machine, because I needed him to do something
0:08:47 > 0:08:51in the summer, from university, and not waste his ten weeks off.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55Within a week or two, Josh was a better sewer than I'd ever been.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58You've made things in jersey before, haven't you? T-shirts and...
0:08:58 > 0:09:00Yeah, naturally I would work with jersey,
0:09:00 > 0:09:02rather than pretty much anything.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05- Yeah. Right.- I feel a little bit more comfortable today.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08- This should be a doddle, for you then.- Er, we'll see.
0:09:09 > 0:09:10Once the binding's made,
0:09:10 > 0:09:14the sewers can use it to enclose the front edge of the babygro.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17I'm just trying to carefully pin the bias binding to the edge.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20It's quite hard, cos it's on a curve.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23The difficulty with this stage is that you do not want to stretch
0:09:23 > 0:09:26as you pin, because otherwise it'll be all bunchy and hideous.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28The binding is sort of the prominent feature of the front
0:09:28 > 0:09:30of the garment, so you really want it to look nice.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34If it looks dicey in any way, it'll just ruin the whole thing.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36Charlotte's been sewing since the age of seven.
0:09:36 > 0:09:37She's made everything,
0:09:37 > 0:09:40from prom dresses to jeans to her own swimsuit.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43Charlotte's life is wrapped in thread.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47Everything she does, just about, involves sewing.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50When she wears something that she made, I can see a little glow.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53You've got three babies. Did you ever make them a babygro?
0:09:53 > 0:09:54Don't be ridiculous. No.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56- Cos it's just...- What's the point?
0:09:56 > 0:09:57They throw up on it, they poo on it,
0:09:57 > 0:09:59and then it's grown out of in five minutes.
0:09:59 > 0:10:03I love the throw-up and the poo. It's my favourite bit of parenting.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07The key to a good binding is having a really even distance,
0:10:07 > 0:10:10right the way across the garment.
0:10:10 > 0:10:14Slow and steady, and you must be really careful not to pull it,
0:10:14 > 0:10:15cos it'll stretch out of shape.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19Yeah, I never sew this slowly.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22But then, nothing else normally matters this much.
0:10:22 > 0:10:27The binding should be an equal width on both sides of the raw edge,
0:10:27 > 0:10:29but Jamie has decided on a different finish,
0:10:29 > 0:10:33making his binding narrower on the outside.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36I topstitched through the main fabric.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40I'll be honest, I thought it would give enough of a binding,
0:10:40 > 0:10:41so it's not too wide.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43I hope.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46God, this baby is so tiny.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48There we go. Binding done.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Ah, now, look at this one. This one has...
0:10:50 > 0:10:53Joyce met husband Hugh when they were learning to fly gliders.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55They've been married for 50 years,
0:10:55 > 0:10:57and sewing has always been part of family life.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00I remember Mum sewing even when I was little.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03I remember playing with the button box.
0:11:03 > 0:11:04If she didn't have her sewing machine out,
0:11:04 > 0:11:06there'd be something wrong.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09- You must have made nine million babygros.- No, I didn't make one.
0:11:09 > 0:11:10Oh.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13Because, you've got to remember, when my children were babies,
0:11:13 > 0:11:14babygros weren't invented.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17What did your babies wear? Hessian? JOYCE LAUGHS
0:11:17 > 0:11:20No. You dressed them up in those days, you didn't chuck them
0:11:20 > 0:11:23in a babygro, and for bed you put them in a pyjama.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25Even when they were little tiny creatures?
0:11:25 > 0:11:29Babygros weren't invented! In fact, I'm not sure stretch was invented.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31JOYCE LAUGHS
0:11:31 > 0:11:34Babygros are a relatively recent innovation.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Before the dawn of the 19th century, rather than comfy clothes,
0:11:37 > 0:11:41babies were often wrapped in tight, restrictive bandages.
0:11:41 > 0:11:42Carers swaddled their children
0:11:42 > 0:11:44because they wanted to keep them warm,
0:11:44 > 0:11:46and they wanted to keep them protected,
0:11:46 > 0:11:48but also to try and keep the limbs straight.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51They felt that children's limbs were like twigs that could be bent
0:11:51 > 0:11:55and broken, so they wanted to keep them immobilised.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57Swaddling continued until the 18th century,
0:11:57 > 0:12:01when an era of scientific discovery called the Age Of Enlightenment,
0:12:01 > 0:12:04led to questions about its supposed health benefits.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08One physician who voiced his concern was William Cadogan.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10He looked into the effects of swaddling,
0:12:10 > 0:12:13on how it affected the bones, how it affected the organs.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17He found that those who hadn't been swaddled were healthier.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20Cadogan published his findings in 1748,
0:12:20 > 0:12:24and by 1800, swaddling had been all but abandoned in Britain.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26Children's clothing began to be redesigned,
0:12:26 > 0:12:29to allow greater freedom of movement, and from this
0:12:29 > 0:12:33emerged the skeleton suit, a 19th century precursor to the babygro.
0:12:33 > 0:12:37It's called a skeleton suit because it was worn so close to the body.
0:12:37 > 0:12:42It has a lot of features that would enable the child to move freely.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45You have a very relaxed waist, and then also,
0:12:45 > 0:12:48you have a full front, so the child would be able to go to the
0:12:48 > 0:12:50bathroom without having to take off everything.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52It was designed so that the child could play, to run,
0:12:52 > 0:12:56and to act as children should.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58Thanks to Cadogan and the Age Of Enlightenment,
0:12:58 > 0:13:01clothing for infants had taken a great leap forward, laying
0:13:01 > 0:13:05the foundations for the comfy, practical babygros we have today.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14Sewers, you are halfway through. Halfway.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18SHE SIGHS
0:13:18 > 0:13:20Right, let's look at what we're doing next.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22Do you think it looks like a babygro yet?
0:13:22 > 0:13:25I'm now attaching my sleeves to my babygro.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28I've zigzag stitched the sleeve already,
0:13:28 > 0:13:32but I'm just going to finish off these raw edges with the overlocker.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36The overlocker is ideal for sewing babygros.
0:13:36 > 0:13:40It creates robust and stretchy seams by looping several threads
0:13:40 > 0:13:42together to wrap the raw edges.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44It's not working for me.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46It just keeps gathering.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Where have you got to?
0:13:48 > 0:13:51Well, I've done my sleeves, so now I'm closing the sides.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54So you've chosen a different fabric for half of the front...
0:13:54 > 0:13:56- Yes.- ..and the binding. - That's right.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58- Anywhere else? The cuffs? - The cuffs will be blue as well.
0:13:58 > 0:13:59- The gusset?- Yes.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01And have you ever sewn a gusset before?
0:14:01 > 0:14:03No, it will be my first time, my first go.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05- We'll see how that works out. - All right.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08- It might be my issue.- We don't expect any problems with that piece.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10- OK.- OK.- Thank you.
0:14:10 > 0:14:14Attaching the gusset is like fitting a round peg into a square hole.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17Careless sewing could result in unsightly gathers,
0:14:17 > 0:14:19or gaps in the crotch.
0:14:19 > 0:14:24So, this circle has to fit in between the bottoms of the legs,
0:14:24 > 0:14:27so ultimately it's going to end up a bit like that.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29The worst that could happen would be that it would be completely
0:14:29 > 0:14:32sideways, and it would look like rubbish.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34Sewers, you have one hour to go!
0:14:34 > 0:14:36Trying to get that through the overlocker.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38That's probably going to be the main challenge,
0:14:38 > 0:14:39because there's a blade on it.
0:14:39 > 0:14:43If you're not careful, it can slice some part of the babygro
0:14:43 > 0:14:45that you don't want it to, and then you can never get it back.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48If I get the gusset right, then I'll be OK.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50If I need to redo anything with that,
0:14:50 > 0:14:53then that's when I'm going to worry about the time.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55I don't want any kinks or puckers in my gusset,
0:14:55 > 0:14:57if I can get away with it.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59WHIRRING
0:14:59 > 0:15:02Aargh! That is so tricky.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05Or chop a hole through it with the overlocker.
