0:00:02 > 0:00:05Week one seems a long time ago when ten freshfaced sewers arrived
0:00:05 > 0:00:06and went back to basics.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09Well, now, their minds are about to be
0:00:09 > 0:00:14blown as they take on the most perplexing patterns yet.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17It's like sewing meets Sudoku.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20Welcome to The Great British Sewing Bee.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22- 'To reach the semifinal...'- Oh!
0:00:22 > 0:00:26..the sewers had to survive the stretchiest of sportswear.
0:00:26 > 0:00:27Oh, my God!
0:00:27 > 0:00:29Jade excelled with the most fitted made-to-measure yet...
0:00:29 > 0:00:32I think it's an exceptional fit.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35..and Rumana was the sixth person to leave the sewing room.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38- I mean, I always expected to go in week one.- You're not going anywhere.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41- 'Now the semifinalists face a pattern challenge...'- What is that?
0:00:41 > 0:00:45- '..that is utterly bewildering...' - Why does it do weird things there?
0:00:45 > 0:00:47- '..an alteration...'- OK, I'm done.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49'..that doesn't even start as a garment...'
0:00:49 > 0:00:52No good looking at me, cos I haven't got a clue!
0:00:52 > 0:00:55..and a made-to-measure they have to design from scratch.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57- You can't be pernickety at this point.- I can.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01- 'But who will fall at the last hurdle...'- No, no, no!
0:01:01 > 0:01:05- '..and who will book their place...' - Taxi for Tracey, I think!
0:01:05 > 0:01:07- '..in the grand final?' - Why did I cut it off?
0:01:29 > 0:01:35Four sewers remain, and the grand final only has room for three.
0:01:35 > 0:01:36Here we are again.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39With 60 years of sewing under her belt,
0:01:39 > 0:01:4171-year-old grandmother Joyce...
0:01:41 > 0:01:44If they want precision, they'll get precision.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47..has consistently produced exquisitely sewn garments.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51It's crisply sewn. It was a beautiful fit.
0:01:51 > 0:01:56The thing about Joyce is she's a very good, neat, experienced sewer.
0:01:56 > 0:02:01- One gusset! Yes!- But what she lacks is a certain kind of flair.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05- There's too much space on these coat racks.- I know.- Don't like it.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08- Scientific journal editor and mum of three Charlotte...- Magic!
0:02:08 > 0:02:11..has ranked near the top throughout...
0:02:11 > 0:02:14Your hand sewing is absolutely exquisite.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18..but she's won fewer challenges than her fellow semifinalists.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20Charlotte has a very delicate hand.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23She has a beautiful ability with fabrics.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26I'm just going to join up the dots so I can see what I need to do.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28She's very scientific in her approach.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32Everything is methodically planned, and sometimes,
0:02:32 > 0:02:36if a spanner gets thrown in the works, it kind of throws her off.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38Just put me slippers on.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41Former primary school teacher Tracey holds this year's record
0:02:41 > 0:02:43for the most challenges won...
0:02:43 > 0:02:46Well executed, beautifully colour balanced. It's fantastic.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49- ..but has struggled with fit... - Think it should have been slimmer.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52..and has yet to win Garment Of The Week.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55What Tracey needs to do is something, actually,
0:02:55 > 0:02:57she's never quite achieved before.
0:02:57 > 0:03:01She needs to step up to the mark and make a fabulously fitted dress.
0:03:01 > 0:03:05Does anyone want a heart? Cos we all love each other.
0:03:05 > 0:03:0918-year-old art student Jade is the Sewing Bee's youngest-ever
0:03:09 > 0:03:11- semifinalist...- Oh, yeah!
0:03:11 > 0:03:15..and the only one to have been awarded Garment Of The Week twice.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17Jade has a very open mind to sewing.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21She embraces new techniques, she embraces new shapes,
0:03:21 > 0:03:24new finishes, but she hasn't had the years and years of sewing
0:03:24 > 0:03:26that some of our others have had.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Inexperience sometimes, I think, lets her down.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36- Good morning, semifinalists! - Good morning.- Come forward.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39- How are we all?- Good.- All right.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43The good news is there are only three challenges until the final.
0:03:43 > 0:03:49The horrific news is they're all, I think, unbelievably difficult.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52This week, it is all about your understanding of patterns
0:03:52 > 0:03:54and pattern cutting.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56- Esme, what is the pattern challenge? - Right.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59- Here you go. Hand that out. - Ooh, it's heavy!
0:03:59 > 0:04:03- This week, we've got a flared skirt...- Yes!
0:04:03 > 0:04:06..inspired by contemporary Japanese pattern cutting.
0:04:07 > 0:04:12You're going to need to combine some fiendishly unusual shapes
0:04:12 > 0:04:16to create an asymmetric, voluminous yoked skirt.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18For this, you do have 3.5 hours.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21Enormous luck. Your time starts now.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23Right.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28# Salagadoola mechicka boola bibbidi-bobbidi-boo...#
0:04:28 > 0:04:30Goodness me, look at that!
0:04:30 > 0:04:34# Put 'em together and what have you got? Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo. #
0:04:34 > 0:04:37I've never seen a pattern quite like this. It looks like a map.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Oh, blimey!
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Taxi for Tracey, I think.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44This complex pattern follows the same principles
0:04:44 > 0:04:48as modern Japanese cutting styles...
0:04:48 > 0:04:49What is that?
0:04:49 > 0:04:53..where abstract pieces are combined to create complex shapes.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57- Seriously?- It's all about the shape of that curve.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01They're joining two different curves together,
0:05:01 > 0:05:06so the yoke has got one curve and the skirt has got another curve
0:05:06 > 0:05:09and that's what causes these drapes.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11What happens if they don't sew it perfectly?
0:05:11 > 0:05:14The skirt won't hang correctly
0:05:14 > 0:05:17and they might even end up getting holes
0:05:17 > 0:05:19between the yoke and the skirt.
0:05:19 > 0:05:24- Can I ask you about fabric choice? - We don't want a fabric that frays.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27In this garment, we have got exposed raw edges,
0:05:27 > 0:05:29so they need something they can cut cleanly.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Every bit of it will show.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34Let's go and choose some fabric.
0:05:35 > 0:05:36Hey-ho.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38Shall I have purple, like I always do?
0:05:38 > 0:05:40Yeah, go for purple. It's traditional.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43- It's calming me down with this horrendous pattern.- I like this one.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46I like the colour of it. It's not fraying.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49Tracey, Jade and Charlotte have all chosen a classic woollen fabric
0:05:49 > 0:05:53whereas Joyce has gone for a thicker, bolder option.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57- This is a beautiful colour.- A bit in your face but look at the reverse.
0:05:57 > 0:05:58Ba-bam!
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Is this neoprene?
0:06:00 > 0:06:03- It feels scuba-like. - It does a bit, doesn't it?
0:06:03 > 0:06:05Hopefully it will hang quite nicely. We will see.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08I was wondering if they would let me take this pattern home with me.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11Of course you can! Joyce, you can have this table.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13- Oh, thank you.- You can have this, the mannequin.- Thank you.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15Patrick goes home with everyone,
0:06:15 > 0:06:20he's like a party bag that never really starts giving.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22It'll be interesting to see how all these pieces are
0:06:22 > 0:06:25actually going to fit together, because at the minute,
0:06:25 > 0:06:29it just looks like somebody's insane idea on a drunk night.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33To create the top half, or yoke, three pieces are sewn together.
0:06:33 > 0:06:37Then three larger pieces are joined to form the flared lower skirt.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39The yoke is then placed over the flared section
0:06:39 > 0:06:42and topstitched along the curved seam line.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45Finally, it's fastened with an invisible zip.
0:06:46 > 0:06:51Right, I'm going to iron this pattern because it needs to be cut
0:06:51 > 0:06:55really precisely and I want it to lay nice and flat.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59Interesting to see how Joyce, Charlotte and Tracey have all
0:06:59 > 0:07:02ironed their patterns and laid them out smoothly.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05Jade hasn't ironed hers and watching her pin it on,
0:07:05 > 0:07:08there are lumps and bumps when it's sitting on the fabric.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10If they're even just a little bit out, those curves,
0:07:10 > 0:07:14- they will never, ever match. - No.
0:07:20 > 0:07:21Oh, blimey.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24The edge of the fabric is actually on display,
0:07:24 > 0:07:28which is why it needs to be very nice and neat.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32There's a lot of wobbly curves which are quite difficult to get round.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34I always use a rotary cutter to cut out pretty much.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36Scissors lift the fabric when you're cutting.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40It moves the pattern around a bit. I don't like that.
