03x02 - Episode 2

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Our search for Britain's best
amateur story continues.

Having passed the test
on entry-level sewing

they now have to focus
on precision and tiny detail.

Basically, it is kids' week.

At the last Sewing Bee...

This is like origami.
..a Lieutenant Colonel...

I'm about a millimetre out
matching my spots.

..went head-to-head with
a retired air hostess...

So, you want to be able to hoo-hoo.

..and a cheesemaker...

I don't know whether to call
it the crotch or not,

but it's the crotch that I'm doing.

..tried to out-stitch a
corporate strategist.

Ah, this was cathartic!

What can possibly go wrong, right?

But it was soldier Neil
who won Garment of the Week.

Absolutely spot on.

And cheesemaker Annie was the first

to be asked to leave
the sewing room.

I think it's excellent that they
are going on and I am going home.

Now... It's so small, it's so cute!

..the sewers face a devilishly
intricate pattern challenge.

Do you think this challenge was
too hard for week two?

No. Amanda, shall we give up and go?

Don't you dare give up.

Fabric combining alterations...

Giving birth here. Aargh!

..and perhaps the wildest
made-to-measure challenge ever.

It is like a zoo in here.
It is like a zoo!

OK, cool. That makes Patrick Noah.

Since they were last all together,

the nine remaining sewers
have been busy.

I'm going through a very old
pattern books,

looking at things I like making

and I realise I've got to modernise
my thinking if I want to keep up.

Got my apple shined for Patrick.

My daughter gave me some
advice last night

to put flowers and roses on
anything that I can.

We'll have to keep each other going,
right? Yeah, definitely.

Well, I learned about myself.

I take an age cutting out,
doing everything really slowly

and then sew everything
in the last five minutes.

So maybe try and speed up the
first part to give myself

a little bit more time at the end.

As it's a mystery,

the sewers have had no chance to
prepare for their first challenge.

Hello! SEWERS: Hi!

'This week's theme is
all about attention to detail.'

This week, it is all
about children's clothes,

because the judges want
to test how you deal

with tiny detail and precision.

Have any of you made
children's clothes before?

No. Yes. Yes.

OK. Oh, Paul!
LAUGHTER

We start off, as usual,
with the pattern challenge.

May, what have you chosen?

We'd like you to make a
child's waistcoat

with a couple of welt
pockets, please.

We've given you a method
that is closer to

a traditional tailoring technique
than you would probably be used to

and we are looking for detail.

You've got three hours
and 45 minutes

to make your beautiful waistcoats.
Your time starts now. Off you go.

The waistcoat requires
a wool for the front

and a silk or satin
for the lining and the back.

Where is the satin?
Really, with mustard?

I haven't made a waistcoat before,

so just taking it one
step at a time.

And reading the instructions this
time, which will be a plus.

Just double checking this is wool.

You want to set fire to it, really,
and see what it smells like.

HE LAUGHS

I'll tell you. I'll torch the joint.
If it's smelly, it's wool.

Time allowing,
it's all going to look perfect.

Matt regularly makes clothes
for his five-year-old daughter Evie

and sews fancy dress props
for son Max, who is two.

For Evie's birthday,
Matt made her a mermaid outfit.

It was her favourite present.

She took it in for
show and tell that day.

So, I think Matt might get a
few requests now

for the dressing-up box at school.

SHE LAUGHS

Panicked on the inside.
Like a swan at the moment.

Ginger Swan.

Just the size which is
going to be a challenge.

Fiddly. I've got big hands
to work in small spaces.

My plan of attack is to read through
all the instructions before I start

just to make sure that I cut all of
my pieces the right way up.

The waistcoat pattern
contains 16 separate pieces.

It has a double-layered back,
which must be silk or satin,

and two wool front pieces which
will each be lined

and have a welt pocket.

The waistcoat should be fastened
with four buttons.

Patrick, why a waistcoat?

Tailors hoping to set out
on the route to Savile Row,

the pre-apprentices,
always start with a waistcoat.

It is the first thing we teach them.
What will you be looking for?

The way they turn and press
through these edges.

They have to be very precise.

Also, these points.
Symmetry with the points.

If it was me, I wouldn't be going
anywhere near a pattern

on this challenge but if they do,

they have to ensure
that if there's a horizontal line,

this front edge is absolutely
perfectly in line

with any line in the pattern.

I've gone for a stripe.
I'm not sure that...

Well, hopefully it'll be all right.

Neela doesn't normally bother
pattern-matching

when converting fine fabrics
into outfits for her family.

Neela has to wear exactly
the same thing as the girls

and then I'll be made a tie or
something as well to match up.

And, yes, we're all matching

and we all know whose family
we're from sort of thing.

Do you think you'll be
all right with this?

I've made one before for my wedding.
Have you?

I made one for my page boy.
Where did you get married?

In a hotel in Bradford.

Before I got to the wedding,
I had to have two Indian ceremonies

and I got covered in
yellow paste as well.

Nice. Because that's what they do.

I cover myself in orange paste. Do
you? Yeah. That's what I need to do.

I haven't read through
the instructions so far.

I'll get my pieces cut
out so that's done

and then I'll go through them.

Ryan hasn't made kids' clothes
before, but he's no stranger

to small-scale as his first
models were stuffed toys.

He used to have his toy bunny
that he used to make clothes for

and then it went on to
more his clothes.

Ryan always has been creative.

He was always dressing up,
always doing something

with different materials.

You're being unbelievably speedy.
Am I? Yes!

Have you really chosen this fabric?

Yeah. It's a little bit brave.
It's gorgeous but it is brave!

You get points for bravery.

That fabric and this fabric. Yeah.

Never made one before.
You've never made one before? No.

You've also got a very visible
stripe down the front of this. Yep.

That one looks a little bit...

Come on. Come on.
You can cut straighter than that.

Do you think I should
put my glasses on?

If you... If I can't read.
If you tend to wear...

If you can't read the pattern
and you can't see to cut straight...

I'm going to put my glasses on.
I'd put two pairs on.

Deputy head teacher Amanda
is passing on her love of craft

to her pupils.

Well done!
And teenage daughter Anais.

I like spending time with my mum

and she inspired me
to make a quilt for my bed.

All the children at the school
will be going,

"Yes! She's getting a taste of
her own medicine, at last!"

SHE LAUGHS

I've never made children's clothes
before but the waistcoat

is just a miniature of a
man's waistcoat,

which I haven't made either.

Alex has only ever made
clothes for herself.