0:15:06 > 0:15:07So, so, so tricky.
0:15:10 > 0:15:11Aargh!
0:15:11 > 0:15:15There's just a tiny little snag in the curve of my gullet.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18Is it "gullet" or "gusset?" Gusset.
0:15:18 > 0:15:22Oh, look at that. One gusset, yes!
0:15:22 > 0:15:23Can you see my gusset?
0:15:23 > 0:15:25SHE LAUGHS
0:15:31 > 0:15:32What? No...
0:15:32 > 0:15:34The gusset's not right.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36- How are you?- Erm, not good.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39I mean, have you seen the state of that? Look at that.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41It is the right way round, it's just that the gusset is,
0:15:41 > 0:15:43like, on the side. If someone is like...
0:15:43 > 0:15:47Well, you know what you say? It's asymmetrical, and that's what you wanted it to be.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50- Oh, I'd love for it to be asymmetrical. - Because this is a cool baby.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53OK, sewers.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56Hopefully, you're all working on your cuffs,
0:15:56 > 0:15:58because you only have half an hour left.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00- All on your cuffs?- Yep.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03- Good, whoever said yes.- Me, in the corner.- Well done, Jade.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Oh, my God, these cuffs are teensy.
0:16:07 > 0:16:12Because it is so small, you just, you do have to take your time.
0:16:12 > 0:16:13WHIRRING
0:16:13 > 0:16:15Ooh. But they do look very cute.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20What is this? Aargh!
0:16:20 > 0:16:22Great(!) Wonderful(!)
0:16:22 > 0:16:27My cuff is the other way round. Oh, well, nothing I can do about that.
0:16:27 > 0:16:31Everything's finished. Apart from the poppers.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33I marked the popper positions using the pattern piece,
0:16:33 > 0:16:37and stuck pins through and marked so I would know where to put them.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40It would be a disaster if they didn't line up.
0:16:40 > 0:16:41GRUNTING
0:16:41 > 0:16:46I think the problem I might have is lack of wrist strength.
0:16:46 > 0:16:47Ooh, it's done it!
0:16:47 > 0:16:50- Four minutes, sewers. - Oh, my goodness.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52Not easy to do when you've got shaking hands.
0:16:52 > 0:16:56One cuff left, and I still haven't done my poppers.
0:16:56 > 0:16:57Oh, no! The top fell off.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59- Three to go.- Come on!
0:16:59 > 0:17:02- I keep dropping them. - Well, stop dropping them.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04I'm trying not to count how many I've got left.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06This is always the last-minute rush for me.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10I don't know how to put this on. Oh, come on! It keeps on coming off.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12Can you just show me again...
0:17:12 > 0:17:15- It doesn't matter which way round you have them?- No.- No.
0:17:15 > 0:17:20Who can help me with my poppers, please? I need help.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22- Done.- There you go, little man.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24- Thank you, Claudia. - GRUNTS
0:17:24 > 0:17:28- Oh! - Quick, quick. Shift them. Legs.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30- Ooh, head fell off. - 30 seconds!
0:17:30 > 0:17:32- Oh, come on!- I'll do men, you do women.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35Oh, God. I've got two thingies that side.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37Oh, my God. Look at the state of that.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40OK, time is up, everyone.
0:17:40 > 0:17:41It went all crooked.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44The teeth went in the wrong side of it, so they don't shut.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49Hold it up. Hold it. Take it. Take it, be proud.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51That's gorgeous. Edible.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56# Crazy 'bout you, baby, want you all to myself
0:17:56 > 0:17:59# Crazy 'bout you, baby, no-one else on the shelf. #
0:17:59 > 0:18:01After three and a quarter hours of labour,
0:18:01 > 0:18:03nine babygros are delivered.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05Rumana is up first.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07# Crazy 'bout you baby
0:18:07 > 0:18:10# Crazy 'bout you, baby
0:18:10 > 0:18:15# Crazy 'bout you, baby, want you all to myself. Hey! #
0:18:15 > 0:18:19- Overall, it's very neat and tidy. - Cuffs seem good, yeah.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21Inside, it doesn't look so neat.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24And you've made the binding a little bit too narrow down the front.
0:18:24 > 0:18:25- Gusset...- Yes.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27- Should we?- Yes, why not?
0:18:28 > 0:18:32As far as I can tell, it's pretty good. You've caught it in.
0:18:32 > 0:18:33- Well done.- Thank you.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43Let's have a look here. The gusset. Ooh, there's a little hole.
0:18:43 > 0:18:47- You haven't quite caught it in, and that is absolutely crucial.- Yeah.
0:18:47 > 0:18:51You've got a little bit of gathering round the top of the sleeve here.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53- One other thing... - I missed the button.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56- It... It just doesn't work, does it?- Yeah. No.- Yeah.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03You've put the poppers the wrong way.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05It should be big side over small side.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07- Right.- And shall we look at the crotch? Pretty good there.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09Thank you.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Both done exactly the same thing, which is
0:19:15 > 0:19:17get the small side over the big side.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20But you've got your poppers right in the middle.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23- We have a male pair. - I thought I'd got away with it.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25- PATRICK CHUCKLES - What a shame.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36- You've done a whole different binding method for this.- I have.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39And what's slightly worrying about that is the idea is it
0:19:39 > 0:19:41stabilises the popper.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44It's possible, after a few times of opening it
0:19:44 > 0:19:46and closing it, the popper will come off.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48Visually, I think it's really neat and tidy.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51It's just you've chosen to do it a slightly different method.
0:19:55 > 0:19:56The overall effect of this is really good.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59It looks great, but you've done it the other way round,
0:19:59 > 0:20:00- haven't you?- Yeah.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02I should have flipped the pattern piece over.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04But you've got the poppers in the middle,
0:20:04 > 0:20:06the binding looks pretty even.
0:20:06 > 0:20:07The cuffs are good.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14This was going so well.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17You've just, when you were putting the snaps on,
0:20:17 > 0:20:18you've just misaligned them.
0:20:18 > 0:20:23There's a little bit of a tuck here, in the gusset, so it ain't perfect.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33- It looks...- Pretty good. - ..absolutely first-rate.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36All of these snaps, they're all working.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39You've lined up your seams, on your cuffs.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42- Do you want to have a go at that gusset? Come on.- Here I go.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45- Pretty good.- It's really polished, wouldn't you say?- Yup.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04I mean, I'm not quite sure where to start, really.
0:21:04 > 0:21:10It's all just gone really badly wrong, in all sorts of ways
0:21:10 > 0:21:13we couldn't even have imagined it was possible to go wrong.
0:21:13 > 0:21:14Can we start with the gusset?
0:21:14 > 0:21:18I mean, at what point did you realise that this wasn't
0:21:18 > 0:21:20where it was supposed to be?
0:21:20 > 0:21:23- And also, you've made the gusset a different fabric.- Oh, yes.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26So, boy oh boy, does it leap out and knock you in the eye.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29- I think we can all see that this has been sewn the wrong way round.- Yep.
0:21:29 > 0:21:30In panic, yeah.
0:21:30 > 0:21:34I think you just have to put this one to the back of your mind,
0:21:34 > 0:21:37and probably the back of the wardrobe.
0:21:37 > 0:21:38OK.
0:21:38 > 0:21:39Come with me. It'll be fine.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45The judges will now rank the babygros, from worst to best.
0:21:47 > 0:21:52In ninth place, and I don't think it's any surprise, sadly, Ghislaine.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54In eighth place is Angeline, and it's
0:21:54 > 0:21:58because you missed your top popper, and you had a hole in your gusset.