0:07:42 > 0:07:46"Transfer markings in your preferred way."
0:07:46 > 0:07:49Each pattern piece is marked with small triangles called notches.
0:07:49 > 0:07:54When the fabric is joined, all the notches must line up perfectly
0:07:54 > 0:07:57so the sewers need to keep track of precisely where they all are.
0:07:57 > 0:08:01I'm marking the notches by making little triangles.
0:08:01 > 0:08:06The join is designed to be visible so any marks need to be hidden.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08When I've matched them up, I'll just snip them off.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12I had marked with chalk because it says not to cut them and I think
0:08:12 > 0:08:15that's because you lay it on the top so they will show if you cut them.
0:08:17 > 0:08:22There's hundreds of notches on this so they're obviously important.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26Tracey has chosen to cut her fabric to mark the notches.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33I just wanted to make sure you noticed in the pattern that it says
0:08:33 > 0:08:37not to cut these because it gets laid on top
0:08:37 > 0:08:39and then edge-stitched down, then they show.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42Oh. Right.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48- Tracey, morning.- Hi. - How are you getting on?
0:08:48 > 0:08:51- Yeah, all right, I think. - Why are you laughing like that?
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Because I've made a fatal error early doors.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55I've snipped the notches.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59- Right, what's your next thing to do? - Read the instructions!
0:08:59 > 0:09:00Have you not yet?
0:09:00 > 0:09:02I had a quick glance and thought, right, OK,
0:09:02 > 0:09:05it'll make more sense when I've got the pieces.
0:09:05 > 0:09:06It's only five pages.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09- Just read it all the way to the end. - Yeah.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12- That's what I need to do.- Yeah.- OK.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16Sewers, you have had one hour.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21I am re-cutting.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24Right, let's get stitching.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28Once all the notches have been marked, construction can begin.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32I'm going to do the yoke.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35The yoke hugs the hips and forms the top of the skirt.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39So, that's what needs to go together. There we go, like that.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45These are my darts to give it some shape over the hips.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47You don't want a saggy skirt, do you?
0:09:49 > 0:09:51SHE CHUCKLES
0:09:52 > 0:09:56- It might as well have been written in Japanese, this pattern. - It might as well.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59"Press towards the centre back."
0:09:59 > 0:10:02Oh, that presses all right.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05Oh, look at that. The top of a skirt!
0:10:08 > 0:10:11"With right sides together,
0:10:11 > 0:10:14sew skirt pieces four, five and six together."
0:10:14 > 0:10:19OK. Now it's just figuring out left and right.
0:10:19 > 0:10:24Looking at this, to me, that goes there, so that's the right back,
0:10:24 > 0:10:27which is my left hand which is why I always get confused.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30This is the most complicated bloody skirt I've ever done.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40I don't think I've put these in the right places. No, don't worry.
0:10:40 > 0:10:41It's fine.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43Now the top and the bottom have been constructed,
0:10:43 > 0:10:48the sewers have the difficult job of figuring out how they fit together.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52These wavy bits have got to go into those wavy bits.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55That would go... blimey!
0:10:57 > 0:11:02Like that. Or would it? Yes. Oh, gosh.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06I like a jigsaw puzzle but this is...
0:11:06 > 0:11:09Well, how you match it is by following the notches
0:11:09 > 0:11:12and you line it up like that.
0:11:12 > 0:11:17So, when we get to here, that lines up with that.
0:11:17 > 0:11:22- That makes sense to me and now...- Then we line this up.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Why have you got this furl of fabric?
0:11:24 > 0:11:28The furl will be translated into this bit.
0:11:28 > 0:11:29Once this is on,
0:11:29 > 0:11:34that will go flat-ish and you will get your fullness here.
0:11:34 > 0:11:40Ah, so this strange origami world is creating these little kicks?
0:11:40 > 0:11:42- Yes.- But it's just hard.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45- This is the semifinal, give them something hard.- OK.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47You sure did.
0:11:47 > 0:11:51One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine,
0:11:51 > 0:11:5310, 11, 12, 13 notches.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55That's a whole lot of notches.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57Buenas noches!
0:11:57 > 0:11:59It's very fiddly and of course,
0:11:59 > 0:12:02you've got to get it spot-on for it to sit nicely.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Where has my notch disappeared to? There it is.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07God, this is hard.
0:12:07 > 0:12:11- Joyce, how on earth does that sit right?- Well, it doesn't.
0:12:11 > 0:12:15- It's like a weird pocket. - OK, just think Japanese.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18I was going to take this pattern home but I've changed my mind.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20Changed your mind, Joyce?
0:12:20 > 0:12:22I'm quite enjoying it in a twisted sort of way.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26- In A twisted sort of way, yeah! - "Twisted" is right.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28With the top and bottom of the skirt pinned together,
0:12:28 > 0:12:30the sewers should secure the seam line in place
0:12:30 > 0:12:33with a temporary basting or tacking stitch.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35I have a feeling it will take quite some time.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43- Charlotte, does yours do that? - What?- That.
0:12:43 > 0:12:47- You... No.- Everywhere fits but that bit is really weird.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51- Did you sew that together correctly?- Yeah.
0:12:52 > 0:12:57- How weird is that? - Pretty damn weird.
0:12:58 > 0:12:59This is the wrong way.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02- So that's the wrong way?- Yeah. - So I have to undo all that.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05- I'll just undo all of that.- I think that's the wrong way.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07Oh, bloody hell, man!
0:13:07 > 0:13:12Sewers, one hour left for the pattern challenge of the semifinal.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15- Right, here goes.- Here we go.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18With the top and bottom half basted together...
0:13:18 > 0:13:22I just need to relax and chill. It's fine. It's all good.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25The sewers approach the most important stage of the pattern
0:13:25 > 0:13:29where they must perfectly topstitch the difficult curved seam.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32It says, "ensure the stitching is an even distance from the cut edge",
0:13:32 > 0:13:35so it's clearly the most important thing at this point.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39All four have decided to use a edge stitch foot.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41It's got a little blade in, which, if I line it up
0:13:41 > 0:13:43with this edge of the fabric
0:13:43 > 0:13:46as I go around, will stitch a very set distance.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50But sewing a curve with an edge stitch foot isn't easy.
0:13:56 > 0:14:00Everyone is going so slowly.
0:14:00 > 0:14:01God!
0:14:05 > 0:14:08You think, oh yeah, I'll get a nice smooth edge on this,
0:14:08 > 0:14:11and I'm not getting a nice smooth edge. I'll persevere.
0:14:12 > 0:14:16Occasionally I have to lift the foot and pivot it.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22Know what? This foot doesn't actually work with this because of the curves.
0:14:22 > 0:14:23Oh!
0:14:25 > 0:14:26What are you doing?
0:14:26 > 0:14:28I'm just unpicking this bit of topstitching I did
0:14:28 > 0:14:30- because I used the edge foot.- OK.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33When you get to a curve, it was pushing it closer to the edge
0:14:33 > 0:14:35so here I was a beautiful distance away
0:14:35 > 0:14:37but then I got round to this curve and it was
0:14:37 > 0:14:39about down to two millimetres and it just wasn't right.
0:14:39 > 0:14:40What foot are you going to use now?
0:14:40 > 0:14:43I'm just going to use the regular foot and take it slowly.
0:14:47 > 0:14:48Little one.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50Damn!
0:14:50 > 0:14:53Spotted a hole. Just let me correct that.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58Right, calm down, stop panicking, it won't get you anywhere.
0:14:58 > 0:14:59Oh, come on.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05I can't present this unfinished
0:15:05 > 0:15:07and I certainly can't do it with a hole in it, either.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11Sewers, please don't hurt me because you actually have sharp objects
0:15:11 > 0:15:14but you only have half an hour left. Be quick.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17Concentrate, concentrate, concentrate.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19I don't normally panic but I am now panicking.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22The topstitching, I'm not particularly happy with
0:15:22 > 0:15:24because it's not even.
0:15:25 > 0:15:26I've done the best I can.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30I'm fairly happy, I think.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35I'd be happier if I could get this basting stitch out.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39I'm now starting to worry about the time.
0:15:39 > 0:15:44Because I've still got my zip to do and my back seam and my waist.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47There's a notch.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51Right, I think I've got them all.
0:15:51 > 0:15:52That's fixed the hole.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54Right, zip, zip, zip, zip.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58I'm trying to pick the right colour zip.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00No, no, no, no.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Come on, you.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10Sewers, 15 minutes left.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16At the minute, my technique for sewing in an invisible zip
0:16:16 > 0:16:19is whack it in as fast as you can.