At the moment, when not
practising for the Sewing Bee,

she is making her wedding dress.

Alex is obsessed with sewing.

There's many a time I'll come back
from going to the gym,

she'll still be in her
pyjamas sewing away.

Still haven't switched yourself
to the machine, I see?

No, no, I haven't. She says that she
dreams about it at night,

which I do find slightly disturbing.

How focused are you? Very.

Focused enough to be chopping
a back out in wool?

SHE SIGHS

So, read the instructions really,
really carefully, OK? Yeah.

# Oops, my heart went oops

# The moment that we met... #

Once they've managed to cut out
all 16 pattern pieces...

# My heart turned hoops
the moment that... #

..the sewers need to
insert welt pockets.

"Lay welt towards
the bottom of the front piece."

# There's all welt in my pocket,
dear Liza, a welt. #

Here's one we made earlier.
Round the back.

You position the linings over the top
so our welt is under there.

Then you cut through the middle and
then you post these bits of lining...

Oh, I see.
So, it is like a postbox. Exactly.

Post the other one through...
Like a little letterbox.

Yes. ..so your welt flips up
and then you catch either side.

And you've got hidden little pocket.

All of the lining or whatever it is
you've used to make the pocket bag

is tucked inside safely
and securely,

not showing on the outside.

What was difficult to picture from
the pattern was how you fit the

welts and the fact that you then
fold it back up on itself.

OK, scary part now.

If the sewer has cut an opening that
is wider than the welt...

Overrunning isn't really
a great idea.

..the front of the pocket
won't lie flat...

I think I've cut too much here.
..and the lining may show.

I don't understand.
Why is it not nice and neat?

All this ugliness should be on the
inside and it just didn't go.

Patrick, I can see him pulling
one of those like,

"Oh, you know, I'm not upset,
I'm just disappointed."

Not quite sure how these go.

And for those not working with
a plain fabric...

I'm going to try
and pattern-match the pocket.

..welt pockets are even harder.

Ugh. I'm going
to have to re-cut those.

Have you thought about the
pattern on your pockets?

Not yet.

So, I've matched it up.
I'm trying to be impressive.

When they were little, Lorna used to
make clothes for her two sons.

But it's not waistcoats
they remember.

I used to make you these dreadful
Bermuda shorts

before they were in fashion.
Yeah, I remember that.

And because I'd only packed those,
you had no choice but to wear them.

It's still a painful memory,
to this day. Yes.

I can imagine that with corduroys.
Ooh!

Beige corduroys and braces and...

Mind you, you wouldn't
put braces on.

In a treehouse?
Yes, with a flat cap,

a Yorkshireman's cap. Yes.

With a sheep in the background.
And a fancy wedding.

Yes! Maybe with a crumble.

Sewers, you have two hours to go.

No, not quite matched up again.

Still on my first pocket.

Making sure
that my patterns are symmetrical.

HE EXHALES

Those who have mastered
the intricate welt pocket

can start constructing
the two fronts.

I am now struggling to work out
what bit goes where.

These are made of three sections -
the wool front pieces,

a facing on the back to
give it strength,

which is attached to a silk
or satin lining.

They've put a facing in there
because the buttonholes need

a little bit more support

and so when you open the
front of the waistcoat,

you've got a nice bit of lining

and then it also hides
the bag of the pocket.

"Stitch front facing
to front lining."

Ah!

How you doing, Alex? I'm not doing
very well, actually.

Oh, dear.

Sewing against the clock is not
my strong point, really.

WHISPERS: The right side...

I'm doing it all wrong!

I've put the lining on the wrong
side of the facing.

I've just given up now.

I started putting it all together
and I realised I missed a step.

Amanda, shall we give up and go?
Don't you dare give up.

You've got... No! No.

Seriously, I'm very
close to giving up.

Do you think - be honest - that this
challenge was too hard for week two?

No. For sure, there are some
techniques in there that are tricky.

Needs to be done accurately
and quickly.

And I think they do need to
concentrate.

Oh, I've put it on the wrong way!

I don't want to mention any names...
Lorna and Ryan.

..but they sort of got
their head down.

Well, they also both chose
patterned fabric

and maybe that was an advantage.

Maybe it forced them
to focus on what they were doing.

I'm not looking at anybody else's
because it could terrify me!

Oh, why don't I just go
onto the next bit?

The linings and facings
are sewn to the wool front pieces,

leaving a gap at the shoulder
so it can be turned right side out.

Just get everything all pulled
out to the right side.

Hopefully it will all line up.

HE CHUCKLES

Look, it's so cute!
It's a little front.

Yes! Yeah?

Deborah's love of sewing has
taken over the home

she shares with her new
husband Terence.

Deborah's sewing area is
just that the top of the stairs.

It is like a little bunker
full of fabrics and all the threads

and little titbits.

All my friends at work have started
giving us jeans to take up,

although I'm not sure
when she'll get time to do them all.

Have you got your back? Back is not
constructed yet but it's there.

OK, perfect. It's waiting.

"Sandwich the two fronts inside the
back layers and pin into place."

The front section should be
inserted between the back layers

and will be sewn along the
shoulder and side seams.

The fronts will then be pulled
through the gap at the bottom,

turning the waste right-side-out

and the gap should be closed
with a row of hand stitching.

So, I'm just slipping them in,
stitching. Go for it.

Push them up through the inside.
Up there? Yeah. Thank you.

This is a little bit fiddly because
you're trying to line up the seams.

This is where my concentration
face comes out.

So, what we do know is stitch,
stitch, stitch, stitch

and then, whoosh!

Like delivering a baby,
really, I suppose.

The sewers now have to work blind.

Certainly a challenge.

While the front piece
is inside the back,

they won't know if they're
actually stitching

their shoulder and
side seams accurately...

Giving birth here!

..until they then turn the
waistcoat the right way round.

This is the big moment.

Check that out.

Yes, yes, yes. Oh, wow!

Moment of truth. Does it all
actually make sense?

Look at that!

Give that a press
and we might be in business.

Sweet.

Damn!

I've sewn the wrong edge!

SHE LAUGHS

Unpicker! Unpicker!

I have stitched the bottom of my
jacket to the side of my lining,

so half my jacket is inside.

It's fine, I've got an extra
15 minutes I've just wasted.

Sewers,
you've got half an hour left.

Half an hour to make
a miniature waistcoat.

Please work this time, cos if you
don't work, I'm going to shout.

I've made a right bosh
of everything.

I've can't do my welt pockets.

You've done one right.
Don't worry about the pockets.