0:21:58 > 0:22:02In seventh place is Josh, Jamie takes sixth,
0:22:02 > 0:22:05Tracey is fifth, Joyce is fourth,
0:22:05 > 0:22:07and third is Rumana.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09In second place is Jade.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13- Very nicely made, but you did it over the wrong way.- Thank you.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16Which means, in first place, it's Charlotte.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19CHEERING
0:22:19 > 0:22:20Thank you.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22It looks spectacular.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25It fits great, the finish is great, it's extremely well-sewn.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27Huge congratulations to all of you.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29It's now time for cakes,
0:22:29 > 0:22:34and Patrick has made a doughnut tower for you all, downstairs.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38When you come back, my favourite bit - the alteration challenge.
0:22:38 > 0:22:43# Man, you got to accentuate the positive... #
0:22:43 > 0:22:46I'm...eurgh! I'm just so happy.
0:22:46 > 0:22:50I don't really enjoy poppers very much, but it was... I won it!
0:22:55 > 0:22:57It didn't go too well.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59I think deep down we all know where the faults are.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02We're just hoping that they don't spot them.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05I have a lot of work to do to try and come back from this disaster.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08I can't... I've got a mountain to climb.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13'Having used stretch jersey to follow a pattern,
0:23:13 > 0:23:16'the sewers must now rely entirely on their sewing instincts to
0:23:16 > 0:23:20'transform a garment made of a totally different fabric.'
0:23:20 > 0:23:25- Sewers, are you ready for the alteration challenge?- Eee...- No.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27Patrick, what do you have for them?
0:23:27 > 0:23:28It's a bridesmaid's dress.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31This challenge is all about you work with
0:23:31 > 0:23:33and understand slippery materials.
0:23:33 > 0:23:38You have to turn this into an outfit for a boy or a girl,
0:23:38 > 0:23:40to fit your mannequin.
0:23:40 > 0:23:44What we really want is something imaginative and creative.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47OK. Enormous luck. You two have to disappear, goodbye.
0:23:47 > 0:23:52You have 90 minutes. Your time starts now.
0:23:52 > 0:23:56MUSIC: Rip It Up by Bill Haley And His Comets
0:23:56 > 0:23:57Oh, my goodness.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00All the bridesmaids' dresses contain fabrics that are tricky to
0:24:00 > 0:24:02handle, like satin and chiffon.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06Go on, Jamie. Rip it with your teeth!
0:24:06 > 0:24:08What can we do? What can we do?
0:24:09 > 0:24:13Most of the fabrics in these dresses are slippery.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16You have to have a lightness of touch in sewing this.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18I want to see them
0:24:18 > 0:24:21use the natural properties of that fabric in the right way.
0:24:21 > 0:24:25- If you've got a drapey fabric, use it in a drapey way.- Yes.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28And we do want their personalities to come over.
0:24:28 > 0:24:33I just seen the blue and thought, "Underwater." So it's a mermaid.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36I'm going to do, like, a waistband, and make a mermaid's fish tail.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39It's just thinking on your feet for this challenge.
0:24:39 > 0:24:40Me kids quite often come home and say,
0:24:40 > 0:24:44"Mum, I need this for school tomorrow," and having to suddenly
0:24:44 > 0:24:49throw something together out of what you've got for children is something I have done.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51I'm going to go for kind of a bodice,
0:24:51 > 0:24:53and then kind of use this like that.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55Yep, petals.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58- Can I say the words "forest fairy?" - Yeah, yeah, that kind of idea.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00I thought about a butterfly kind of thing.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03I'm thinking wings, but I don't know. Don't know, we'll have to see.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05Jamie, who's that?
0:25:05 > 0:25:07This is a lovely little girl that's going to a wedding.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09I've draped the backing across,
0:25:09 > 0:25:11and then I'm going to attach a skirt to it.
0:25:12 > 0:25:17And I'm going to turn this into a little bridesmaid's dress.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20I might use netting on the skirt.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23- Joyce.- Yes.- What'cha doing? - I'm making a dress.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26And little girls like sparkle, so I've kept the sparkle.
0:25:26 > 0:25:30- That round there, and then some thick straps on it.- Nice.
0:25:32 > 0:25:37This is going to be the bodice of my little girl's party dress.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40I'm putting some sheering in, which is a sort of gathering with
0:25:40 > 0:25:43elastic, and then there's going to be a giant poufy net skirt.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46This is a proper princess dress, no messing about.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50Josh, what are you making?
0:25:50 > 0:25:53I'm hoping to make a children's sleeveless bomber jacket.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56Like a gilet. As long as it fits, I'll be really happy.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59Is a gilet enough? Should there be some undergarments?
0:25:59 > 0:26:01Well, I wouldn't have thought so. I would have thought there's
0:26:01 > 0:26:03enough in a gilet to keep me busy for 90 minutes.
0:26:03 > 0:26:04Yeah.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07I'm doing a jacket and a pair of shorts.
0:26:07 > 0:26:13I'm thinking sportswear, maybe boxer type of thing. The pressure is on.
0:26:14 > 0:26:15I need an amazing comeback.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21Sewers, you are halfway through.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25Bit of wadding on the inside, to give it a little bit of bulk.
0:26:25 > 0:26:26Right, this is going OK.
0:26:26 > 0:26:30It'll give a nice petally skirt, which I'll attach to the bodice,
0:26:30 > 0:26:34and then I can use trims to really finish it off.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Ghislaine. Oh, my God, I love it.
0:26:36 > 0:26:37I was going for...
0:26:38 > 0:26:41- That's what I was looking for. - Like that. Like a kid fighter.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44Yes. Well, I have to fight now, so I'm fighting.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47It's extremely hard to sew slippery fabric under time pressure,
0:26:47 > 0:26:50because the thing that you really should be doing with it is
0:26:50 > 0:26:52taking your time and being careful.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54My bridesmaid's dresses were chiffon,
0:26:54 > 0:26:57but it's quite hard because it keeps moving all over the place.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59It's quite a delicate fabric.
0:26:59 > 0:27:00SIGHS
0:27:00 > 0:27:04Jamie and Rumana are creating their designs by draping on the mannequin.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07I'm just doing some hand gathering, and just sewing
0:27:07 > 0:27:12it in strategic places, and hoping to make the most out of the chiffon.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14Obviously, you've got some fabric that's really, really stiff,
0:27:14 > 0:27:17some that flows, and you use the fabric to its advantage.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19It's a different way of sewing, and I quite enjoy it.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21You've got half an hour left.
0:27:21 > 0:27:22An hour's gone?
0:27:22 > 0:27:24As well as the fabric in the dress...
0:27:24 > 0:27:26Sequins.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28..the sewers can make use of the haberdashery.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32I'm currently applying some gold-coloured bias binding.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35Obviously, time's against us, so I'm just having to hold it,
0:27:35 > 0:27:37fold it, and stitch it.
0:27:37 > 0:27:42I've got pink netting. I am the queen of netting.
0:27:42 > 0:27:47I'm making a giant poufy net skirt to go with my little bodice.
0:27:47 > 0:27:51I'm going to put a layer of chiffon over the top as well.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54- Adorable. Like that? I'm excited.- Yeah.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57I'm just inserting a zip.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00So, I'm trying to put an applique of a butterfly on.
0:28:00 > 0:28:04Just thought, if I get something shiny, maybe they'll get distracted.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11Sewers, you have ten minutes.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14I wish my sewing machine was going quicker.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17This is a beaded trim, and it's going to go shimmy, shimmy,
0:28:17 > 0:28:19when she dances.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22I'm just trying to add a flow here,
0:28:22 > 0:28:24so that it looks as if it's underwater.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27If I can get the string in,
0:28:27 > 0:28:30so at least they see that I was trying to make boxing shorts.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33Come on!
0:28:33 > 0:28:37Jamie, you have been trying to organise this for, what? A day?
0:28:37 > 0:28:41- At least.- OK, what is it? - It's a dress.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43That's not a dress, that's a puzzle.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45I think it's going to be a bit small,
0:28:45 > 0:28:46but I can just have it undone.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48Five minutes!
0:28:49 > 0:28:51Come on!
0:28:51 > 0:28:52Just keep sewing.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54- Can't get it on.- Why?
