👗 Sewing Bee 👗

As, generally, a non-tv watcher. The new presenter is entirely unknown to me, but so far he has my support. he knows that he is there to present and to talk to contestants, quickly and in short periods, so as not to distract them from their sewing. He also realises that it is not all about him.

I thought those trousers last night were exceptional, that must be a money maker. Her design and attention to detail must surely catch the eye if some famous designer. Jolly good programme, nice to have a presenter who doesn’t make it about him.

Allsorts:agree how fabulous were those trousers. That was exceptional design and skill, think this bunch of contestants are pretty good atm.

There seem to be only a few good ones this year - did they deliberately choose contestants that would make such basic mistakes! The one that left last night definitely deserved to go.

Last night showed exactly the challenge, those wonderful perfect trousers and the man making shirt AND trousers.

Perfection is the key rather than rushing in the limited time available.

I love watching Sewing Bee.

She did deserve to go because she thought she was being "naughty" by not doing what she was asked for. She should have gone last week.
Those trousers were indeed special.

The older man is pretty good, despite his mistakes. But he'll probably only last a few more weeks.

Some interesting challenges this year - I wonder is the pattern for the blouses from tablecloths available anywhere? On the one hand I think it's a shame to cut them up, on the other the embroidery at least gets seen instead of put away in a drawer forever!

I'd love a pair of those garment of the week trousers, they were fabulous.
The right person was sent home, fancy putting an odd piece of material in the blouse when they were asked to make it from a tablecloth, surely there is sufficient material in a tablecloth to make a complete blouse.

I have some tablecloths, embroidered by myself and my grandmother, which never see the light of day. I am wondering whether to get sewing!

I absolutely loved those trousers and they were a well deserved garment of the week.

I was browsing shops today in a mall and all the outfits seemed be straight out of Sewing Bee. Particularly the trousers in Next which looked like tablecloths and Brigitte Bardot off the shoulder blouses.

I agree that 'those' trousers were amazing but for me I preferred the navy trousers with the buttons on the front. So smart!
I am glad that the naughty woman went home ........ how annoying was she?

Yes, DanniRae, I'm glad the "naughty woman" went home. She was very irritating.

She seemed reluctant to use another tablecloth to finish the garment, thought it was a ‘waste’.

I found her annoying, she thought she was quite risqué and daring, with her nude picture of her and her partner.

TMI.

I’m impressed by the trousers without a side seam, can’t help but wonder if they cling to the side of the leg though, only one way to find out.
I think Sarah Pascoe was not a good presenter, find her irritating and not funny, but that’s probably me. I like a presenter who lets the contestants shine.
The lady that didn’t listen to instructions deserved to go, I did think that short dress she made was cut beautifully and looked stylish but not for the Riviera perhaps. It’s ok to be a bit dizzy at times but not when the object of the show is to be creative but within the rules or everyone would be off at a tangent.

I do so love the sewing bea thank you for the heads up. when I was a young trainee nursery nurse it was part of my course to sew a wee dress with smocking and if I say so myself it was a beautiful dress.

For anyone interested sewessential.co.uk does a weekly blog about the Bee which includes links to patterns either the same as or similar to those used

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Fantastic show and the best on TV. I love it.

I love this idea for a bag.

I've found this again, so enjoyable.

The dresses made from tablecloths reminded me of a dress I made back in 1968. It had been a cover for a garment on a hanger. The fabric was a faded floral pattern probably dating back to the 30s. I made a simple smock dress which I wore on holiday in Ibiza. The faded pinks and browns fitted the landscape perfectly.

Am I the only person finding the Sewing Bee a bit lacklustre this year?

The standard of needlework is well below the standard we have become used to in previous years, so many incomplete garments.

We have no outstandingly good sewers this year and last night's final round, which usually produces consistently beautiful well made clothes resulted in some garments looking more like the clothes usually cobbled together in the second round and last night, if the results of the second and thirs round were mixed together it would be difficult to tell which garment belonged in which round.