Come on. I'm so nearly there,
I'm so determined.

You're nearly done, Ryan. Not yet.
I'm fearing buttonholes.

I'm looking for a button.
It's about getting it done

and choosing a nice button
so I don't have to make a big hole.

When he's not overseas
with the army,

Neil makes outfits
for his wife Kate...

That one's finished! Yeah.
And hemmed. Yes.

..and their sons Josh and Charlie.

I am quite proud.

It's not something you would expect
from someone who's in the army

and a rugby coach.

People take the mick, but it
comes in handy and I'm really proud

and he's done really well.

I seem to have gone 20-odd years
of sewing avoiding buttonholes.

PATRICK LAUGHS
I'm not sure how I've done that.

That's good going.
What have you been wearing?

Have you been living in a world
of Velcro your whole life? Velcro.

Yeah.
NEIL LAUGHS

Everything just came together
and just trying to remember

which way went around on
boys' and girls' stuff.

At home, he makes clothes
for his mum, Nora.

When he knit this jumper for me,

my friend that I went to school with
said, "That your Paul knit that?"

She couldn't get over it.

She was looking at it, you know.

And then he ended up doing
one for her, you know,

and she's thrilled to bits
with it, yeah.

When you're so used
to doing garments for women,

buttonholes are on the opposite side
to the way I would wear them.

Now we're doing something
for a little boy,

I've got to rethink it
back the other way.

Sewers, you have five minutes left.

Aarggh!

After five minutes, you never even
have to look at a waistcoat

ever again.
That's not true, that's not true.

I know Ryan will finish
because he's so whizzy.

I don't think I'm going to
finish this.

I spent far too much time
pattern-matching.

I'm just cutting through
the buttonholes at the moment.

Get it in there,
get a seam-ripper in there.

How are you, sweetheart? I'm trying
to do one five-minute buttonhole.

OK, you can do it.

I'm not going to finish, Claudia.
How far have we got?

I'm not going to get any buttons on.

Turn it inside out,
just turn it inside out.

OK, hold on. Come on, quick.

Go.

Divine! No, it's fine.

Still got to sew on few buttons,
bit of Blu-Tack. No-one will notice.

I have got a lovely button.
Well, just sew it on! Sew it on.

FIERCELY: Sew it on. Sew it on.

Ah!

Probably won't get time to
put the buttons on, unfortunately.

And done. Good girl, Neela.

Come on.

All right, that's it. Enough.

Put the iron down, Matt. I see you.
I don't know what you're on about.

Let's get your mannequins and take
them into the semicircle of joy.

Good boy. Clever boy!

Can I adopt you, Ryan?
HE LAUGHS

That is a genuine question.

# 20 tiny fingers

# 20 tiny toes... #

So, nine boys' waistcoats
but varying stages of completion.

You are up first, Matt.
You lucky thing.

# And the other one's got
a big bald spot

# Exactly like his pop, pop. #

I think overall...
You made a waistcoat.

you made a waistcoat. Well done.

It's pretty good.
Also, sensible choice of fabric.

I didn't realise the buttons
weren't attached.

they're just stuffed through.

LAUGHTER
So...

Let's have a look at the pockets.
We're bursting a bit here.

We have a finished waistcoat.
Well done.

The pockets are good.
I think the welts are good.

They're parallel, aren't they? Yep.

I think this button is just slightly
out of line with its buttonhole.

You've just got a little
bit of excess there.

It's cos it's not hanging level
at the front, is it?

Obviously, we need to say you've
only got one button

and one buttonhole. Yeah.

Those points are not at all even.
Oh, no.

We're a bit skew-whiff, aren't we?

Without buttons and buttonholes,

I don't think we can call this
a finished waistcoat.

The pockets, when
you've cut away the opening,

you've cut it back to far.

It is all about precision.
Yeah. The bigger you make the hole,

the more difficult it is to cover
it with the flap.

Now, you're going to tell me this
was a deliberate artistic statement

just to give us one button,
aren't you? No, no, no.

No buttonholes at all. What have
we got, a pin back there somewhere?

The welts,
I don't need a tape measure

to see that they're not
the same depth.

You get a medal for bravery

cos you've picked an absolutely
blinking obvious check here.

Beautifully matched
going across the body.

You haven't matched
it across the welts.

But everything else is
extremely good.

I think those points are
extremely well matched.

You've managed the buttoning
and the buttonholes extremely well.

You look nervous.

Yeah, I am. You shouldn't be.

You've really done a brilliant
piece of work there.

Your welt is almost exactly matching
your stripe. Well done.

That's really difficult to do.

This, for me, is a bit of a shame.

You're nowhere near finished,
your seams aren't even closed,

you've got no buttons,
no buttonholes.

What you've done is really good

and it is just a shame that you
didn't get to the end.

Let's have a look at your buttons,

of which we have four and a
corresponding number of buttonholes.

So, well done on that.
For that size of button, I think

you needed to set the buttonholes
back a little fraction.

They are too near the edge.

What is happening
across the top of the pocket?

I think it's some of the lining
peeping out. It is.

You've matched your checks
beautifully. Well done.

The stripes through the pocket
again, really very good.

You've just pulled this check just
fractionally out of shape.

I'm being really,
really nit-picky here.

This stripe here has just crept off
the edge just a little bit.

It's pretty good, though.

I think the button spacing
is fractionally out.

Two and two. Two and two?
Deliberately two and two?

Just artistic...
I see. Artistic licence.

The judges will now rank
the waistcoats

from the scruffiest to
the most precise.

Ninth place is Neela.
I don't think it's a big surprise.

A long way from finishing, sadly.

Eighth place is Amanda.

Your welts weren't parallel. Wonky.

LAUGHTER
Wonky. Yep.

Seventh place is Deborah,

sixth is Alex,

Matt comes fifth,

Paul fourth

and Neil is third.

Second place, well done,

was Lorna.

You handled your fabric really well.

We just weren't quite sure
about the buttons and buttonholes.

Which means, in first place,
it's Ryan.

APPLAUSE

Well done!

Ignoring the pattern-matching
on those welt pockets,

everything else was absolutely
faultless, so congratulations.

Well done.

You really deserve a cup of
tea and a lie down.

When you come back, we will give
you your next challenge.

But huge well done, honestly.

Thank you. Well done!

# You lovable dream boat

# The kisses you give me... #

I think I'm in a little
a bit of shock.

Patrick from Savile Row just said
he liked my waistcoat.

It would be nice to be first,
but I'm working at it.