0:28:54 > 0:28:56- I don't know. - OK. Just ease it in.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58They're my fairy wings.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00- Ease it in.- It's got to come off.
0:29:00 > 0:29:01CLAUDIA SHRIEKS
0:29:01 > 0:29:03- What is that?- The fringing, it doesn't stretch.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06Don't worry, just go really slow. I can't watch.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08- I mean, I am watching. - Oh, God, get... Oh!
0:29:10 > 0:29:12WHISPERING: You did it.
0:29:12 > 0:29:14Right, that's it. Time. Finished.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18Wheel your mannequins forward. We'll bundle them up.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23# Steppin' out with my baby
0:29:23 > 0:29:25# Can't go wrong, cos I'm right. #
0:29:25 > 0:29:26Nine adult bridesmaids'
0:29:26 > 0:29:30dresses have become nine children's garments in just 90 minutes.
0:29:30 > 0:29:31I'm amazed.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34And the judges have no idea whose is whose.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49This person's gone to town with the draping.
0:29:49 > 0:29:53They've gathered this here, so that's creating that drape there.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56They've made the butterfly on the front from scratch. It's terrific.
0:29:56 > 0:29:57Yes. Yeah.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59- A lot of skills. - And a lot of thought.- Yep.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08This one is something else.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11They've certainly had a hack at this dress.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13Personally, I don't like this and this.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16It's almost like, what else can we put on it? Let's bung that on.
0:30:16 > 0:30:19It feels just a little bit haphazard.
0:30:24 > 0:30:28This is a very simple sort of shift. Nice use of a bit of binding.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30The back is more interesting.
0:30:30 > 0:30:34This goes round and that goes round the other way.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37I mean, not beautifully executed but ingenious.
0:30:42 > 0:30:45I think the net petticoat underneath it gives it a very
0:30:45 > 0:30:48- different shape. - Is the net petticoat attached? Yes.
0:30:48 > 0:30:52But it's got this raggedy hem. It should have been more raggedy.
0:30:52 > 0:30:56It needs to look intentional. Almost like Cinderella or something.
0:31:01 > 0:31:07All sorts of petals made from the outer and inner of that dress.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10- There's lots of really good stuff in this.- But hang on a minute.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12Would that go over your head?
0:31:12 > 0:31:16I think it's worth squashing your head in to get it into this!
0:31:21 > 0:31:26- This one has got shirring at the back.- It's reasonably even.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29All the detail is really at the back.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32There's not quite as much of the sort of wow factor in the skirt.
0:31:38 > 0:31:41Now, is that attached? Hand sewn there.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43Crossover at the back.
0:31:43 > 0:31:46I mean, it's not the most imaginative garment.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49But some little girl would love to wear that.
0:31:54 > 0:31:58For me, this is the least imaginative one.
0:31:58 > 0:32:02Because it's basically three pieces joined together.
0:32:02 > 0:32:04That arm hole looks very small.
0:32:04 > 0:32:06Yes, it does, it looks very, very tiny.
0:32:06 > 0:32:10- We did ask it to fit the mannequin, didn't we?- We did, yes.
0:32:10 > 0:32:15This one, unfortunately, doesn't. Yep, it definitely doesn't.
0:32:25 > 0:32:30I really like it. I'm not sure who it's for but it's great.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33- Somebody has learned how to use a snap this morning.- Yes!
0:32:33 > 0:32:37- It feels really together.- To me, it really stood out in the line.
0:32:37 > 0:32:41I love this little patch pocket with the number one on the front
0:32:41 > 0:32:45that mirrors the number on the back.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48It seems to me like they've handled the slippery fabric really well.
0:32:48 > 0:32:52And they've put the elastic in the chiffon. How marvellous!
0:32:55 > 0:32:59Patrick and Esme will now rank the bridesmaid dress alterations.
0:33:01 > 0:33:05Number nine is the purple gilet.
0:33:05 > 0:33:09I feel there wasn't much imagination in that one.
0:33:09 > 0:33:12In eighth a place, it's our mermaid.
0:33:12 > 0:33:13There was a lot going on
0:33:13 > 0:33:17but it just lacks a little coherence in my thinking.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19In seventh place is Jade.
0:33:19 > 0:33:21Sixth is Charlotte.
0:33:21 > 0:33:25Joyce comes fifth and fourth place is Jamie.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27In third place is the fairy.
0:33:27 > 0:33:31We loved how the petals are going and all that.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34In second place, it's...
0:33:37 > 0:33:39..the...
0:33:39 > 0:33:42pink butterfly dress.
0:33:42 > 0:33:45Really lovely. Some beautiful handwork.
0:33:45 > 0:33:48- A lot of imagination, so very well done.- Thank you.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51Well, in first place, it's the only one left.
0:33:52 > 0:33:57From bottom to number one!
0:33:57 > 0:33:59You executed it really well. It's great.
0:33:59 > 0:34:03- Are you happy?- Very nice detail. - Very happy, thank you.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09OK, so you all did brilliantly. Well done!
0:34:09 > 0:34:14We will see you tomorrow for the big challenge.
0:34:14 > 0:34:17# Now, nothing's impossible... #
0:34:19 > 0:34:23Just chuck her on the floor, don't worry!
0:34:25 > 0:34:27My God. Wow.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31The feeling I have inside is absolutely impossible to describe.
0:34:31 > 0:34:35I'd never imagine that sewing would make me so happy.
0:34:35 > 0:34:39Last week, I did feel like maybe I shouldn't be here
0:34:39 > 0:34:43because I did so awfully. But today, I kind of feel like I do belong.
0:34:43 > 0:34:46Coming seventh and ninth is never a good thing.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48I need to make sure I pull something out of the bag
0:34:48 > 0:34:50to stay here another week.
0:34:50 > 0:34:52# That's enough now. #
0:35:01 > 0:35:05Just one more item of childrenswear to make before one sewer wins
0:35:05 > 0:35:10Garment of the Week and another is asked to leave the sewing room.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13Rumana has had a magnificent week so far, hasn't she?
0:35:13 > 0:35:16She has had two very, very, competent bits of work.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19The babygro was really neat and accurate
0:35:19 > 0:35:21and the pink butterfly showed lots of great skill.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24The person who had the most extraordinary day, Ghislaine.
0:35:24 > 0:35:27The babygro was an absolute dog's dinner,
0:35:27 > 0:35:30but the alteration was great. It was imaginative.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33She'd really thought carefully about details.
0:35:33 > 0:35:35Let's talk about Angeline.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38She made a few pretty fundamental mistakes on the babygro
0:35:38 > 0:35:41- and I didn't get mermaid from the dress.- Neither did I.
0:35:41 > 0:35:44Joshua is at the bottom in that alteration challenge
0:35:44 > 0:35:47and the babygro was just a little bit clumsy.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50At the bottom, then, are Josh, Angeline and Ghislaine.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52Those are probably the three at the moment who are shakiest.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55Yes, I would agree with that.
0:35:55 > 0:35:58For the made-to-measure challenge, the mannequins are no more.
0:35:58 > 0:36:03The sewers will be fitting their garments to actual children.
0:36:03 > 0:36:04Ghislaine. You can call me Jean.
0:36:04 > 0:36:06- Are you excited, then, yeah?- Yeah.
0:36:06 > 0:36:08- You feeling good?- Yeah.- Good.
0:36:08 > 0:36:14Hello, sewers, and a huge welcome to our brilliant models.
0:36:14 > 0:36:16This is of course children's week
0:36:16 > 0:36:20and the judges would love you to make woollen capes.
0:36:20 > 0:36:22You have four hours.
0:36:22 > 0:36:25Your time starts now.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30If you just stick your arm out like that for me.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32The sewers have had the chance to practise
0:36:32 > 0:36:34making their capes at home but this is the first time
0:36:34 > 0:36:36they have met the children they will be fitting them to.
0:36:36 > 0:36:39I'm just going to measure from the front of your head here
0:36:39 > 0:36:41just down to the back of your neck, OK?