0:16:19 > 0:16:20Oh, what a perfect zip!
0:16:22 > 0:16:26I've got to say that. Give myself a bit of a boost.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29Jade, is the zip in?
0:16:29 > 0:16:33Zip's in. I'm just sewing up the back seam.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37Put the waistband on, turn it to the inside,
0:16:37 > 0:16:40sew these little ends over and then topstitch it.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42The pressure is on, hands are shaking.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47It's going to be some speedy sewing.
0:16:47 > 0:16:48Come on!
0:16:53 > 0:16:55Sewers, you have five minutes left.
0:16:55 > 0:16:56Needle!
0:17:00 > 0:17:04Charlotte, those two, are they meant to match?
0:17:04 > 0:17:06- At the back?- Yeah.- Yeah. - Oh, it doesn't.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13- Joyce?- Yes?- What are you doing? - I'm just tidying up a bit.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15Why does it do weird things there?
0:17:15 > 0:17:17Is it meant to do weird things there?
0:17:22 > 0:17:24I'm just going to clip a couple of these seams
0:17:24 > 0:17:26to see if that will help it lie a bit flatter.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28- What is that?- I don't know.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32- Nothing to see, nothing to see. - (Pass me the scissors.)- Avert your eyes.- (Scissors!)- Quickly!
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Just needs clipping.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40If I came first in this, it would be a miracle.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42Sewers, you have one minute.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46- Jade has already got hers on the mannequin.- Hello!
0:17:46 > 0:17:48Tracey, good girl.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52Not happy with the zip. I've got a little bit of a show.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54I don't like the topstitching.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58OK, sewers, that is time. Time is up.
0:17:59 > 0:18:00Right.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04Please bring your mannequins up to the front and the judges will judge.
0:18:07 > 0:18:13Four contemporary Japanese flared skirts in just 3.5 hours.
0:18:13 > 0:18:14Charlotte, you're up first.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24Well, the first thing to say is, well done.
0:18:24 > 0:18:25I like the way this drapes.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28- It seems like it's got...- Yes. - ..a nice, natural fall to it.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30We can see that there is a lovely,
0:18:30 > 0:18:34smooth curve all the way around this seam.
0:18:34 > 0:18:40What you have done is just give us a little bit too much in that seam.
0:18:40 > 0:18:44- OK.- Yes, but it's very neat and even all the way round.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48The invisible zip, there's no lumps, there's no tape
0:18:48 > 0:18:52showing or teeth showing and it meets very nicely at the top.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54- I like it.- Thank you.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05Something's happened here because it is not draping as it should,
0:19:05 > 0:19:07so I think somewhere or other,
0:19:07 > 0:19:09you haven't matched the notches up properly.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11It's relatively neat through the front
0:19:11 > 0:19:15- but you're perilously close to the edge.- In a few places, yeah.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Also, we've got an extra row of stitching.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21- That's where I tried to correct. - Let's have a look at the zip.
0:19:21 > 0:19:25- Not quite invisible.- Not quite. - We can see the tape here.
0:19:25 > 0:19:30- We've got a bit of a poke there and it's pushing up at the top.- Yep.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41So, this is a much more sculptural fabric and because of that,
0:19:41 > 0:19:45it's giving us more of this weight, which I like.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47They are folding in a lovely soft way.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49How did you find sewing this fabric?
0:19:49 > 0:19:51Sewing the fabric was fine,
0:19:51 > 0:19:55it was this topstitching here with the edge foot.
0:19:55 > 0:19:56It just seemed to drag.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59When you've topstitched it, it has pulled it slightly up.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01- It's such a shame.- Mm.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04Cos actually, these darts are really nicely shaped.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07They're very well pressed out. The zip, completely invisible.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09No bump at the bottom.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11This is all very nicely sewn.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14- It's just that darn thing in the middle.- It is.- Yep.
0:20:21 > 0:20:27Right, Jade. Can you see at the front how this is sticking out?
0:20:27 > 0:20:30Well, it should be folding in.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33I think if you'd sewn this more accurately,
0:20:33 > 0:20:36- that wouldn't have happened.- OK. - The bottom edge is quite clean.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39You have got quite a nice, smooth bottom edge.
0:20:39 > 0:20:44- The zip is very cleanly in. - Your topstitching's not bad.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47But this back isn't fitting together.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50Yeah, I didn't realise I had to match them.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53- I don't know why I didn't. - What do you mean you didn't realise?
0:20:53 > 0:20:56- Come on! - It should have matched anyway.
0:20:56 > 0:20:57If they were accurately cut.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59It was very, very difficult to cut all of those curves,
0:20:59 > 0:21:03we know that, which is why we set you this challenge.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05Yeah. Can tell.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10Patrick and Esme will now rank the skirts in order of their success.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13THEY CONFER
0:21:17 > 0:21:21In fourth place is Tracey.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25Now, Tracey, your topstitching is uneven
0:21:25 > 0:21:27and your zip didn't go on very well.
0:21:27 > 0:21:28Third place, Jade.
0:21:28 > 0:21:32- You just didn't have the accuracy we needed.- Right.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35In second place...
0:21:35 > 0:21:37is Joyce.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40Your topstitching on the yoke and the skirt wasn't perfect.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43- But other than that, everything else about it was great.- Thank you.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45I'm happy with that.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48Which means, in first place, Charlotte.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51- CHEERS AND APPLAUSE - Well done, Charlotte!
0:21:51 > 0:21:55This challenge was about beautiful, flowing curves
0:21:55 > 0:21:59and you delivered that absolutely and some very neat sewing to boot.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01- Thank you.- You guys can go off, have a cup of tea.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04When you come back, the alteration challenge. Thank you very much.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Off you go.
0:22:06 > 0:22:10# Don't be nice to me... #
0:22:10 > 0:22:12It was a really hard challenge,
0:22:12 > 0:22:16making those curves fit together in a way that they didn't want to do.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19But it turned out all right. I'm really happy.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21I made my prom dress, I made a ball gown,
0:22:21 > 0:22:25but that beats a corset any day for complication.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27That was nuts.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29- I'm delighted with myself. - LAUGHTER
0:22:29 > 0:22:32I thought I was going to come fourth.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34So I am very happy with second place.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38Judging felt brutal. It was fair, but it was hard.
0:22:38 > 0:22:42They're really looking at every little thing. No room for error now.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46Having tested the semifinalists with a complicated pattern,
0:22:46 > 0:22:50the judges now want to test their designer instincts with
0:22:50 > 0:22:53a completely blank canvas.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56- What I have for you today is...- Ah!
0:22:56 > 0:23:00- A duvet!- ..a child's duvet cover. - Oh, right.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04What we'd like you to do is transform this into a wearable
0:23:04 > 0:23:07female garment, with a very striking silhouette.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10You can make cuts into it, you can put darts into it, you can
0:23:10 > 0:23:16gather it, whatever you want, to help create an exciting shape.
0:23:16 > 0:23:20You are each being given half-size mannequins.
0:23:20 > 0:23:25And a pillow case. So you can try it out in half-size.
0:23:25 > 0:23:30Now, this is a zero-waste challenge.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32You basically have to use the whole thing.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34- Yes.- Judges, thank you very much.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37I'll take that cos one of them might like it.
0:23:37 > 0:23:41So you've got 15 minutes with the mini mannequin, then 90 minutes.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43Good luck. Off you go. Your time starts now.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50- OK, ready?- Come on, girls! - LAUGHTER
0:23:50 > 0:23:51You can't take us anywhere!
0:23:51 > 0:23:54- Ooh! I quite like that!- Oh, there's one on the floor, ladies.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57- Can I have that, please, Claudia? - I quite like that one.
0:23:57 > 0:24:02- 'Planning garments on a half-size mannequin...'- OK, think. Think.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05'..is a method used by many designers to develop ideas
0:24:05 > 0:24:07'quickly, without wasting fabric.'
0:24:07 > 0:24:10- OK, I'm done. - SHE LAUGHS
0:24:10 > 0:24:13No good looking at me, cos I haven't got a clue!
0:24:13 > 0:24:15Er... Where's the pins?
0:24:15 > 0:24:17Let me try pinning it, see if that helps me.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21What I want them to do is to play, to be freer,
0:24:21 > 0:24:22to do something different,
0:24:22 > 0:24:27and then you can translate what you do on this into the full scale.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29Yeah, it's only about sort of 50% smaller than you.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32LAUGHTER
0:24:32 > 0:24:33Oop!