I'm really looking forward to
doing that waistcoat again.

I want to get it spot on
the next time

and I will try to make it in a tweed
and get the lines aligned

and I will mail it to Patrick!

Somebody did once call
me a wonky sewer,

so I've just been living
up to my name.

I can't believe what
a mess I made of that.

The next challenge, I'm going
to have to massively redeem myself

if I want to stay
in the competition.

It's no surprised that the
waistcoat created so much carnage.

It is a garment that, arguably,

wouldn't exist without civil w*r and
the destruction of our capital city.

Having fled Cromwell's army
for France in 1649,

Charles II was finally restored to
the English throne 11 years later.

But there was a bit of a problem
with his wardrobe.

To present himself to the public
wearing French silk, French fashion,

is basically like presenting
yourself to the English people

wearing a French flag
wrapped around your body.

Not exactly what you
want to be doing,

certainly not when you're at
w*r with France.

His look became even
less fashionable

after the Great Fire of London,

when rumours spread that
it had been started by French spies.

Charles decided to act
and he called for his tailor.

Charles II really wants to show
a display of Britishness

and he decides to do
this in a very clever way,

with a kind of a PR stunt,

and he invents a new garment.

He called it a vest. It later became
known as a waistcoat.

It is a kind of close-fit coat
that goes on over the shirt.

Eventually, they lose their sleeves.

This is made from British wool,
spun, woven by British tradesmen.

This is not French, this is not
made out of luxury fabrics.

And Charles used this as a display

of anti-French, pro-British
sentiment.

It is the visual demarcation
of a break with France

on the King's person.

He is saying,
"This far and no further."

Samuel Pepys records in his diary
that on Monday, 15 October 1666,

Charles II wore this new
invention for the very first time.

So, over the waistcoat
is the jacket.

What started as a royal PR stunt
remains with us to this day.

The new waistcoat certainly endures

and has become a staple
part of the wardrobe.

What Charles did was to set
the template for menswear

for the next 300 years.

Sewers, it is
time for the next challenge.

My particular favourite -
the alteration challenge.

The judges want
a piece of clothing for a child

and they won't know who
has done what.

And we have given you...

this delightful basic yellow T-shirt
and you will find in there

a selection of woven
cotton dresses.

Obviously, this one is stretchy,
this one is a stiffer woven.

Two completely different
types of fabric.

We want to see how you combine them.
But no other fabric.

Can you please just use the fabric
in those two items.

But again, the trims,
you can go totally mad.

You have 90 minutes.
Your time starts now.

Oh! Ooh! These are cool.

All the alterations must use
both garments. Hmm.

And fit a child's mannequin.

Hm, trying to think at the moment.
I'm trying to think.

I've never done mixing T-shirt
fabric with a dress fabric before.

Ridiculously, I'm thinking
about shorts or dungarees,

something like that.

My drawing is the rubbishest ever.

Just trying to plan rather
than jump right in

and cut everything off
that might have been useful.

I've decided I'm going
to be reckless.

I'm just going to do whatever comes
into my mind. It's going to evolve.

I'm going to do a pair of shorts
and put a bit of elastic in there

just to kind of pull
it together, you know.

It's easy for kids, you can
get them on and off quickly

when they need those
speedy toilet breaks

that they tell you about
ten seconds beforehand.

It is an asymmetric dress
made out of the jersey

so I don't have to fit.

Have you got over Waistcoatgate?
No, not really.

I've got to redeem myself, Claudia,
so... Well, now is the time.

I'm going to make a dress.

I'm shirring the T-shirt,
pulling the fabric evenly

so that all the gatherers are equal.

This is a shirred waisted skirt.

I didn't feel the need
to tackle my own shirring.

If it's there, use it.

Some sewers have decided to venture
beyond classic childrenswear.

I'm going to try and make a bit of
a cardigan-bolero jacket thing.

A bolero? Do you know
who loves a bolero? Who? Me.

Yay!
DEBORAH GASPS

I'm making a pair of boxing shorts
and some boxing gloves.

But then I'm just sort of thinking

whether that is acceptable
for a five-year-old child.

Are you making a kimono?

What is it?
HUSHED VOICE: It's going to a cape.

Oh!

A little girl's sweet little cape.
We can say that out loud.

What I want to make,
a pair of harem pants. Trousers.

Should I say pants or trousers?

Could be a romper suit.
Oh, I love a romper!

Could be a swimming suit. I'm going
to surprise myself and judges.

Do you ever saw like that at home?

Just start something and think, "I
don't know how this will turn out."

Normally I pay quite
a bit of money for my fabrics

so I'm normally a bit careful.
A bit careful, OK. Yes.

But with this T-shirt fabric...
And it's free. And it's free!

Sewers, you have
one hour left on this task.

Gordon Bennett.

Harem pants are comfy,
loose-fitting trousers.

They haven't got a crotch.

Just cut the piece out
and made the legs.

Now I am going to join the
upper part to a piece of the dress.

Neil. Yes? What are you doing?

On the dress, the smocking
that went around the top,

I'll use that as the waistband.

You're on it. Have you made
a pair of boxing shorts before?

Yes, when I used to box.
Did you used to box?

I made my own.
Is there anything you haven't done?

I wasn't very good at it, though.

I boxed three times and
lost three times.

So, you thought, "That's it"?
But my shorts looked good.

Well, that's all that matters.

Stitch these shorts up.

I'm just trying to think of ways
to combine both garments.

This is going to go round
the neckline of the dress.

Quite tricky to connect these
two fabrics together.

It doesn't give that way
and it doesn't give that way,

but if you get it on the
bias, it gives.

I'm going to see how much
I can use of this.

I'm not sure what to do with it.
I'm just going to...

stick it on there somewhere.
Maybe a little ruffle?

I've decided to put gathers
in the bottom of the skirt.

The stretch has got to stretch
all the time, so I've gathered that,

so hopefully that will incorporate
the extra material

so when it's pulled, there'll be
gathers on the other side.

I'm hoping that will work.

I'm just about to do
the base of the shorts.

It may well stretch a bit as I sew.

I'm going to use a zigzag stitch

and then it means that the
cotton can move slightly.

I don't know
whether it will work or not.

Where I'm combining them,
where I need a bit of stretch,

I'm using a stretch stitch
and just pulling it out

and it all gathers at the waist.

20 minutes, sewers. Have we?
20 minutes.

Oh, superb.

I need to just turn that
in and stitch it.

I know where my strengths are and
it is not in speed sewing,

unfortunately!