0:36:41 > 0:36:43So, is that comfortable?
0:36:43 > 0:36:47I imagine after stretch and after slippery, wool must be a delight.
0:36:47 > 0:36:50Wool can be incredibly lightweight and diaphanous.
0:36:50 > 0:36:55It can be very solid and dense. It can also be very loosely woven.
0:36:55 > 0:36:57I think the choice of fabric here
0:36:57 > 0:37:00will determine how good the level of finish is going to be.
0:37:00 > 0:37:04We really want the fit to be good round the collar and the shoulders.
0:37:04 > 0:37:08- And the hem.- Also, that hem has to be level all the way around.
0:37:08 > 0:37:11- It's not as straightforward as I think people might imagine.- No.
0:37:11 > 0:37:14- You make it look really easy. - This is the easy part!
0:37:14 > 0:37:18Yesterday wasn't a great day for me but we all have bad sewing days.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20If anything, it makes you more determined.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23Angeline is making a collared cape.
0:37:23 > 0:37:27A tartan under-collar will match the triangular insert at the back
0:37:27 > 0:37:28known as a godet.
0:37:28 > 0:37:30It will be finished with a large bow.
0:37:30 > 0:37:35I'm going to cut here and create a godette, or how do you pronounce it?
0:37:35 > 0:37:37- OK, a godet.- Godet.
0:37:37 > 0:37:41What is the godet going to do for the back of this cape?
0:37:41 > 0:37:44- It's going to add feature.- Why does it need a feature on the back?
0:37:44 > 0:37:46I think when you're walking away, you need a feature.
0:37:46 > 0:37:50- Make an impression.- Right, I'm off! - Make an impression as you walk away!
0:37:50 > 0:37:54This is the front of my cape. I've gone for some tweed.
0:37:54 > 0:37:56I have worked with wool before quite a bit.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58I really enjoy working with it.
0:37:58 > 0:38:01Jamie's classic gentleman's cape will feature hand holds hidden
0:38:01 > 0:38:04beneath the pleated front and he is inserting jetted pockets with flaps.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07- I'm going for the nice country gentleman look.- Oh!- Nice pockets.
0:38:07 > 0:38:09I like it.
0:38:09 > 0:38:12We should get you, like, a fake pheasant to put on your shoulder!
0:38:12 > 0:38:14Yes.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17Righty ho! I'm going to chop all of these down.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20A cape can be made either from a single piece of fabric
0:38:20 > 0:38:24cut in a circle or from several shaped pieces sewn together.
0:38:24 > 0:38:28Right, that's that. And that's that.
0:38:28 > 0:38:32So, it's got loads of panels which is what is making me most anxious.
0:38:32 > 0:38:34This is where the neck goes, in here,
0:38:34 > 0:38:36and these bits sort of drape over the arms.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39So it will make sense eventually.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42Charlotte's collared cape will be made from one piece
0:38:42 > 0:38:46of loosely-woven tweed which will be lined and fastened with a button.
0:38:46 > 0:38:47I was a bit worried about this tweed.
0:38:47 > 0:38:49I thought it might be a stinker.
0:38:49 > 0:38:52- It's not bad, it's under control. - So, how are you going to control it?
0:38:52 > 0:38:54I'm basting pom-pom trim all the way around the edge before
0:38:54 > 0:38:57- I actually stitch it to the lining. - What is your lining like?
0:38:57 > 0:39:00- It's chocolate brown satin.- OK. - Great.- Good luck.
0:39:00 > 0:39:04- Look forward to seeing it.- Thank you. Now you're making me nervous!
0:39:04 > 0:39:07OK, I'm going to add four centimetres.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09Ghislaine doesn't have a pattern as a template -
0:39:09 > 0:39:12she's using a freehand cutting technique.
0:39:12 > 0:39:16So, I'm going to cut a circle with just her measurements,
0:39:16 > 0:39:19so the neck, and that's the length of the cape.
0:39:20 > 0:39:24Think Sunday service - you're going to Sunday service
0:39:24 > 0:39:27and you put something pretty on top of your pretty dress.
0:39:27 > 0:39:31Ghislaine's Sunday best cape will be made from boiled wool.
0:39:31 > 0:39:33She is using a contrast cotton fabric for the collar,
0:39:33 > 0:39:35lining and panelling,
0:39:35 > 0:39:39and the bottom edge will be accented with small curves called scallops.
0:39:39 > 0:39:42- This is my pattern. - That's for your scallops?- Yes.- OK.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44That's the only piece I have.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47They have to be perfect and neat and every little corner has to be
0:39:47 > 0:39:50accurate, so just be very, very careful.
0:39:50 > 0:39:51Take your time and be accurate.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54This is where I want to take my time, is on my scallops.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56I'm going to be making a reversible cape.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59Rather than a really girlie fabric,
0:39:59 > 0:40:02I wanted quite a smart checked fabric on the one side
0:40:02 > 0:40:04and then brown on the other side.
0:40:04 > 0:40:06I would wear this.
0:40:06 > 0:40:09Josh's reversible hooded cape will be tied at the neck
0:40:09 > 0:40:12and he plans to attach patch pockets onto both sides.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14I'm trying to pattern match.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17The only trouble with doing that is if it doesn't match,
0:40:17 > 0:40:18they will definitely pick up on it.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21I suppose today is sort of last chance saloon for me.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24If you're going to go out, go out with a bang, I say!
0:40:24 > 0:40:28# You can't pull the wool over my eyes... #
0:40:28 > 0:40:30Oh, come on!
0:40:30 > 0:40:34It looks like I've made a slight mistake in the way I've cut
0:40:34 > 0:40:38my scallops. They're not deep enough. I'm really not happy.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41Really, really, really not happy.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43# Oh, you've got yourself in a jam
0:40:43 > 0:40:45# You're going to lose your honey lamb
0:40:45 > 0:40:50# Cos you can't pull the wool over my eyes... #
0:40:50 > 0:40:54I've just about finished cutting out the cape so I'm going to
0:40:54 > 0:40:56sew that before I do anything else.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58Let's do some sewing.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00I'm now starting to construct the cape,
0:41:00 > 0:41:02just putting the seams together.
0:41:07 > 0:41:11Mine is a grey wool cape. I'm actually really worried about today.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13You can see by the group,
0:41:13 > 0:41:16it's just so unpredictable that you can't think you're safe.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19Rumana is using a grey stretch wool and polyester blend
0:41:19 > 0:41:20to make her cape,
0:41:20 > 0:41:23adding a green satin lining and a bow on the back.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26Would this not have been easier in a nice woven wool?
0:41:26 > 0:41:29Well, I've never used wool so I didn't really know much about it.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31It's very mobile, isn't it?
0:41:31 > 0:41:35It is. Because it's stretchy, it's quite hard to get it sitting well.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38- You're going to make a bow in this fabric on the back?- Yes.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40Size to be determined.
0:41:40 > 0:41:47My wool is quite thick but it does sew really nicely.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50Jade's fur-trimmed hooded cape is lined with a contrast check cotton.
0:41:50 > 0:41:54- It features a storm flap and pom-pom ties. Do you love it?- Yes.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56I've got the practice one at home.
0:41:56 > 0:41:58What did your mum say when she saw it?
0:41:58 > 0:42:01She was like, "If you do that, you'll be amazed with it."
0:42:01 > 0:42:03I was like, "OK, Mum, thanks."
0:42:03 > 0:42:05Explain to us what you're doing.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08OK, I know this looks boring at the moment but it won't be boring
0:42:08 > 0:42:11because on the back will be a little bit of work.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14The back of Joyce's cape will be embellished with the word "love"
0:42:14 > 0:42:16appliqued in contrast fabrics.
0:42:16 > 0:42:19She is attaching heart-shaped patch pockets on the front
0:42:19 > 0:42:21and inserting an exposed zip.
0:42:21 > 0:42:23It was going to be lined or applique
0:42:23 > 0:42:25and I thought the applique was more...