0:24:33 > 0:24:36It is quite refreshing to work like this because it's nice to
0:24:36 > 0:24:39actually, in a way, sculpt something round the body.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42You can get more imaginative with things like that.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44Esme, I think, wants something slightly bonkers.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47If we do something that's just like an ordinary dress or something,
0:24:47 > 0:24:51- she'll be like, "Hm." - I might go for something like that.
0:24:51 > 0:24:55It's gathered at the top, pleated down the front and the back.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58Right, I've cut my pillowcase in half,
0:24:58 > 0:25:01so this is sort of a top and a skirt, more than a dress.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03Oh, I know! I've had another idea.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06I'm not putting the pleats on the inside.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09I think I'll actually put them on the outside,
0:25:09 > 0:25:12so they stick out like...fins.
0:25:13 > 0:25:14I am making a dress.
0:25:14 > 0:25:19I'm putting the stripe over and then I'm going to drape that up
0:25:19 > 0:25:24and into a side bit to make a little bit of a thingy there.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29It's asymmetric. I've got an arm hole here and a sideways neck thing.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32- I love that.- And a big back sleeve with a giant roll-up.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34Yeah, I guess that's a sort of kimono sleeve, really.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37- And I'm going to put a side zip. - I'll leave it with you.- Thank you.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41- I'm happy with that.- But that looks awesome. I think it's fantastic. OK.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45Sewers, you've had 15 minutes.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48You should now be moving on to your big mannequins.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50Come here, my darling.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53'Now the sewers have draped their design in mini form,
0:25:53 > 0:25:57'they can recreate on the full-size mannequin.'
0:25:57 > 0:26:00First thing I'm going to do is cut the head hole, which is
0:26:00 > 0:26:02going to be in this corner.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05It was sort of... Was it in the corner corner?
0:26:05 > 0:26:08Or was it not in the corner corner?
0:26:08 > 0:26:13- Right, that's the neck.- I'm going to do some fin-type pleats.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16The structure of them is quite architectural
0:26:16 > 0:26:19and I think that's kind of what they're after.
0:26:19 > 0:26:20My lad Robert's an architect
0:26:20 > 0:26:23and he's just finished designing a building in Reading.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25And it was full of fins.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27Robert will think I've designed this in homage to his office
0:26:27 > 0:26:29block in Reading.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31I'm putting a dart in, it's just a bust dart,
0:26:31 > 0:26:34otherwise it looks like you're wearing a duvet cover.
0:26:34 > 0:26:35I want a bit of shaping.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39I'm using these to make a drape across the front
0:26:39 > 0:26:41and the same on the back.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44I think to get that nice, flowy effect that I wanted to have,
0:26:44 > 0:26:47I'm going to have to hand sew these down,
0:26:47 > 0:26:50so I'll just catch them down nicely.
0:26:50 > 0:26:54Sewers, you are halfway through this alteration semifinal.
0:26:54 > 0:26:58I want to fashion pockets in there. Oh, I'll bring that up.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00Oh, look at that!
0:27:01 > 0:27:04The beach is the inspiration behind my dress,
0:27:04 > 0:27:07where you want something with lots of pockets to put your book in,
0:27:07 > 0:27:12your sunglasses in, your money for an ice cream.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15- This is great fun, watching you sew. - Thank you. Be privileged.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19This is the most I've hand sewn in my four years of sewing.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21- Is it?- Yes.- Are you into it? - I hate hand sewing.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24- Why?- I don't know. It just takes forever.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26I want this collar to stick up, so I'm going to put
0:27:26 > 0:27:30a bit of boning in that seam, just there, just to hold that up.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33I'm going to add boning to make shoulder pads
0:27:33 > 0:27:39and hip...shelves, is the best description I can come up with.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42Boning, bloody hell!
0:27:42 > 0:27:43I can't believe you two are doing boning.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46Can never get enough of boning!
0:27:46 > 0:27:49I'm just going to pin it in for the moment. I'll sew it in a bit.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52It's not quite as rigid as I want it. I wanted that.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55How am are going to make them do that?
0:27:55 > 0:28:00- Sewers, you have 15 minutes left. - Blimey, Tracey! Pleats much?
0:28:00 > 0:28:01Still get a couple more on.
0:28:01 > 0:28:05- A couple more pleats?- Can never have too many pleats, girls.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08Do you not know that?
0:28:08 > 0:28:10I'm going to go and get a zip for my side seam now.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12Do we not have any ordinary zips?
0:28:12 > 0:28:14Ah!
0:28:14 > 0:28:18I'm not putting any fastenings on my dress because it's not required.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21You don't have fastenings on a beach dress.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24I might put poppers under the arms, there.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31- MACHINE SHUDDERS - Ooh, it didn't like that.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37Sewers, you have five minutes left.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40I don't know what I'm going to do with this. Why did I cut it off?
0:28:40 > 0:28:43Use this as a binding because I can't throw it away.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45- Put it in the bin. - I can't throw it in the bin.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48- Course you can. Put it in my trousers.- That's cheating.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51Not a bow! If they want a bow, they want it to dwarf it.
0:28:51 > 0:28:54Just keep the hem the way it is, with the button holes
0:28:54 > 0:28:57- and the buttons on them. - I've done a hem on the front
0:28:57 > 0:28:59and I've used the original hem on the back.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06Well, they wanted structure, they've got structure.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08Sewers, one minute left.
0:29:20 > 0:29:22All right, sewers, that's it. End of the challenge.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25Please bring your mannequins to the front.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28# Tears on my pillow
0:29:28 > 0:29:31# Pain in my heart
0:29:31 > 0:29:35# Caused by you. #
0:29:35 > 0:29:38From pillowcases to duvets to dresses, but what will Esme
0:29:38 > 0:29:42and Patrick make of the semifinalists' transformations?
0:29:42 > 0:29:44- I'm massively impressed.- Me, too.
0:29:44 > 0:29:48Just to be clear, you asked for this to be a zero-waste challenge.
0:29:48 > 0:29:52No part of any of the duvets found its way in the bin.
0:29:55 > 0:29:59- I think this is probably the most normal, in terms of its shape.- Yes.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02- But it is a flattering shape. - It's quite Grecian, isn't it?
0:30:02 > 0:30:03It's very Grecian.
0:30:03 > 0:30:07- It might be a little bit revealing. - A touch!
0:30:07 > 0:30:10I think these pleats are really well managed.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12They create a very pleasing shape.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15It looks like these pleats are hand done.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18And the zip will help to loosen the waist.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20- Yep.- So that's been very well thought out.
0:30:20 > 0:30:24They've kept the original hem. Still got buttons on the bottom!
0:30:24 > 0:30:28Yeah, but then you could do it up between your legs and you'd have...
0:30:28 > 0:30:30- You could have a jumpsuit.- Yes. - A pants suit.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33- Yeah.- Yeah, great.- I think it's really good.
0:30:36 > 0:30:41- A top and a skirt. - Guess what we've got here. Boning.
0:30:41 > 0:30:43To make it stick out.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46At the side, we've got the poppers.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48Which allows us in, cos actually, we've got
0:30:48 > 0:30:51quite a small opening at the top.
0:30:51 > 0:30:55I think what's lovely about this is that it's a very geometric
0:30:55 > 0:31:00pattern and they've created a very structured sort of geometric
0:31:00 > 0:31:01form out of it.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04They've used the pleats really cleverly to give us
0:31:04 > 0:31:06all of this cinching at the waist.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09And I like how the pattern has been mixed up.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12I think they've done a very good job on this. It's clever.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19So, this one, I think, has been folded in half
0:31:19 > 0:31:24and then the other side has been turned in to the drapes.
0:31:24 > 0:31:26Let's have a look at the back.
0:31:27 > 0:31:31A sort of pleat detail that's running diagonally around the body.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34- Yes. - I think it's definitely wearable.
0:31:34 > 0:31:38I'm just not sure it's the most flattering shape,
0:31:39 > 0:31:42with these bits at the sort of hips.
0:31:42 > 0:31:46It just feels a little heavy, but it is bold.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48It could be a cover up for on the beach.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56- Now, this one looks great. - Brilliantly clever.
0:31:56 > 0:32:00I think the thought that's gone into the placement of all of this
0:32:00 > 0:32:02pattern is really smart.
0:32:02 > 0:32:04They've used the checks on the angles
0:32:04 > 0:32:08and I also think the shape is very cool and very, very striking.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11It has this sort of belt feature that feels very Japanese.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14We've even got a little dart here.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17There's one thing, and I'm really nitpicking here,
0:32:17 > 0:32:20I would have liked this knot to have been bigger.