Please welcome into the ring...

# Da-da da-da-da! #

I'm just making the boxing gloves
now. Well done.

You've got to sing Rocky music
as a sort of bring it in.

And drink a raw egg. Absolutely.

I was singing totally different
music. Brilliant.

I'm doing a tropical dress.

I'm using the frill
off the bottom of the skirt.

I am cheating,
I suppose you could say.

But there's no rules to
say I can't use it.

Oh, they are disgusting! I know!

No, I'm kidding, I'm kidding!

I'm going to get something
else to put on them.

Like what? A T-shirt. A blanket? No!

I think they're looking for us
to have used the two materials

in quite an usual way or
something that wasn't expected.

I'm hoping I've done that.

Do you think it needs arm slits?
If you've got time.

I don't think I've got time, have I?

Five minutes, sewers. Five minutes.

Got blue, pink, yellow, orange.

A little girl's just going to
look at it and go, "Wow!"

I haven't tried it on yet so
it might not fit.

I'm in fear of losing my place
in the competition.

This is going to
be something special.

They wanted it transformed

and that's exactly what
they're going to get.

Who knows what the judges
are looking for on this one?

The might go,
"Oh, what a great idea."

They might go, "Actually, no."

If they like it, they like it.
If they don't like it, they don't.

What is the worst that can happen?
They're going to kick me out?

And little girls, there isn't such
a thing... As too much.

No, doesn't exist.

It's so small! It's so cute.

Why are you putting them on?
What is that?

Well, it's Evie's tip for me,
isn't it? Always put a flower on.

You're being hysterical!

Put these on!
In that case, I'm done.

You have ONE minute!

Please start putting your
creations on your mannequin.

Not good parental skills here.

It's just not great, I'm afraid.

Eugh! Ouch.

I've just stretched it. Oh, dear.

OK, it's time.

DEBORAH: Look at Lorna's dress!
Look at that!

Stop it!

That on the beach,
holding a mango. Mummy!

LORNA SINGS

This is good. There we go.

MUSIC: Chica Chica Boom Chic
by Carmen Miranda

'May and Patrick will have no idea
who's done which alteration.'

MAY GASPS AND LAUGHS

Pretty-y-y good.

Pretty good.

Oh, God! They're amazing!
That's pretty impressive.

Well done, all of you.

I'm actually quite stunned. I think
it's the best thing I've ever seen.

We've got a bow.

This little frill,
gathered up beautifully,

and this lovely bind... Trimmed round
the whole of the neckline.

These set in sleeves. Sleeves set in.

There's all sorts going on there.

Fits the mannequin really nicely.

There's a lot of good stuff in that.

I'm singing that song from
Bugsy Malone in my head.

# So you wanna be a boxer... #

This is the coolest thing I think
I've ever seen in my whole life.

I don't know who made these
THEY LAUGH

but I'm taking my hat off to you.

Whoever you are, you're quite
insane. Yeah.

But... But look! ..brilliant.

We've got a crutch seam that goes
round quite comfortably,

and some contrast bands.

Fantastic. Knockout, even, May.

Absolutely.
MAY SARCASTICALLY LAUGHS

Do you like what I did then?
MAY LAUGHS

A piece of shirring taken for the
dress I think... Yeah.

I love all of this.

I mean, just, what fun!

Perhaps not quite as much work as
some of the others,

but it has been very,
very neatly done.

MC Hammer in the flower garden.

A super little pair of
gathered harem pants.

Big solid piece of the woven

with stretchy, soft, slouchy
jersey at the bottom.

Really good use of both fabrics.

Really cute. Somebody's done an
awful lot of very even...

Brilliant shirring.
..brilliant shirring.

It's a completely wearable,
great little dress.

It is pretty. The only thing that
spoils it a bit for me

is that is the bit on the hem's...
It's the unevenness of the...

The unevenness, yes.

I think you're nit-picking with
this. Do you?! Yeah, but...

I thought that was your job!
Yeah, OK.

This, to me, seems like a deliberate
piece of sucking up to you,

the lover of the bolero.

But...

THEY LAUGH

Completely reconstructed.

I mean, it's a really, really good
use of the stretch on the body...

Yes. ..with the non-stretch
round the collar.

And it fits so nicely.

The shape's good. Yeah.

Fun. Really fun.

I think a nice way of
using both fabrics.

Little short in the crotch, perhaps.

it's a bit, it's a bit hungry there.

A little bit of a hole just,
sadly, there at the top.

Lined cape... We've got the
contrast on the inside.

I don't think there's a huge amount
going on there compared to some.

The impact isn't the same, is it?

Whoever it is, has just stretched
that jersey out of shape

and it's, it's, it's bagging out
quite badly round there.

Having said that...

these frills are beautifully even.
They are.

'Patrick and May will now reveal

'which alteration they think has
been the most successful.'

In ninth position is butterfly cape.

CLAUDIA GASPS
The gorgeous cape, look!

Oh... It's Amanda. Amanda.

Well done, Amanda.

It was really lovely, but the
competition was really tough.

In eighth place were the
floral board shorts.

I have to claim responsibility.

Come on, Max. Oh...

I mean, they were great,
but it's a tough week.

'Neela comes seventh,

'Paul is sixth.'

And number five...

They call it 'bolero',

I call it 'bo-lero'.
THEY LAUGH

Very well done to Deborah.

'In fourth place, it's Alex.

'And Ryan is third.'

You've got two people left, of
course, Neil and Lorna. Mm.

In second place...

..the beautiful...

bow-fronted summer dress.

Well done, Lorna.

You're second, AGAIN,

but a really good piece of sewing,
so well done. Thank you.

And of course... Well done, Neil.
Well done!

APPLAUSE AND CHEERS

It's great fun. It's actually really
technically very, very competent,

and we both enjoyed it a lot.
We just loved it.

APPLAUSE
Very, very well done.

A huge well done.

Relax, have a massive bowl of soup,
have a wonderful time.

You come back tomorrow to do the
big challenge... Can't wait.

..and unfortunately, then, somebody
will have to leave the sewing room.

Night-night.

LAUGHING: Thank God!

I'm so shocked I wasn't last in that,

cos I messed it up right in the
last five minutes.

The children at school
will be really upset

if I get sent home tomorrow
after the challenge,

so I'm going to have to pull
out all the stops

so they're not too
disappointed with me.

I'm really genuinely quite
surprised how well I am doing.

You know, my luck's got to run
out at some stage.

Neil is someone to beat, I'd say.