0:42:25 > 0:42:29- Cos you feel that's your strongest. - No, applique isn't my strongest.
0:42:29 > 0:42:30Lining is, but I felt...
0:42:31 > 0:42:34Hold on! So let's rewind through that.
0:42:34 > 0:42:37So, you're good at lining and terrible at applique,
0:42:37 > 0:42:40so what you've chosen to do is not line it and give us applique.
0:42:40 > 0:42:42With no applique, it's a plain thing.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45- You think it'll give it a little wow factor?- Yes.- All right.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48Joyce isn't the only sewer attempting applique.
0:42:48 > 0:42:51It is tricky because you're trying to get all the raw edge covered
0:42:51 > 0:42:53and keep it nice and even,
0:42:53 > 0:42:56so it's fiddly, but I actually find it quite therapeutic
0:42:56 > 0:42:59cos it's quite slow and steady!
0:42:59 > 0:43:03Tracey's applique butterflies will adorn her hooded cape.
0:43:03 > 0:43:05Made in light wool, it will have side pockets
0:43:05 > 0:43:06and will be fastened with a toggle.
0:43:06 > 0:43:09I can applique by hand but if you think this is slow,
0:43:09 > 0:43:11it's even slower doing it by hand.
0:43:11 > 0:43:14This is the bit that took the longest time on mine.
0:43:16 > 0:43:20Sewers, you're halfway through the task.
0:43:20 > 0:43:22Stand up.
0:43:22 > 0:43:24Whip your jackety thing off just for a second.
0:43:24 > 0:43:26I'm just going to drape it over you, that's all.
0:43:26 > 0:43:28- If we put it on this way... - Stick your arms out.
0:43:28 > 0:43:30You look like a bird!
0:43:32 > 0:43:34It kind of drapes just over the shoulders
0:43:34 > 0:43:38so it gives a nice kind of flop, I guess!
0:43:38 > 0:43:40Flop, a very technical word!
0:43:41 > 0:43:43Good stuff, well done!
0:43:44 > 0:43:46I'm trying to fit round the collar so at the moment,
0:43:46 > 0:43:48it's too large.
0:43:48 > 0:43:51I hope I will have enough time to fix it.
0:43:51 > 0:43:52Right, turn round.
0:43:53 > 0:43:57That is going to be fabulous. You've got lovely hair, darling.
0:43:57 > 0:43:59Right, what's next? Collar.
0:43:59 > 0:44:01I'm putting a collar in.
0:44:01 > 0:44:04I have drafted my collar, again, by hand.
0:44:06 > 0:44:08Patrick and Esme will be looking for collars to be
0:44:08 > 0:44:11perfectly in proportion with the cape as a whole
0:44:11 > 0:44:13and inserted smoothly into the neckline.
0:44:13 > 0:44:16I'm going to attach it and then I'm going to put the lining,
0:44:16 > 0:44:19sew the whole lot together, turn it through and top stitch,
0:44:19 > 0:44:21so I can get it to stand up.
0:44:21 > 0:44:24I've got loads to do but I'm going to go for it.
0:44:24 > 0:44:27- Let's just put this on Mandy. - It's so not finished.
0:44:27 > 0:44:29You're going to look absolutely glorious.
0:44:29 > 0:44:30She's got her hair in plaits
0:44:30 > 0:44:32because it's sort of skipping to the park kind of...
0:44:32 > 0:44:33Skipping to the park?
0:44:33 > 0:44:38- No problem. I'm just going outside to get the pet goat.- Exactly.
0:44:38 > 0:44:41Bring him in so we can all watch Doctor Who, that's what that says!
0:44:41 > 0:44:45- In a good way. Ask your mum for a pet goat, she'll love that!- Yeah.
0:44:51 > 0:44:55Sewers, you have one hour left in cape land.
0:44:55 > 0:45:00Starting to look like a cape, and less like a heap of material.
0:45:00 > 0:45:03This is going to be my applique which is my favourite
0:45:03 > 0:45:05job in the world, not.
0:45:05 > 0:45:06It's done by eye more than anything.
0:45:06 > 0:45:09We're just going to hope for the best.
0:45:09 > 0:45:11No, we're not going to hope for the best,
0:45:11 > 0:45:14it's all measured to the last millimetre!
0:45:14 > 0:45:17I've constructed the pockets for both sides.
0:45:17 > 0:45:19I'm certainly working to the best of my ability.
0:45:19 > 0:45:22I really just hope it's enough to keep me here.
0:45:22 > 0:45:23This is going to be one of my pockets.
0:45:23 > 0:45:26They take a little bit of time but they're nice,
0:45:26 > 0:45:28especially when I'm going for the tailored look.
0:45:28 > 0:45:31I'm a little bit behind time where I think I want to be
0:45:31 > 0:45:33but I'm not going to stress about it.
0:45:33 > 0:45:35I can soon catch up, I hope.
0:45:35 > 0:45:38Jamie is doing his jets in his lining.
0:45:38 > 0:45:42They are tricky pockets to put in even if you're very experienced
0:45:42 > 0:45:44and doing it in contrasting fabric...
0:45:44 > 0:45:47Will highlight any mistakes.
0:45:47 > 0:45:49- Or any imperfections. - I think his is the most ambitious.
0:45:49 > 0:45:51I'm happy with that.
0:45:51 > 0:45:54At the moment I'm pinning my collar because I want to top-stitch them,
0:45:54 > 0:45:58so then they will be more defined. Because, to be honest,
0:45:58 > 0:46:00I wanted them to be a little bit deeper.
0:46:00 > 0:46:04Ghislaine is the one person I'm really worried about.
0:46:04 > 0:46:10Her cutting out is bad and it's not easy to sew scallops.
0:46:10 > 0:46:14She has to be so accurate and so far, she's been very inaccurate.
0:46:14 > 0:46:18My hands are sweating because I am nervous.
0:46:19 > 0:46:22The godet was not part of my original pattern.
0:46:22 > 0:46:26It is something I have added on just to make it that wee bit different.
0:46:26 > 0:46:29SHE GASPS
0:46:29 > 0:46:31I've done something really stupid.
0:46:31 > 0:46:35I stitched it in the wrong way. It's just time-consuming.
0:46:35 > 0:46:37It's just time that we don't really have.
0:46:37 > 0:46:39These godets are going to be the end of me!
0:46:39 > 0:46:4245 minutes left, sewers!
0:46:42 > 0:46:45Let's do the lining. How exciting!
0:46:45 > 0:46:48To get the lining done is the hardest bit, to make sure it's neat.
0:46:48 > 0:46:49To line their capes,
0:46:49 > 0:46:52the sewers are using a technique known as bagging out.
0:46:52 > 0:46:55I'm currently pinning my lining to my outer fabric,
0:46:55 > 0:46:56right sides together.
0:46:56 > 0:46:59The worst thing that can happen with this lining is that it shifts
0:46:59 > 0:47:01as I'm sewing it so it doesn't hang properly.
0:47:01 > 0:47:03Millions of pins are the way to go.
0:47:03 > 0:47:05What I'm going to do is make a hole
0:47:05 > 0:47:10and then what you do is you turn all of your cape to the inside
0:47:10 > 0:47:14so it's like all the insides are inside,
0:47:14 > 0:47:17and you sew your hems together like that.
0:47:19 > 0:47:23So then when you turn it around, the seams are again all enclosed.
0:47:26 > 0:47:27You have got to be careful
0:47:27 > 0:47:29because obviously the lining is quite slippery,
0:47:29 > 0:47:33but I tend to find the lining on the top, pin it well and sew quickly.
0:47:33 > 0:47:34I'm about to turn it inside out
0:47:34 > 0:47:38and hopefully have an amazing lined cape.
0:47:38 > 0:47:41Fingers crossed I haven't sewn anything really, really wrong.
0:47:41 > 0:47:43Just feed it through this tiny hole I have left.