0:32:20 > 0:32:25I love that you're at that level of critique for this garment!
0:32:25 > 0:32:28- Which, I think, shows how much you like it.- Yes, exactly.
0:32:28 > 0:32:32Esme and Patrick will now decide whose duvet transformation is
0:32:32 > 0:32:34the most impressive.
0:32:34 > 0:32:40In fourth place, it is the striped kind of poncho number. Joyce.
0:32:40 > 0:32:41To me,
0:32:41 > 0:32:44just lacked some of the lightness that some of the others had.
0:32:44 > 0:32:48In third place is this Grecian number here.
0:32:48 > 0:32:54We really liked it, but it's not quite as imaginative as those two.
0:32:54 > 0:32:55In second place...
0:32:58 > 0:33:00The pink pleats.
0:33:00 > 0:33:02Fantastic.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05I mean, really genuinely lovely and a great, striking garment.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07- Thank you.- Well done.
0:33:07 > 0:33:11In first place is the black and white one.
0:33:11 > 0:33:13CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
0:33:13 > 0:33:16First place for the second time today.
0:33:16 > 0:33:20You have absolutely transformed the duvet into a garment
0:33:20 > 0:33:23- in a really imaginative way. Well done.- Thank you.
0:33:23 > 0:33:26Well done, all of you. I know it was a difficult day.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28Tomorrow's going to be really easy.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30It's not, I'm lying.
0:33:30 > 0:33:33But go home, relax, have a good night's sleep,
0:33:33 > 0:33:37we'll see you tomorrow for the big made to measure challenge.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41I've always been creative in a two-dimensional way,
0:33:41 > 0:33:43like with quilting and so on.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46But I've never really been able to translate
0:33:46 > 0:33:49that into three-dimensional things before.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51This challenge really unlocked that side of things.
0:33:51 > 0:33:53Really loved it.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56I'm looking forward to tomorrow more than
0:33:56 > 0:33:58I was looking forward to today.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00At least I know what I'm sewing.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02Tonight, I'll probably go to sleep, dreaming about it, wake up,
0:34:02 > 0:34:04dreaming about it.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07Coming third in both challenges definitely puts me
0:34:07 > 0:34:09in a bit of a vulnerable position.
0:34:09 > 0:34:13I will come in with swords, scissors,
0:34:13 > 0:34:16whatever it takes for me to get into the final.
0:34:16 > 0:34:22Second and fourth, it's not good. It could have been fourth and fourth,
0:34:22 > 0:34:24which would have been even worse.
0:34:34 > 0:34:35- JOYCE:- Here we go, girls.
0:34:35 > 0:34:39One more challenge to go, one last chance to convince the judges
0:34:39 > 0:34:41they deserve to be a finalist.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43Barring an absolute disaster,
0:34:43 > 0:34:46Charlotte's pretty much booked herself a place in the final.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48Let's talk about Joyce.
0:34:48 > 0:34:52You did like her skirt, but you didn't really love her alterations.
0:34:52 > 0:34:54This is just a rectangle, isn't it,
0:34:54 > 0:34:56with a bit of drape bunged on the top.
0:34:56 > 0:34:58Let's discuss Tracey.
0:34:58 > 0:35:00I thought it was a great alteration.
0:35:00 > 0:35:04- The yoked skirt, I was disappointed with.- How do you feel about Jade?
0:35:04 > 0:35:07You liked the grey dress, but the skirt, you said there were problems.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09- She bodged it, basically.- Yeah.
0:35:09 > 0:35:12Today's challenge is a new one for us.
0:35:12 > 0:35:16It's tackling something that we've not put in front of them before
0:35:16 > 0:35:19and hopefully, it gives us a way of separating three very,
0:35:19 > 0:35:20very even sewers.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22I'm looking forward to this.
0:35:23 > 0:35:25Morning. You all right, love?
0:35:25 > 0:35:30Welcome, sewers. And welcome back to our lovely models.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33For your semifinal made to measure challenge,
0:35:33 > 0:35:38the judges would love you to make a beautifully fitted day dress,
0:35:38 > 0:35:45but as it's pattern week, you will be creating your own pattern.
0:35:45 > 0:35:46- Are you all ready?- Yes.- Yes.
0:35:46 > 0:35:49Enormous luck. You have seven hours. Your time starts now.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55The sewers have had a chance to practise creating their day
0:35:55 > 0:35:57dresses at home.
0:35:57 > 0:35:58OK...
0:35:58 > 0:36:02But their first task in this final challenge is unlike anything
0:36:02 > 0:36:03they've faced so far.
0:36:03 > 0:36:07Basically, they're starting from what is called the block.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10The block, essentially, is a template.
0:36:10 > 0:36:14- If they took this, stitched it together, they'd have this.- Right.
0:36:14 > 0:36:16But what we've asked them to do is take this block
0:36:16 > 0:36:18and dramatically transform it.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21They can do absolutely anything with this.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23They can create any shape, any length, any sleeves,
0:36:23 > 0:36:28but this just allows them to start with the basic building block.
0:36:28 > 0:36:31The idea is that we alter this block,
0:36:31 > 0:36:33so they don't all look the same.
0:36:33 > 0:36:34I think we'll all produce something
0:36:34 > 0:36:36quite dramatically different, really.
0:36:36 > 0:36:38This challenge is about designing,
0:36:38 > 0:36:41as well as making the actual garment itself.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44You start with a block, you can make anything,
0:36:44 > 0:36:49by manipulating the position of the darts, by adding bits on,
0:36:49 > 0:36:52by adding collars or sleeves or changing the shape of the skirt.
0:36:52 > 0:36:54You can do anything.
0:36:54 > 0:36:58I'm making a very kind of '50s style dress cos it's
0:36:58 > 0:37:01the sort of thing I would like and I would wear.
0:37:01 > 0:37:04To adapt her block into a '50s design, Tracey's adding
0:37:04 > 0:37:07a cinched waistband, under bust gathers and a circular skirt.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10The V-neck will have a statement collar
0:37:10 > 0:37:13and the three-quarter length sleeves will have matching cuffs.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16Collar and the cuffs will take quite a bit of time cos I want them
0:37:16 > 0:37:19to be really, really neat and perfect.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22And this fitted band across the middle, we'll take up in fitting.
0:37:22 > 0:37:23I've definitely got to prove myself today.
0:37:23 > 0:37:27I've definitely got to get this right.
0:37:27 > 0:37:29The block pattern has a sleeve on it.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32I've decided to take the sleeve out because the style of dress
0:37:32 > 0:37:35that I wanted to go for was more of a summer dress.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37Jade's sleeveless dress will also have cut out
0:37:37 > 0:37:41sections on the back bodice, with a flared skater skirt.
0:37:41 > 0:37:47I have never worked from a block before. So this is very new to me.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49The dress I'm making,
0:37:49 > 0:37:53it's fitted from the bust to just above the hips, then it flares out.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55For a Christmas present,
0:37:55 > 0:37:59my husband and I were given afternoon tea at a Brighton hotel.
0:37:59 > 0:38:01You dress up and you look pretty.
0:38:01 > 0:38:02So that's my inspiration.
0:38:02 > 0:38:06Joyce's tea dress will be cut from eight princess seamed panels
0:38:06 > 0:38:08that follow the curves of the body.
0:38:08 > 0:38:12She's adding a V-shape neckline, large contrast collar, and hem band.
0:38:14 > 0:38:16This is my front.
0:38:16 > 0:38:19So, you made this from the block.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21Yes, I did.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24What I did was, because it's continuous and the block
0:38:24 > 0:38:28came in your bodice and your skirt, I taped them together.
0:38:28 > 0:38:34I then, on the skirt, added 12 inches in length and then four
0:38:34 > 0:38:37inches in width because I wanted a bit of fullness at the bottom.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40OK.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43I am making a dress with a cowl neck,
0:38:43 > 0:38:46so it's nice and drapey at the front.
0:38:46 > 0:38:50I've opened up extra, way more than was there before.
0:38:50 > 0:38:52And that will make the cowl neck.
0:38:52 > 0:38:56I'll cut this out again without the spaces in it, obviously.
0:38:56 > 0:38:59Charlotte's also extending the shoulder length of her bodice
0:38:59 > 0:39:01to create a dropped shoulder.
0:39:01 > 0:39:05She's adding a fitted waistband and flared A-line skirt.