Just the little extras but I'll get
there... I'll get there.

SHE LAUGHS

MUSIC: Buttons And Bows
by Dinah Shore

'There's one final item of
children's clothing to make

'before one sewer wins
Garment of the Week,

'and another is asked to
leave the sewing room.'

Who really impressed you yesterday?

I was really thrilled with the two
garments that Ryan made.

I think he's redeemed himself
entirely for a

slightly shaky first week,
maybe it was nerves.

Again, Neil's waistcoat
was pretty faultless.

And when we're doing
the alteration challenge,

we're looking for something unique
and I think Neil delivered.

Let's talk about Lorna

who is consistently the bridesmaid.

I think she's shown
consistent skill and taste

and execution and time planning

throughout every challenge.

Let's talk about, then,
who's in trouble.

We put Amanda in last place on
the alteration challenge

but they were all of a very,
very good standard.

Her waistcoat was a bit wobbly.

I think Neela just panicked.

She just didn't do enough for us
in the waistcoat challenge.

Let's talk about Alex.

Her waistcoat wasn't finished. I
think she needs to focus a

little bit more on actually
just getting down

and completing the task
that she's given.

For the final challenge, there
aren't any children's mannequins...

Just real children.

All right? Yeah. Are you excited?
Yeah.

We're going to make
something really cool today.

Good morning to our sewers
and our lovely models.

Are you all all right?
CHILDREN: Yes... OK, good.

Well, you are going to have
a brilliant day,

because today, Patrick and May, want
to test their engineering skills.

It's sort of 3D fancy
dress costumes.

You have four hours to transform
these wonderful models

and your time starts...now.

'The sewers have prepared for this
challenge in advance...'

I'm going to measure
around the top of your head.

'..and have brought
in specialist fabrics

'to create the dynamic 3D shapes
of their costumes.'

We're going to make elephant costume

with a pink ballerina tutu

and we're going to have
big elephant ears.

Let's see where you want the
peacock. We'll put him about there.

Cricket. That's a good one.

I'm making a blue-footed booby that
live in the Galapagos Islands.

And it walks in a very funny way

and it has a very strange dance
before it lays eggs.

It's going to be amazing. Yeah?

The whole point of this
challenge this week

is about things that give
a structure.

So, springy net.

We've got big, thick, foam sheets,
we've got wadding.

And they need to be controlled well

and also, still look neat
and well-finished.

They all bounce around.
They have their own life.

And you've got to harness that,
but it's great for this challenge.

Just stitch this on.

I'm making a cupcake outfit.

Desire, do you like cupcakes? I like
cupcakes. Oh, thank goodness.

Can you imagine if you went, "Do you
know what, I can't stand them.

"I much prefer pineapples."

'The cupcake dress that
Alex is making for Desire,

'will have a
concertinaed satin base,

'swirls of icing
made from stuffed satin and tulle

'and it'll be finished
with diamantes.'

How are you going to make it stand?

So, there is this bit which is stiff.

It's... Ah, OK.

I'm sticking this on the back
of this, crinkling...

It's ambitious. Can you do
that in four hours?

I don't think it's that complicated,

cos the top part is a standard
dress... OK. ..um, and...

I'm looking forward to having this
chat at three hours 50.

Yes, I know. You know, I go like
"Argh!" I can do it. It's no problem!

Do you do any sewing yourself?
Have you ever tried? No. No?

I've tried, but it doesn't
turn out very well.

Paul is making Ella
an elephant costume

with a fleece sweatshirt, trousers,

gathered tutu, stuffed trunk

and boned ears.

They're grey on the back, as
elephants normally are,

but lining it pink on the inside,

cos it's a little girl elephant.

Deborah! Hello. Hi!

Jennifer, hi! Come in.

How are you? I'm fine...

You have the best hair, best fringe
ever, ever. Thanks.

What are you making, darling?

I'm making a peacock... Divine.

..and hopefully,
you can hold the cape up.

'Deborah's peacock will see
Jennifer in a cotton shift dress

'and hooded cape,
both trimmed with feathers.'

I am drafting some feet to
go on to my peacock,

which I'm going to pad,

so that they stick out a
little bit from the shoes.

Trying to make it as three
dimensional as possible.

Who inspired you to start sewing?

Necessity.

And I went to boarding school,

and I was teased for being
big and tall... Aww...

And I started sewing,

and then I got respect cos everybody
wanted me to sew things for them.

Very clever.
Yeah, I'm sure they did.

Oh, yes, you become powerful.

'For Lorna's booby bird,
Louis will be wearing

'a fur headdress,

'padded wings and stomach,

'jersey leggings and flipper feet.'

Oh, you're encasing your flippers,
are you? Yes, we are.

And then we're going to cut a
little cross in there where it ends.

We're doing blue leggings.
There's a hood going round...

and...we'll do something with
Velcros and stuff.

Well, I hope you get it all done.

I'm making Robyn a peacock outfit.

Peacock! We've got another peacock.
Another peacock. Exactly.

A family of peacocks.
Well, no. An ostentation.

They are ostentatious peacocks.
I love collective nouns.

So, you've got to win.

'Matt's peacock will see

'Robyn in a jersey vest top,
satin skirt

'and a large boned fantail.'

It's going to be a T-shirt.
Accuracy probably isn't key.

It's really just standing out, making
something really, really different

and quite good fun, you know,
different from another peacock.

What are you making?

Flapper girl.
A flapper girl from the 1920s.

When you say flapper dress,
cos they've asked for engineering...

Yes, yes. ..they want it
to be stiff and big.

Oh, well it's not going to be that.

They want it to be three
dimensional.

The hat's the three dimensional part.

'Rosa will wear
a feathered and beaded turban

'to match Amanda's organza
flapper dress,

'decorated with peacock applique.'

So, I think they're going to be
looking for 3D engineering,

whereas I've gone for
3D embellishment,

so I think I'm already out
of the competition.

One hour down, three remaining.

The problem is that the
interfacing is ridiculously thick.

Oh...

It's so thick.
It really doesn't like it.

I'll just be sitting here forever.

My poor sons had to put
up with all of this.

Always making fancy dress
things for school.

That will still give your legs
room to move, won't it?

Yeah, cool.

Right, what I'm going to
do, 3D wise...

If you see there, the picture...

We're making a smartphone,

and that's going to be on
his front like that.

'On the front, Todd will be covered
in applique felt apps,

'and Neil will complete the

'smartphone with
stuffed headphones.'

I'm doing a little bit of sort of
three dimensional stuff...