0:47:44 > 0:47:46It's very fiddly.
0:47:46 > 0:47:49Perfect.
0:47:49 > 0:47:52Oh! I have sewed my collar on upside down.
0:47:54 > 0:47:56Oh, no, I didn't.
0:47:56 > 0:47:58No, I didn't! Thank God!
0:48:02 > 0:48:04Sewers, you have half an hour.
0:48:04 > 0:48:0730 minutes to hand stitch that and do a bow.
0:48:07 > 0:48:08Can you stick your arms straight out?
0:48:08 > 0:48:10I'm going to put little poppers in
0:48:10 > 0:48:11to make it into a little sleevey thing.
0:48:11 > 0:48:14I'm marking where there's going to be a gap
0:48:14 > 0:48:16so he can get his hands out.
0:48:16 > 0:48:19I'm going to put a really tight zigzag stitch all the way round it
0:48:19 > 0:48:20and then just cut it.
0:48:20 > 0:48:22I would bind it normally but I haven't got time.
0:48:22 > 0:48:25- What are you doing?- Attaching a bow. - Also, it's a big bow.
0:48:25 > 0:48:29- They don't like a little bow. - No.- As we found out in week one.
0:48:29 > 0:48:32Not easy to sew it on like this, that's for sure.
0:48:32 > 0:48:34Ten minutes left, sewers, ten minutes.
0:48:34 > 0:48:38Going to put in my ribbon now because I'm going to close the edge.
0:48:38 > 0:48:40It is what it is and that's it.
0:48:40 > 0:48:43I'm just top-stitching right round the edge and I'm done.
0:48:43 > 0:48:46I just need to give it a really good press so it's not so baggy.
0:48:46 > 0:48:48You can tell the difference between a garment that hasn't been
0:48:48 > 0:48:50pressed and one that has.
0:48:50 > 0:48:53It sharpens it. I'm good at ironing.
0:48:53 > 0:48:56- I've been doing it for about 60 years!- How long have we got?
0:48:56 > 0:48:57You shout it, three minutes.
0:48:57 > 0:48:59- Three minutes!- Louder than that.
0:48:59 > 0:49:02- THREE MINUTES!- Good girl.
0:49:02 > 0:49:04I just need to give this a press and then it should be done.
0:49:04 > 0:49:07I'll be down to the last 30 seconds.
0:49:07 > 0:49:09Now, that there.
0:49:09 > 0:49:12When did my button go? Where did it go to?
0:49:12 > 0:49:14Last few minutes.
0:49:14 > 0:49:15I've got three buttons to put on.
0:49:15 > 0:49:18I don't like rushing anything but it's only the buttons.
0:49:18 > 0:49:21There should be six buttons on it but at the moment,
0:49:21 > 0:49:23there's only three.
0:49:23 > 0:49:24Oops!
0:49:24 > 0:49:27All right, that's it.
0:49:27 > 0:49:29It's time now.
0:49:29 > 0:49:31Finish, cut it. Thank you.
0:49:31 > 0:49:33Come on, my darling, stick it on.
0:49:33 > 0:49:35Very well done!
0:49:35 > 0:49:38- Happy?- Yeah.- Good.
0:49:38 > 0:49:43I had a low and a high on the first two challenges.
0:49:43 > 0:49:46Is this one enough? I just am very, very nervous.
0:49:46 > 0:49:49There's a couple of little things that I didn't quite get time to do
0:49:49 > 0:49:50but I'm really happy.
0:49:50 > 0:49:55First of all, hands in pockets and saunter. OK?
0:49:55 > 0:49:57Then turn.
0:49:57 > 0:50:00And hands out of pockets and walk smartly.
0:50:00 > 0:50:03- That's our strategy, isn't it?- Yes.
0:50:03 > 0:50:07- # I really can't stay - But, baby, it's cold outside
0:50:07 > 0:50:08# I've got to go away... #
0:50:08 > 0:50:12Nine gorgeous children's capes in just four hours.
0:50:12 > 0:50:13But what will the judges think?
0:50:13 > 0:50:15Charlotte and Maddie, you're up first.
0:50:15 > 0:50:18# It's cold
0:50:18 > 0:50:21# Outside. #
0:50:22 > 0:50:25Overall, I think it's a really nice combination of colours.
0:50:25 > 0:50:29Great fabric choice. I think the collar is a little uneven.
0:50:29 > 0:50:31And it's just wanting to lift up a little bit.
0:50:31 > 0:50:35I love how you've done the sleeves. All it took was a little popper.
0:50:35 > 0:50:39- Yes.- And I think that's worked really well.- Thank you.
0:50:48 > 0:50:52I was worried about the use of the contrast on the pocket,
0:50:52 > 0:50:54but actually it is neat.
0:50:54 > 0:50:56This is a very tricky skill.
0:50:56 > 0:51:00- It's a little bit open there.- God, you're being nit-picky, aren't you?
0:51:00 > 0:51:02- Well, if you're going to put a jet.- Yep.
0:51:02 > 0:51:05I think the buttons could be a little more firmly anchored.
0:51:05 > 0:51:07Yeah, that was in the last five minutes.
0:51:07 > 0:51:10- What you haven't got to is some sort of binding.- Yeah.
0:51:10 > 0:51:13Whatever you're going to do on the edge of these openings.
0:51:13 > 0:51:15- But it's a fantastic piece of work. - Yes.
0:51:15 > 0:51:18- And very original.- Thank you. - Well done.- Thank you.
0:51:18 > 0:51:20# You're a pink toothbrush
0:51:20 > 0:51:22# I'm a blue toothbrush
0:51:22 > 0:51:25# Have we met somewhere before? #
0:51:25 > 0:51:27Well, pink and grey.
0:51:27 > 0:51:30- LAUGHTER - Best colour combination there is.
0:51:30 > 0:51:32The appliques work really well.
0:51:32 > 0:51:35I really like the combination of the check and the plain grey.
0:51:35 > 0:51:37And the lace and the buttons and the jewels.
0:51:37 > 0:51:41This collar, for me, needs to sit much closer to the neck.
0:51:43 > 0:51:46# Every time I hear you whistle... #
0:51:49 > 0:51:52Well, I'm sorry, but I think that bow is really...
0:51:52 > 0:51:54- It looks like a dog biscuit. - RUMANA LAUGHS
0:51:54 > 0:51:57You've actually sewn this in a jersey, rather than a woven.
0:51:57 > 0:52:00- And because of that, you've got very bouncy seams.- Mm.
0:52:00 > 0:52:03But I like it, I think it works well, it looks...
0:52:03 > 0:52:04Do you? Do you like it?
0:52:04 > 0:52:07I do. I don't mind it. It looks all right to me.
0:52:07 > 0:52:10# A smile is something special
0:52:10 > 0:52:13# A ribbon is something rare
0:52:13 > 0:52:16# So I'll be special and I'll be rare
0:52:16 > 0:52:20# With a smile and a ribbon in my hair... #
0:52:20 > 0:52:24Sadly, there's an awful lot that isn't quite right.
0:52:24 > 0:52:27The scallops are uneven. You have to be really precise.
0:52:27 > 0:52:29And you set yourself a difficult task
0:52:29 > 0:52:32- with a difficult fabric for that. - Mm-hm.
0:52:32 > 0:52:36The colour is such an important part of a garment and it doesn't fit.
0:52:36 > 0:52:41It's too big for the neck by an inch-and-a-half here.
0:52:48 > 0:52:51I think it works really well. And I think it's really elegant.
0:52:51 > 0:52:52You've matched the pockets,
0:52:52 > 0:52:54you've matched the checks all the way across the front.
0:52:54 > 0:52:58It's a very nice idea to use both fabrics for the pocket,
0:52:58 > 0:53:00- but it's quite bulky.- Yeah.
0:53:00 > 0:53:02I think the hood is a great fit.
0:53:02 > 0:53:05I would have liked the body of the cape to be fractionally longer.