0:39:06 > 0:39:11Are you inside going, "I'm going to give about 50% of myself to
0:39:11 > 0:39:14"this because I've already won twice and I'm going through"?
0:39:14 > 0:39:16I've going for the three-for.
0:39:16 > 0:39:17The three-for!
0:39:17 > 0:39:20- The hat-trick.- Well, why not?
0:39:20 > 0:39:23# Plant a little seed and watch it grow. #
0:39:23 > 0:39:26It's crucial the sewers continue measuring their models,
0:39:26 > 0:39:28as they adapt the block,
0:39:28 > 0:39:32as any design changes could totally alter the fit.
0:39:32 > 0:39:35But Jade's taking an extra precaution.
0:39:35 > 0:39:39A toile is basically your dress, but in a cheaper fabric.
0:39:39 > 0:39:44I want to make sure it fits her perfectly, so any tweaks that
0:39:44 > 0:39:49I'll need to make can be done on the toile, rather than the real thing.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52Tracey has also decided to spend time on making a toile.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55The fit is obviously something that's been a weakness.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58I'm very used to fitting things on myself.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00I really need to be careful of that today.
0:40:00 > 0:40:04I am not making a toile. I am just going to go for it with the fabric.
0:40:04 > 0:40:07I think I'm doing enough measurements as I go along.
0:40:07 > 0:40:09I'm worried about Tracey's fit.
0:40:09 > 0:40:13It just seems like she's completely miss-measured the busts.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16- Yes.- Because it's nowhere near where it should be.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19Thank God, she made a toile.
0:40:19 > 0:40:22The only times I make toiles are when I make wedding dresses,
0:40:22 > 0:40:25and I've made one, my daughter's.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28I've made a seam allowance, as such, where I can adjust.
0:40:28 > 0:40:29So that's my thinking.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33What do you think?
0:40:33 > 0:40:35Well, I think the back's OK, but this is not long enough.
0:40:35 > 0:40:39I can see now that it's not long enough to go over her bust.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42- Think about your basic measurements. - I want that there.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45So how am are going to make that longer and that still be there?
0:40:45 > 0:40:48- No, I'm confused now.- Yeah. - That's now going to be too low.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50No, I want it to be V-shaped.
0:40:50 > 0:40:53I want it lower here than it is in the middle.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58I'm not happy with the way they are bagging.
0:40:58 > 0:41:02It definitely does need taking in in places and sorting out.
0:41:02 > 0:41:03I need to alter the front.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06It didn't feel tricky when I made one for myself.
0:41:06 > 0:41:10I don't know why it's getting so complicated now.
0:41:10 > 0:41:14- Two-and-a-half hours gone. Are you worried about time?- No.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17- Says me.- Yeah, we'll speak in a couple of hours.- Come on.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19- I'll do your back.- Ah! - I'll do your back.
0:41:19 > 0:41:22- While you're relaxed, let me ask you this.- Yes, go on.
0:41:22 > 0:41:25- How much do you want to be a finalist?- Oh, so much, it's...
0:41:25 > 0:41:27Now you've made me all tense again!
0:41:28 > 0:41:32Whilst Jade and Tracey are still fitting their toiles,
0:41:32 > 0:41:35Charlotte and Joyce start constructing their dresses.
0:41:35 > 0:41:37This is the front bodice.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40The fabric is absolutely key to this design because you need
0:41:40 > 0:41:42something with a lot of drape to make the cowl neck work.
0:41:42 > 0:41:45If you had something that was a bit stiff, it would
0:41:45 > 0:41:48just sort of sit there and it wouldn't look attractive at all.
0:41:48 > 0:41:52The fabric I'm using for my dress is 100% linen. I just love that fabric.
0:41:52 > 0:41:53The colours are so me.
0:41:56 > 0:41:59So, tell me, where have you got to?
0:41:59 > 0:42:04I have sewn my bodice front, gathered it to the waistband.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06Oh, right, OK.
0:42:06 > 0:42:08I guess you haven't fitted it.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10I've checked the size of the waistband.
0:42:10 > 0:42:12I haven't fitted it, as such.
0:42:12 > 0:42:16- I was going to fit it once I got the bodice together.- OK.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18Does it feel too tight now?
0:42:18 > 0:42:20- No.- No?
0:42:20 > 0:42:24I'm much happier with that. We're good to go.
0:42:24 > 0:42:27Happy with the fit on their toiles, Jade and Tracey
0:42:27 > 0:42:29can finally begin cutting their fabric.
0:42:29 > 0:42:32I've got a wine coloured cotton spandex that just stretches
0:42:32 > 0:42:36a little bit, which means that this fitted area across here will be nice
0:42:36 > 0:42:39and snug and then I've got a nice print that I'm going to use
0:42:39 > 0:42:41for the collar and cuff sections.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44I am glad I did a toile because the back piece needed to be
0:42:44 > 0:42:47basically reshaped for the way that her back is.
0:42:47 > 0:42:50Please fit, please fit, please fit.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52Please fit, or I will cry.
0:42:52 > 0:42:53Oh, dear. It's huge.
0:42:53 > 0:42:55Why is there all this here? Damn it.
0:42:55 > 0:42:59Damn it, damn it, damn it. Bloody hell.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02It's almost like it need another dart in it.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04I quite like it. It's loose there.
0:43:04 > 0:43:08Don't really want to take it in any more but I can do.
0:43:08 > 0:43:10I tell you what, we'll do the rest first
0:43:10 > 0:43:12and then we'll make a decision.
0:43:12 > 0:43:14I intended to make those darts bigger in the back
0:43:14 > 0:43:16and then I think we'll be all right.
0:43:16 > 0:43:19Can you spin round to the front?
0:43:22 > 0:43:25It fits you amazingly in the front.
0:43:25 > 0:43:28- I think that's beautiful, Jade. Beautiful.- Yeah?
0:43:28 > 0:43:30Beautiful.
0:43:30 > 0:43:33- Oh, that looks great, Tracey. - That looks all right?- Lovely.
0:43:33 > 0:43:36Much happier with that, compared to this morning.
0:43:36 > 0:43:39If they're happy with the fit of their bodice,
0:43:39 > 0:43:41the sewers can move on to their skirts.
0:43:41 > 0:43:44This is what the skirt block looked like.
0:43:44 > 0:43:47So this is now, instead of being a pencil skirt, which is
0:43:47 > 0:43:49what it would have been, before I opened up this space,
0:43:49 > 0:43:51it's now going to be much fuller.
0:43:51 > 0:43:55I've done a skater skirt where it's like nice at the waist
0:43:55 > 0:43:59and flares out, so that's my type of skirt that I like to wear.
0:43:59 > 0:44:03- Tracey, what are you doing? - I'm doing pi.- Why?
0:44:03 > 0:44:05Well, because I'm making a circle skirt.
0:44:05 > 0:44:08Why have you got to use pi to make a circle skirt?
0:44:08 > 0:44:11- Because I need to draw a pattern for it.- My head's going to explode!
0:44:11 > 0:44:13I need to use pi to work out the circumference.
0:44:13 > 0:44:16When they teach you pi at school, you think,
0:44:16 > 0:44:18"I am never going to use pi in my life.
0:44:18 > 0:44:21"Why are they bothering to teach me this?" And now, I've got to use pi.
0:44:21 > 0:44:24Jade has also set herself a challenge with her skirt.
0:44:24 > 0:44:28I'm going to pattern match here, so that will join on to there.
0:44:28 > 0:44:30Like that.
0:44:30 > 0:44:33So it will only pattern match mainly on these two.
0:44:33 > 0:44:38And if I can, maybe on those ones there.
0:44:38 > 0:44:41I am now doing the collar
0:44:41 > 0:44:45and because I have chosen to do the underside
0:44:45 > 0:44:47and the fabric of the dress, I'm going
0:44:47 > 0:44:51to have to be careful that the underside doesn't show.
0:44:51 > 0:44:55And how I hopefully get over that is make the upper collar
0:44:55 > 0:44:59slightly baggier and it rolls over a fraction.
0:44:59 > 0:45:03This is one of my four collar sections.
0:45:03 > 0:45:05This is definitely a statement collar.
0:45:05 > 0:45:08I want it to be really pointed.
0:45:08 > 0:45:12While everyone else works on their collar...
0:45:12 > 0:45:16I'm just trying to get this one to sit in the right place,
0:45:16 > 0:45:19which at the moment, isn't wanting to.
0:45:19 > 0:45:22..Jade is still pattern matching.
0:45:22 > 0:45:25So I think we'll take that down an inch there, don't you?
0:45:28 > 0:45:29Driving me nuts.
