🪡 Sewing Bee 🪡

Parsley3, Sarah Pascoe has been on maternity leave. I wondered if she felt more comfortable in a loose garment!
I loved the dress the Welsh lady made, but it was in completely the wrong material. You can’t make nice pleats with a thin denim, and it was in a wishy-washy colour.

I felt for the contestant who didn't finish!
I can't imagine making a wearable outfit against the clock.

I thought Sara Pascoe wasnt too bad last night
I used to like Joe Lycette until I saw him in his late night programme and he was so filthy I couldn’t see him in the same light again
I ll have to watch it again I think I nodded off half way through

The Garment of the Week was fabulous, I thought. I also liked the clever black and white dress.

I agree Sparklefizz.

Love the programme although the only thing I have ever made was a sack style nightdress at school. It took me a whole term and I never wore it.

I think it was a good start to the series and I liked the Garment of the Week. It was certainly different.

The dress that Sara Pascoe was wearing reminded me of those old style toilet roll holders.

I actually find it, the programme, quite inspiring. I used to make my DC clothes but have only recently started making things for myself again. I have a friend who's a semi retired dressmaking teacher who has helped me.

It's so empowering but can be expensive 😫

I don’t sew but love watching the programme, I get interested in the contestants.

I totally agree, that dress was like an old style toilet roll cover. I was left wondering if Sara chose it for herself or was told she was wearing it.

Maybe the toilet roll cover dress was a signal to the contestants that anything goes and they must forget any pretentions of style and taste, so long as they cover their stitches and have no mistakes on display.

Sparklefizz

The Garment of the Week was fabulous, I thought. I also liked the clever black and white dress.

I definitely agree

I always find it fascinating how construction engineers are able to imaginatively manipulate not only the stuff of their trade but also all sorts of other materials including fabric.

Good stuff.

I recently re-watched every past episode. The new series got off to a good start with some wonderfully ‘engineered’ creations.
I think Sara Pascoe is silly and Esme too old and the models appeared to have been chosen to represent every extreme of human available.
It’s always nice to see an unlikely contestant producing a well-made garment.

Whitewavemark2

I always find it fascinating how construction engineers are able to imaginatively manipulate not only the stuff of their trade but also all sorts of other materials including fabric.

Good stuff.

I thought that too, I’ve never seen sleeves so architectural before, and it was wearable. I hope his sewing skills don’t let him down, because I think he has more to offer.

Construction engineers always seem to do well on Bake Off too. They manage to create very complicated structures that don't collapse.

As an obsessive sewer I feel obliged to watch the programme as so many folk say "You should be on Sewing Bee" and want to discuss it. I generally wait until the later episodes once the good sewers are left in the competition, but I did watch this first episode and was really quite impressed. I was surprised that one person didn't know what a peplum is, and the selection of contestants is rather "woke" but I enjoyed it.

I hope my use of the word "sewer" hasn't confused anyone . I refuse to use sewist or seamstress. I've been a sewer for 70 years now.

My friend has a crush on Peter ( the construction engineer) 😍

Well that was a surprise I wasn't thinking Peter would be one of the two leaving last night.

I liked him surely he deserved to stay.

Millie22

Well that was a surprise I wasn't thinking Peter would be one of the two leaving last night.

I liked him surely he deserved to stay.

I think his mistake was not measuring his model for the shorts.

He was encouraged by the judges to measure but he just shrugged it off.

And then they didn't fit the model - anywhere!

Right 2 went last night. Peter was silly not taking the free advice, shows his lack of experience. Shame as last weeks dress was amazing.

I was very taken with Peter - until he said he'd never done any top-stitching. Surely that's a very basic sewing skill?

I must have missed that bit if he didn't measure the model. I did wonder why he had a big chunk of material at the back of the shorts.

NonnaW: I'm sorry I don't know what channel it was on but it was a late evening one that I'd never seen before or since unfortunately

I was initially surprised at Peter being sent home but he refused any advice and the finished garment was nowhere near fitting the model.
Although this is a competition, all the contestants' say they have learned so much just by being on the show. Peter obviously thought he knew it all.

Who ?

Well I rather like the rest from the normal contestants so I welcome the lighthearted comments from the Comediane