0:53:07 > 0:53:10# You make me feel so young
0:53:10 > 0:53:12# You make me feel so... #
0:53:12 > 0:53:15I was interested to see how all of this applique was going to work.
0:53:15 > 0:53:18- You know, this is the main feature, really, of this cape.- Yep.
0:53:18 > 0:53:20And actually, it's worked really well.
0:53:20 > 0:53:22You've even got little pockets on the front
0:53:22 > 0:53:24and you've put contrast inside the pockets.
0:53:24 > 0:53:26- Very neat. Well done.- Thank you.
0:53:26 > 0:53:29# You make me feel
0:53:29 > 0:53:31# So young... #
0:53:34 > 0:53:37- I was concerned it was going to be overly busy.- Yes.
0:53:37 > 0:53:39- It isn't. It works really nicely. - Thank you.
0:53:39 > 0:53:42The lining isn't coming towards the front, which is a danger.
0:53:42 > 0:53:45You've controlled that. You didn't get the buttons
0:53:45 > 0:53:47- on the side. - No, I didn't get all the buttons on.
0:53:47 > 0:53:51# Baby, you're adorable
0:53:51 > 0:53:54# Sweet as can be
0:53:54 > 0:53:57# You're adorable... #
0:53:57 > 0:54:00- You look very nervous. - I am nervous after yesterday.
0:54:00 > 0:54:02You needn't be nervous.
0:54:02 > 0:54:04- It's a fantastic piece of clothing. - Thank you.
0:54:04 > 0:54:06We were worried about the godet, but actually
0:54:06 > 0:54:09- it's worked really, really well. - Thank you.
0:54:09 > 0:54:12This whole arrangement, with the bow and the tails of the bow,
0:54:12 > 0:54:15- is actually the thing that really makes it.- Yes.
0:54:15 > 0:54:17It gives it the wow factor.
0:54:17 > 0:54:19You've set the lining back from the edge really nicely.
0:54:19 > 0:54:22I think the button is well applied.
0:54:22 > 0:54:25- I think it's an absolute cracker. - Well done.
0:54:28 > 0:54:31A huge well done to all of you.
0:54:31 > 0:54:33Go, have a nice cup of tea.
0:54:33 > 0:54:34When you come back,
0:54:34 > 0:54:38the judges are going to, happily, announce the Garment of the Week.
0:54:38 > 0:54:43And, unhappily, announce who will be leaving the Sewing Bee.
0:54:45 > 0:54:47'I'm feeling a bit uneasy.
0:54:47 > 0:54:50'Just cos of a couple of my results yesterday.'
0:54:50 > 0:54:53But after the cape, I hope I've pulled it back slightly.
0:54:53 > 0:54:56'Obviously, I'd love to win Garment of the Week.'
0:54:56 > 0:54:59There was some other really, really nice capes there.
0:54:59 > 0:55:01'I've been in the same situation last week'
0:55:01 > 0:55:02and I was lucky enough to stay here.
0:55:02 > 0:55:05And I want to be here again next week.
0:55:05 > 0:55:07If...if I can have one more chance,
0:55:07 > 0:55:10I hope, I hope, I hope they can see
0:55:10 > 0:55:13that there is potential.
0:55:13 > 0:55:15Let's start with Garment of the Week.
0:55:15 > 0:55:17There's two people in contention -
0:55:17 > 0:55:20Angeline and Jamie.
0:55:20 > 0:55:23Jamie did a very good job. It's very stylish.
0:55:23 > 0:55:25But he hasn't finished.
0:55:25 > 0:55:27And then we got Angeline, which is finished.
0:55:27 > 0:55:29It's a great piece of sewing.
0:55:29 > 0:55:32We've got this lovely godet, the big, bold bow on the back.
0:55:32 > 0:55:36Now, let's get on to the less nice task.
0:55:36 > 0:55:38Ghislaine gave us the least successful
0:55:38 > 0:55:40- of all of these capes.- Absolutely.
0:55:40 > 0:55:43The scallops aren't working.
0:55:43 > 0:55:44And this was, really, a disaster.
0:55:44 > 0:55:47- But then her Alteration Challenge... - We loved it.
0:55:47 > 0:55:49Let's talk about Josh's cape.
0:55:49 > 0:55:51I think this is a pretty good cape.
0:55:51 > 0:55:55He's matched up and that's hard. So he has taken some care.
0:55:55 > 0:55:58But that is definitely the least successful of the alterations.
0:55:58 > 0:56:01It boils down to Josh and Ghislaine.
0:56:01 > 0:56:04But, in my head, I think I know who it should be.
0:56:04 > 0:56:05And so do I.
0:56:09 > 0:56:11Firstly, a huge well done.
0:56:11 > 0:56:14The first bit of news is the brilliant bit of news,
0:56:14 > 0:56:17which is Garment of the Week.
0:56:17 > 0:56:19This week, we have chosen...
0:56:21 > 0:56:23- APPLAUSE AND CHEERING - What?!
0:56:25 > 0:56:27You've sewn it really nicely
0:56:27 > 0:56:30and we absolutely love your godet.
0:56:30 > 0:56:31ANGELINE LAUGHS
0:56:31 > 0:56:35There's the joy and then, of course, somebody has got to leave.
0:56:35 > 0:56:39So, after deliberating, Patrick and Esme
0:56:39 > 0:56:44have decided the next person to leave the Sewing Room is...
0:56:49 > 0:56:52..it's Ghislaine. Sorry!
0:56:52 > 0:56:54- It's all right.- Sorry.
0:56:56 > 0:56:58THEY WHISPER
0:56:58 > 0:57:00Erm...
0:57:00 > 0:57:04my new friends are the highlight of the experience.
0:57:04 > 0:57:06The amazing people, and I will miss them.
0:57:06 > 0:57:09'I hope Ghislaine carries on sewing,'
0:57:09 > 0:57:11because she has made some nice things.
0:57:11 > 0:57:12Thank you so much.
0:57:12 > 0:57:13'What really let her down'
0:57:13 > 0:57:15was the babygro and the cape.
0:57:15 > 0:57:17- Thank you. - But it was such an up-and-down.
0:57:17 > 0:57:20- LAUGHTER - Yes.- That was a rollercoaster.
0:57:20 > 0:57:22'She gave us a fantastic alteration.'
0:57:22 > 0:57:24She's got an eye for an imaginative garment.
0:57:24 > 0:57:26She just needs to back it up with a bit of experience.
0:57:26 > 0:57:28- Could have been either of us, couldn't it?- Yeah.
0:57:28 > 0:57:30You'll be fine, you'll be fine.
0:57:30 > 0:57:31- JOSH:- 'My heart was beating.
0:57:31 > 0:57:34'I thought, unfortunately, my time had come.'
0:57:34 > 0:57:36But I live to sew another week.
0:57:36 > 0:57:39'Two out of two for Garment of the Week. I could not believe it.'
0:57:39 > 0:57:41I still can't believe it.
0:57:43 > 0:57:47Never be scared of trying something different.
0:57:47 > 0:57:49If you try that fabric,
0:57:49 > 0:57:52that pattern that looks complicated,
0:57:52 > 0:57:54you will learn something and you will grow.
0:57:58 > 0:57:59Next time...
0:57:59 > 0:58:01I haven't got a bloody clue.
0:58:01 > 0:58:03..the sewers get their hands on lingerie...
0:58:03 > 0:58:05At my age, I should know better.
0:58:05 > 0:58:07..with the smallest pattern challenge yet.
0:58:07 > 0:58:09How can that fit on someone's boob?
0:58:09 > 0:58:12A revealing alteration...
0:58:12 > 0:58:14I'm looking at that right boob and thinking, that's so falling.
0:58:14 > 0:58:16..and a fiendish made-to-measure...
0:58:16 > 0:58:18- This isn't good. - ..that out-foxes...
0:58:18 > 0:58:20Why do I always cut it to the wire?
0:58:20 > 0:58:22..the best of them.
0:58:22 > 0:58:24You just haven't done it very well.