0:45:33 > 0:45:35These are my sleeves and my cuffs.
0:45:35 > 0:45:37I'm just going to attach the cuff to the sleeve.
0:45:39 > 0:45:42- Yeah, I don't think that's bad. - You might have to give me
0:45:42 > 0:45:45a second cos I have to get my head round this bit!
0:45:47 > 0:45:51I'm really worried you're going to give yourself a headache.
0:45:51 > 0:45:53I've already given myself one.
0:45:53 > 0:45:57- Yeah, but I think you can't be pernickety at this point.- I can!
0:45:57 > 0:45:59- All right. OK. Semifinal.- Exactly!
0:46:01 > 0:46:05- Sewers, I'm really sorry, you have half an hour left.- Gordon Bennett!
0:46:05 > 0:46:07Somebody's watch is fast!
0:46:07 > 0:46:09My pattern matching isn't perfect perfect,
0:46:09 > 0:46:10the way I would like it to be.
0:46:10 > 0:46:13The teardrops are obviously a lot smaller.
0:46:13 > 0:46:15But I'm not. I'm doing it again.
0:46:15 > 0:46:18I've not got time, if I want to get a zip in.
0:46:18 > 0:46:20That is half an invisible zip.
0:46:25 > 0:46:29I'm making the sashes that go inside of the dress.
0:46:30 > 0:46:34The easiest way to turn out a really long tube of something is to
0:46:34 > 0:46:36sew a length of ribbon inside.
0:46:37 > 0:46:39There it is. See it coming out now?
0:46:42 > 0:46:45There we go. And then we just cut the ribbon off.
0:46:45 > 0:46:49I'm just trying to work out what the length of the dress should be.
0:46:49 > 0:46:54- I think something like that. - Could you turn just a tiny bit?
0:46:54 > 0:46:56Turn round slowly.
0:46:56 > 0:46:57Stop. Go back again.
0:46:59 > 0:47:00I'm going to bi-spine the hem,
0:47:00 > 0:47:03just because I think it will give it a really nice effect.
0:47:03 > 0:47:07I'm going to do a narrow hem. You fold it over, stitch it,
0:47:07 > 0:47:10then trim it really close to the stitching, fold it over again.
0:47:10 > 0:47:13A hem like this would normally take at least half an hour
0:47:13 > 0:47:16- and I haven't got half an hour. - Do you think we'll all finish?- Yeah.
0:47:16 > 0:47:19- Skin of my teeth, but yeah. - I'll just have to get on with it.
0:47:19 > 0:47:21We all thought we had loads of time.
0:47:21 > 0:47:25A circle skirt and I'm still hemming for ever and ever and ever.
0:47:25 > 0:47:27I will get it finished!
0:47:28 > 0:47:30Not having any nonsense.
0:47:30 > 0:47:32Sewers, you have five minutes left.
0:47:32 > 0:47:34Right, breathe.
0:47:39 > 0:47:42Should have enough time. I just need to stop my hands shaking.
0:47:42 > 0:47:44Where did that go?!
0:47:44 > 0:47:47You're kidding me. How did I not notice that?
0:47:47 > 0:47:49I've got a pucker in the back seam.
0:47:56 > 0:47:58Tracey, you're the only one sewing.
0:47:58 > 0:48:00Everyone else is having a little press.
0:48:00 > 0:48:04- Do I need to come there and watch you cry?- No, I'm ready to press.
0:48:06 > 0:48:08Right.
0:48:09 > 0:48:11All right?
0:48:11 > 0:48:13There you go.
0:48:13 > 0:48:17- Come on, Charlotte!- You go that way, I go this way.- How does it feel?
0:48:17 > 0:48:20- Yeah.- Happy?- Yeah. - That's your pattern!
0:48:20 > 0:48:23- Yeah!- Come on, Tracey! - I'm just ironing my model!
0:48:24 > 0:48:27That's it.
0:48:27 > 0:48:31- Time is up. A huge well done to all of you.- Water! Water!
0:48:31 > 0:48:33Water!
0:48:33 > 0:48:35# Love me in the daytime
0:48:35 > 0:48:37# Love me in the night-time
0:48:37 > 0:48:39# Any time you love me
0:48:39 > 0:48:41# Baby, that'll be the right time.
0:48:43 > 0:48:45# Put your arms around me
0:48:45 > 0:48:48# When the lights are low
0:48:48 > 0:48:52# Never ever gonna get enough of you. #
0:48:55 > 0:48:58Charlotte, I think this dress is a delight.
0:48:58 > 0:49:01Watching it move, there's a lightness, an elegance,
0:49:01 > 0:49:03a bounce to it.
0:49:03 > 0:49:05You've completely transformed the block.
0:49:05 > 0:49:10It has a kind of romantic feel to it, somehow. It's kind of sexy.
0:49:10 > 0:49:12It's a really good choice of fabric.
0:49:12 > 0:49:17The drape is very soft, not too high and not too low.
0:49:17 > 0:49:20If we can just turn you round...
0:49:20 > 0:49:23This drape here maybe could have been got rid of if you'd
0:49:23 > 0:49:28shaped the armholes slightly and the dart is really, really long.
0:49:28 > 0:49:32But you really understood your model's body shape.
0:49:32 > 0:49:35I think the waist is absolutely in the perfect position.
0:49:35 > 0:49:39I think the length of the skirt feels perfectly right.
0:49:39 > 0:49:44- The hem looks really neat.- It looks great.- It looks great.- Thank you.
0:49:46 > 0:49:49# With the parting of the ways
0:49:49 > 0:49:52# You took all my happy days
0:49:52 > 0:49:56# And left me lonely nights. #
0:49:56 > 0:50:00Right, Tracey. You've also transformed the block.
0:50:00 > 0:50:03You've put all the shape into this waistband here
0:50:03 > 0:50:06- and in to the gathers here.- Yeah.
0:50:06 > 0:50:09And this fits so much better than your toile did.
0:50:09 > 0:50:13It's a good choice of fabric, it's a good combination. I'm a little...
0:50:13 > 0:50:16I don't know what it is about the collar.
0:50:16 > 0:50:18It feels a little heavy.
0:50:18 > 0:50:21Maybe if you'd made the neck slightly wider
0:50:21 > 0:50:26and the front slightly lower, it would have given it more lightness.
0:50:26 > 0:50:28One other slight fit issue.
0:50:28 > 0:50:31There's just a little bit too much fullness here.
0:50:31 > 0:50:36But the cuffs on the sleeve are crisp, they're well pressed,
0:50:36 > 0:50:38they're well sewn.
0:50:38 > 0:50:41There is a lot of very precise sewing in this garment, so
0:50:41 > 0:50:45- I think you should be extremely pleased with yourself.- Thank you.
0:50:47 > 0:50:50# Doo doo-dee ooh doo-dee ooh
0:50:50 > 0:50:52# Doo-dee ooh-dee-ooh
0:50:52 > 0:50:53# Doo doo-dee ooh doo-dee ooh
0:50:53 > 0:50:55# Doo-dee ooh-dee-ooh. #
0:50:55 > 0:50:58You've taken the block and you've turned it into one, two,
0:50:58 > 0:51:02- three, four... Eight panels? - Yes.- You've done a good job there.
0:51:02 > 0:51:07- Thank you.- I would like it a little bit more nipped in at the waist.
0:51:07 > 0:51:11It just looks ever so slightly straight.
0:51:11 > 0:51:13I'd like very much the idea of the band at the bottom
0:51:13 > 0:51:16and then it's echoed in the collar at the top.
0:51:16 > 0:51:19Whether it should be smaller... Let's do that.
0:51:19 > 0:51:21Yeah, maybe.
0:51:21 > 0:51:25But one thing I like a lot about this collar is if we look here, we
0:51:25 > 0:51:30can see how it's rolling round and that is how you should cut a collar.
0:51:30 > 0:51:32So that is successful.
0:51:32 > 0:51:38The sleeves, I think, are very, very neatly inserted.
0:51:38 > 0:51:42The fit is just a little nibble away from bang on for me,
0:51:42 > 0:51:45but I think you should be very pleased with that.
0:51:45 > 0:51:46Thank you.
0:51:46 > 0:51:50# O meu ganza faz chica chica boom chic
0:51:50 > 0:51:54# P'ra eu cantar o chica chica boom chic. #
0:51:55 > 0:51:58The overall impression is really striking.
0:51:58 > 0:52:01You've made a really good choice of fabric.
0:52:01 > 0:52:04I think these fabrics work together very well.