You like this 3D stuff, don't you?

..with a...

..little Alice band... There we go.
Something like that.

Perfect.

Felt's really nice to sew with.

It doesn't fray, it has
such vibrant colours.

'Ryan's felt shapes will make up

'the face on the fox's outfit
he's making for Josh.

'It will also have
padded ears and tail.'

This challenge is really fun.

Everyone's gone a little bit nuts

and kind of gone back to their
childhood, it's great.

NEELA GIGGLES

Oh, you're mischievous today.

Oh, thanks!

That's much better.

Do you want to be my inchworm?

Yes, please!

'Neela's stuffed bookworm
will eat its way

'through a padded linen book
with an applique cover

'to be worn by her model Jasmine.'

That'll be the spine of the book,

and then if you turn
round, I've got pages.

Pages! You did that? Yeah.

You've gone mad! I've gone mad.

No, but in a good way.
I'm losing it. You've embraced it.

Good girl. And don't forget the
tail cos that goes at the back.

That's going to get stuffed.

I've tried about three or four times
in practice, getting this one right.

'Stuffing is a technique

'that Patrick and May have
never demanded before.'

This is the first time
I've ever used it.

Until I opened the bag, I had no
idea what it looked like.

'But when making a 3D costume...

'..stuffing is an essential skill.'

That's the cupcake's frosting, and
it will go around the body.

What have you used inside your trunk?
Just wadding?

I used... Yes, wadding.
Stuffing? Toy stuffing.

Oh, toy stuffing. OK.

I've chosen wadding,

just because it builds quite a
bit of body into a shape.

Desire, let's see what
we've got here.

Does it feel comfy?
Yes, squidgy and comfy. Cool.

I want it to be fairly soft.

You don't want something too heavy
and too hard. No, no.

And in fact, that is quite a
lightweight trunk. Mm-hmm.

Sewers, you are halfway through.

You've had two hours.

How you doing, Matt?

I'm on to structural engineering.
Whoo!

Man stuff.

Matt's peacock doesn't
require any stuffing.

Instead...he's boning.

The risk of losing an eye...
Yeah, you want to stand well back.

Yes. Why I'm wearing safety glasses.
So, what's this?

Garden wire and...?

Floristry wire, so that
it holds straight.

Where has this got to attach?

Onto a satin waistband.

And you've planned how this
is going to work?

Yeah, I've planned it on paper,
yeah. Right. Yeah.

What could possibly go wrong?

Matt's got this beautiful structured
sort of fanned-out tail...

And it really stands out, doesn't it?
Yeah.

I'm concerned it isn't
going to stand up.

It could collapse, but might be
a not particularly cheery peacock.

Might be having a tough day, early
start, something like that.

Alex's, the lovely cupcake.

Hopefully it will all come together,

but I haven't seen any big rolls yet.

They're just starting to go on now.
Oh, have they? But... Yep.

Got quite a lot to do. Yep.

I'm already behind.

We are stuffed...

Literally!

OK, is that all right? Yeah, yeah.

Is that OK?

AMANDA: Yes. Beep-beep!

RYAN: See, that looks cool.

Sewers, you have half an hour left.

Only half an hour... Half an hour?!
..to make your peacocks,

your elephants, your Smartphones
and indeed...your books.

Argh! We're getting to panic time
now. Yeah, you know me.

Come on, don't be...
None of this negative chat,

just get that finished.

I need to, like, plough and top
stitch like the wind.

This is the tutu skirt.

It's like sewing a pink meringue.

I've just stitched the feathers
in with the machine.

I was going to hand stitch them
but they're so, um...

the st*lks of them are so thin.

Are they really brittle?

If you stitch across them they
are quite brittle.

They do kind of snap.

Oh, I've just broken the
sewing machine!

Let me have a look at your tail.

The tail going on at the back...

Oh, it's good. ..and I've decided to
put wadding in there... Yeah.

..and then he's got a pair
of furry little shorts.

What I love is when I come to you,
and also to Neil,

there's a feverish speed with
which you guys work,

which is what we need to see.

I'm running out of
time really badly.

Yeah, well you've
just got to finish.

Come on, come on, come on, come on!

You've all got about
15 minutes left.

Fif.. Love that.

I'm now going to make a pair of
shorts in 15 minutes.

It's so cool with the tape... Yeah,
but I need to finish, Claudia.

Well, just...then stop talking to
me. Right. Well stop talking to me.

This is... You are not wrong.
NEELA LAUGHS

It does worry me every time I
finish early, cos I think,

"Oh, no, what have I forgotten?",
or "What haven't I done?"

I'm not going to finish...

..cos I still need to do the
neck-lining and it's not happening.

It's like a zoo in here. It is like
a zoo. With a mobile phone in.

That makes Patrick Noah.

Ten minutes everybody.

You have ten minutes.

I always stress the last minute
and then I bodge it.

These things just make things
so complicated

that I don't understand
anything that's going on.

I don't know if I've got
the better peacock.

I'll have to wait and
see at the judging.

The quickest pair of shorts...

In the history of...
..in the history of shorts.

OK, everybody.

Why don't you put whatever you
can on to your models.

30 seconds.

Alex, come on. I'm...just...

Balaclava. Pull it on.

Yeah! And that's it.

Your time's up.

NEIL: Yes! Well done!

I didn't have a good day yesterday,

so I'm very nervous about whether
I will get through today.

This is my idea of 3D embellishment,
is like the actual hat.

We'll cross our fingers.
We'll cross our fingers though

that they really think
she's fantastic. Yeah.

I could do with a little
bit more structure.

but really hoping
that that satin waistband...

..is going to have enough strength.

I'm really sorry.

It would have been nice
had we finished.

# Now I'm the king of the swingers

# Oh, the jungle VIP

# I've reached the top
and had to stop

# And that's what botherin' me...#

'Nine outfits in four hours,

'each with their own
interpretation of 3D structure.'

Paul, it's time for you to bring
Ella, your ballerina elephant.

# Oobee-doo

# I wanna be like you

# I wanna walk like you

# Talk like you

# Too... #

It's the little details.

EVERYTHING looks perfect.

If we actually look at the sewing,
it looks really robust.

And you've got a body
that fits the person.

You've got legs that fit. Yeah.

Even the hood's the right size and
they're not easy to get right.

Little bit of stiffening in there,
just keeps the ears up.

This is a brilliant trunk.

The detail of the end is
just really, really good.

You know, huge, congratulations.

I think it's excellent.
Yeah, brilliant.

