8x10: Party Week It’s the grand final, and it’s Party Week as the four finalists compete for the title of Britain’s best amateur sewer. They take on a trio of party-themed challenges, starting with the pattern for one of Esme’s iconic Swanky Modes designs - the Amorphous dress. Made from one piece…
8x9: Japanese Week Sara Pascoe welcomes the four semi-finalists into the sewing room to celebrate the influences of Japanese design and sewing. For the pattern challenge, Esme has collaborated with a Japanese designer to come up with a kimono-inspired dress that proves to be a brain-teaser. The…
8x08: 1930s Week The quarter-final takes the top five sewers back to the golden era of the 1930s. Esme and Patrick set them a Pattern Challenge for a pair of women’s sailor-inspired trousers with a complex bib-front button opening and equally tricky pockets. Then the sewers show off their ability…
8x07: Lingerie & Sleepwear Week A place in the quarter-final is at stake this week, and the challenges are all about lingerie. Host Sara Pascoe starts the remaining six sewers off with a fiddly pattern for a lace underwired bra and matching knicker set. With such small pattern pieces, there is no…
8x06: Music Week Music Week brings three different musical and sartorial genres to the Sewing Bee. Sara Pascoe kicks off the week with a pattern for the parka coat that was adopted by Mod culture in the 1960s. With its classic fishtail vent and complex zip opening and hood, this is a feat of…