0:52:04 > 0:52:08You've thought carefully about how the pattern runs down through
0:52:08 > 0:52:12the centre and this runs all the way, absolutely dead centrally.
0:52:12 > 0:52:15- You haven't managed to match it up across the waist.- No.
0:52:15 > 0:52:20That has got a point on and this is the point chopped off.
0:52:20 > 0:52:23- Yeah.- If we can just turn you round,
0:52:23 > 0:52:27you had a lot to do to get these back triangles fitting as well,
0:52:27 > 0:52:29and you've done that extremely well,
0:52:29 > 0:52:32but I think the time you've spent doing that
0:52:32 > 0:52:33is time that you've not had
0:52:33 > 0:52:36to get the small of the back fitting nicely.
0:52:36 > 0:52:38It is just too big there.
0:52:38 > 0:52:43But the proportion of this dress is just right.
0:52:43 > 0:52:45I think you understand how it all needs to look,
0:52:45 > 0:52:49- and you've delivered on that really successfully.- Thank you.
0:52:55 > 0:52:57I was determined I was going to show something
0:52:57 > 0:52:59different to the judges and I think I have,
0:52:59 > 0:53:02'I've shown a more creative side of myself.'
0:53:02 > 0:53:04'As hard as it was'
0:53:04 > 0:53:07and as gruelling as it seemed, I did enjoy it
0:53:07 > 0:53:11and I think I produced one of the best fitted garments I've ever made.
0:53:11 > 0:53:14'After all these years of sewing, and believe me,'
0:53:14 > 0:53:16I have been sewing for a number of years,
0:53:16 > 0:53:20it would be absolutely amazing if I was in the final three.
0:53:20 > 0:53:23It would actually be a pinnacle for me.
0:53:23 > 0:53:26I think all four of us were all very nervous to go back in,
0:53:26 > 0:53:30because we're that close to getting into the final.
0:53:30 > 0:53:31I think I'd rather stay out here
0:53:31 > 0:53:35and everyone can shout out the window to me and tell me that way.
0:53:36 > 0:53:39First up, shall we discuss garment of the week?
0:53:39 > 0:53:41Who are the contenders?
0:53:41 > 0:53:45Jade, Charlotte, from the made-to-measure.
0:53:45 > 0:53:49But also, Charlotte's alteration.
0:53:49 > 0:53:52I think this is one of the best alterations we've seen
0:53:52 > 0:53:53on Sewing Bee.
0:53:53 > 0:53:58So therefore, I presume Charlotte and Jade are both finalists.
0:53:58 > 0:54:00- Yes.- Yes.
0:54:00 > 0:54:02Then you have to really think
0:54:02 > 0:54:05about whether it's going to be Joyce or Tracey.
0:54:05 > 0:54:08Do you want to first start off and talk about their very difficult
0:54:08 > 0:54:12- patent challenge? Joyce did this red...- Mm.
0:54:12 > 0:54:15..and Tracey came fourth with her purple.
0:54:15 > 0:54:18- Joyce's was more expertly sewn on the whole.- Yes.
0:54:18 > 0:54:20Tracey's was a bit ragged.
0:54:20 > 0:54:22Yes, it wasn't precise enough.
0:54:22 > 0:54:25But then Tracey gave us, in the alteration challenge,
0:54:25 > 0:54:30- something really imaginative...- Yes. - ..that really fulfilled the brief.
0:54:30 > 0:54:33And Joyce's was a little bit, sort of lacklustre.
0:54:33 > 0:54:37She hadn't transformed the duvet. It's still a rectangle.
0:54:37 > 0:54:41- Then it comes down to their made-to-measure.- I think it does.
0:54:41 > 0:54:46And both were pretty competently handled. Both are well sewn.
0:54:46 > 0:54:48Both of them transformed the block.
0:54:48 > 0:54:50This is...
0:54:50 > 0:54:54very difficult and I think we need to have another look
0:54:54 > 0:54:58- and take a little more time over this decision.- Yes. Yes, absolutely.
0:55:08 > 0:55:09Firstly,
0:55:09 > 0:55:13thank you so much for giving us such a brilliant semifinal.
0:55:13 > 0:55:16We know how difficult it was.
0:55:16 > 0:55:18The first bit's the lovely bit -
0:55:18 > 0:55:22the garment that impressed the judges the most.
0:55:23 > 0:55:27So, our garment of the week this week, is...
0:55:30 > 0:55:32LAUGHTER
0:55:32 > 0:55:35Well done, Charlotte!
0:55:35 > 0:55:37- No way!- Told you!- That is insane.
0:55:37 > 0:55:41This was probably the best alteration I think we've seen.
0:55:41 > 0:55:46You embraced it wholeheartedly and produced something fantastic.
0:55:46 > 0:55:48Thank you, that is bonkers.
0:55:48 > 0:55:51SHE LAUGHS You look so shocked.
0:55:51 > 0:55:54- Did it not in the back of your head think...- No!- ..maybe that?
0:55:54 > 0:55:56Not in a million years!
0:55:57 > 0:56:02Now the less lovely bit. We really don't want any of you...
0:56:02 > 0:56:03to go.
0:56:04 > 0:56:06But somebody has to.
0:56:06 > 0:56:11And the person leaving us this week is...
0:56:21 > 0:56:24We're so upset about it.
0:56:24 > 0:56:25The person leaving is Tracey.
0:56:25 > 0:56:27GASPS
0:56:27 > 0:56:30Oh, Tracey, darling. Oh, sweetie.
0:56:30 > 0:56:32I thought it was going to be me.
0:56:32 > 0:56:38Clearly devastated, but I came here hoping to get through a few weeks,
0:56:38 > 0:56:40I've got through seven weeks.
0:56:40 > 0:56:43And I think, you know, I should be proud of that.
0:56:43 > 0:56:44Can I cuddle you?
0:56:44 > 0:56:47- I'm sorry.- Thank you.- I'm sorry.
0:56:47 > 0:56:49I've done a lot of brilliant things,
0:56:49 > 0:56:53met some fabulous people and it's, er, you know,
0:56:53 > 0:56:56once-in-a-lifetime...experience.
0:56:56 > 0:56:58And I'll not regret a minute of it.
0:56:59 > 0:57:02You've been so great throughout all of it.
0:57:02 > 0:57:05What I love about Tracey is she has embraced
0:57:05 > 0:57:10every single challenge with such joy and openness
0:57:10 > 0:57:14and that to me is why it's such a shame that she's had to go.
0:57:16 > 0:57:18It's...gutting to see Tracey go.
0:57:19 > 0:57:21I'm really going to miss her.
0:57:21 > 0:57:23The sewing room won't be the same without her.
0:57:26 > 0:57:29If I could take the time to congratulate our three finalists.
0:57:29 > 0:57:30- Whoo! - INDISTINCT
0:57:30 > 0:57:32I'm very excited about the final,
0:57:32 > 0:57:36because every week somebody really surprises me.
0:57:36 > 0:57:39So I'm having no bets on who's going to win.
0:57:39 > 0:57:41Do you know what? I'm just going to enjoy it.
0:57:41 > 0:57:44I don't care where I come. I'm a finalist.
0:57:44 > 0:57:48I've made it to the last three. I am going to enjoy it.
0:57:48 > 0:57:50Even the alteration challenge.
0:57:50 > 0:57:53I cannot wait to tell my family about this.
0:57:53 > 0:57:55They are going to scream.
0:57:55 > 0:57:56TELEPHONE RINGS
0:57:57 > 0:57:59- Hello?- Hello.
0:57:59 > 0:58:01I'm in the final.
0:58:02 > 0:58:04Hello?
0:58:05 > 0:58:07Oh, Mum!
0:58:10 > 0:58:12SOBBING ON PHONE
0:58:12 > 0:58:13Oh, Mum, don't cry.
0:58:14 > 0:58:18- "I'm so proud of you."- Thank you.
0:58:18 > 0:58:19Next time...
0:58:19 > 0:58:22Now it all comes down to this.
0:58:22 > 0:58:24Final press. Final garment.
0:58:24 > 0:58:26The judges deliberated...
0:58:26 > 0:58:30- She's panicking a bit, isn't she? - Slightly, yeah.- It's a shame.
0:58:30 > 0:58:32..and they have decided...
0:58:32 > 0:58:34Damn, damn, damn...
0:58:34 > 0:58:37..that the winner of the great British Sewing Bee...
0:58:37 > 0:58:39Just one more. Just one more.
0:58:39 > 0:58:41..is...
0:58:41 > 0:58:43This is not good.