# Back to school

# Back to school... #

It's all the attention to detail
that I like with you, Neil.

You know, the little headphone jack.

You've cased the headphones there.

It just all hangs together
really nicely.

And the way you've
attached this panel,

to this top that you've made,
is really well done.

These appliqued shapes here are
beautifully sewn on.

It's just a really lovely idea.

The front is absolutely fantastic.

Although the applique is
sort of quickly done,

it's very, very effective.

And it also seems
very solidly put together.

I mean, it looks robust, you've
overlocked all the edges.

I love your pages at the side here,

and the tail, you're gathering
the sections in here.

Great fun. I think it's really good.

Aw!

So, the boning has worked at
the back to push out

to give us that 3D effect,

but it could have been a bit
more embellished. Yes.

I love the beak. I think the
headdress is terrific.

And the hood shape is good,

so lots of jersey seaming there,

and you've handled that well.

I think there's some
good elements in it.

Think it just lacks a
little coherence.

Good wiggling of the nose there.
Absolutely. Like it.

Very fox-like.

All this applique art for the face
is really beautifully done.

The elements of 3D, obviously,

we've got your ears and your
tail on this one.

It's not enormously complicated,
but it's brilliantly done.

And I think this is the
sort of thing

I'd have liked my parents to have
made for me. They never did.

There isn't as much construction in,
perhaps, as some of the others.

I disagree with you. The hat, that
was your 3D element, wasn't it?

The flowers in the hat you
made completely,

these shoulder pads stick out,

layering the decoration
on the bodice.

So, your interpretation
was slightly different.

It's worked incredibly well.

The cup at the bottom is great.

I think the way that you've
created those ridges

has worked really nicely.

The concertina effect that you've
made with buckram and top stitching

is really lovely,
but it took you quite a long time.

We're attached to the back
by safety pins.

Don't think that was
in the plan. No.

Were we expecting some
sparklies on it as well?

There were loads of nice things that
should have gone in there

that didn't for time reasons. Yeah.

Oh, look!

So cute.

So, we've got fur fabric joined
together here, and well done,

cos you haven't squashed it
where you've joined it.

Little bit untidy in places.
A bit untidy.

However, we've got some
lovely structures

on these wings, haven't we? Yeah.

You can just about see out of there,

and you can just about walk

and so, therefore, it works.

Is it comfortable to wear?

It's very, very comfortable.
Oh, brilliant.

And very cool too, I imagine.
THEY LAUGH

You've done so well.
My goodness, you've done well.

Matt, it's your turn.

Not too quickly.

You can use your hand... That's it.

Yes, that's fine. Hold it up with
your hands, that's fine.

Obviously, the first thing
we notice is that

we could do with some stability
on the shoulders.

If a child went to a party, they
couldn't hold on to it like that.

Oh, she's only invited to
very slow-moving parties.

THEY LAUGH

For me, I would have liked to have
seen something over the back,

partly because, you don't want
things getting snagged and caught.

Next to some of the
others we've got today

it just looks a little bit bare.

I think it just needed a
little bit more,

just to make it really knockout.

A gargantuan well done
to all of you.

Thank you so much, models.
Go and have cake.

Try on the costumes
yourselves if you want.

And when you come back in,

Patrick and May will announce
their Garment of the Week

and, unfortunately,
we'll also tell you

who will be leaving the Sewing Bee.

They spotted every detail
that I put into that.

I'm so happy.

I spent a long time looking at
the tail's structure

but I didn't actually, really
consider the moving at speed,

or even at very slow speed.

I would be pretty gutted to go,

but the sheer talent that
I'm up against...

The time pressure, you know,
it didn't work.

I'm gutted I didn't finish. I felt
so bad for my little girl.

If I just take you back
to this morning,

two people were in real
danger of leaving.

Either Neela or Amanda.

But Neela, for me, has completely
redeemed herself with this.

All of the attention to detail,

it's got the three dimensions
that we were looking for.

And the detail and the work in
this, I think, is fantastic.

Both of them have done enough.
So, who isn't safe?

Well, Matt.

I didn't love this fancy dress.

It should have been covered,
it wasn't stable.

And then we've got Alex.

She just can't keep herself
on track time-wise.

Which is a real pity, because
it was a fabulous idea.

Let's have a look at
the waistcoats then.

There's not a lot between these
two waistcoats at all.

It's really very,
very close to call.

First, the brilliant bit.

the announcement of the
Garment of the Week.

The garment we universally
decided was our favourite...

was... this one.

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

This was absolutely fantastic,

so very well done, Paul.

We love the elephant.

Now it's time for the less nice bit.

The person who is leaving
this week is...

It's Alex.

ALL: Oh. I'm sorry. Don't be.

I'm sorry. I know.

Don't worry. It's fine.

It wasn't easy for them.

Don't be nice to me cos
I will really cry.

ALL: Aww...

'I got the impression with Alex that
she was a really precise sewer,

'that she needed time
for everything.'

Alex, I think, was a great sewer

but I never felt like we
saw the best of her.

What we need to see are
finished garments.

I'm going to miss the
rest of the team.

I would've felt...that other people
would've been hard done by

had it been someone despite me,

because they are a tremendous
group of sewers.

She's been so much fun

and it just makes everything feel
a little bit more real.

Gutted for Alex. Had a little
flutter kind of moment beforehand

thinking, "Could it be me,
could it be me?"

Winning Garment of the Week makes me
feel I'm worthy of being there.

To get a first is...

It's a gold medal for me.

Learned a lot from everyone.

From all walks of life, of all ages.

That's something that you have to
take back with you, you know,

and just spread that
joy of sewing...

continuously.

SHE SIGHS

'On the next Sewing Bee...'

# Da-da-da-da... #

'It's the 1950s...

How does that work?
Is it turned on?

'..with technology to match...'

That must be like we've asked you
to work with a dinosaur.

That's it, come on.

'The sewers fashion a
classic dress...'

I don't want to let those
'50s ladies down.

'..make do and mend in the
alteration challenge...'

This isn't the way you trim,
anyone watching at home.

'..and a sheer blouse...'

Hello! '..generates sheer panic.'

Right, I've got to stop shaking.

Oh, I'm not going to finish this.

'But who's garment will be
crowned the best...'

Gorgeous! Well done, Ryan.

Ooh, well done Ryan(!) Oh, yeah!

'..and who will be asked to
leave the Sewing Bee?'

Really does look like a dog's
been at it. Eurgh!

I used to think my day
job was stressful...

but this is ten times worse!