Anyone else going to join me on the Sewing Bee watch?

[flubba]

A bit excited about it

:o

Would a skinny crochet hook work?

not long enough to pull on anything.
( i tried)

The straps I did before, i did them with a nappy pin! (i couldn't find a safety pin any smaller than that)

How about a chunky needle (like a knitting one or embroidery one?) - you could sew over one end of the rouleau and push it (blunt ends first) through, pulling the thread (and therefore rouleau end) with it?

Unique - you're more than experienced enough to try the piping cord method :)

Try it and experiment - it's very quick and easy once you get the hang of it.

Other than that - securely sew a length of very strong thread (VERY STRONG!!) to end of sewn bias slip the threaded needle inside the seam - (backwards -no point to get caught!) and once the needle is out other end, use the thread to pull fabric through.

Great minds cate6 :o

i want a loop turner!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Unique I probably will and then I'm going to do the same for a skirt pattern; I'm sure that all my A level and City and Guilds tailoring stuff will come back into my aged brain once I actually start sewing properly again.

Pretty much all I've sewn in the last few years is curtains, and dressing up outfits for 2 DSs including lifeboat men and flying suits!

However, I do have a rouleau loop turner, bias binding makers, hams, sleeve boards and the like!

ooh, i do need a ham!

there were several at college - all different sizes and shapes

Ann did deserve to win however I am not sure it was entirely fair as she trained as a " couture dressmaker in the fifties and sixties" so in fact had quite a head start over the "home sewers".

Apparently the rules said that you must have not been working as a professional dressmaker for 20 years so she was able to enters she has been retired , although she does online classes etc I think .
That said I loved her jacket and her little dress.

So, unique, would you like me to come up with a few more suggestions about what you could use instead of a loop turner? :o

A long pipe cleaner?
The plastic-covered spring stuff from net curtains?

Just caught up on this on iPlayer. Ann fully deserved to win :)

I thought all three evening dresses were stunning - though, to my mind, an evening dress is floor length, not cocktail length.

Did anyone notice that Lauren's shirt buttoned up the wrong way?

no.
you have to come up with things dh need to buy me.

I have a feeling it's going to be a long list!

stdg
didn't notice that, are you sure?

totally agree about the dress length

Ds2 was watching it with me, and he noticed it too - it's still on the box, so I might go back and check.

Evening dress - did they say if it was black tie or.....a ball gown.

Black tie is not long (for a student) but Ann's dress was appropriate for the age of the model.

Loved the final - loved the whole series!

I thought it was Sandra's shirt which buttoned up the wrong way. I kept looking at the buttons on my blouse and then at those on DS1's top and Sandra's were the same as my blouse.

Apologies if someone's mentioned it already - not had chance to catch up on the thread.

I've had a quick rewind on Sky+ -- Ann and Lauren both have shirts that button wearer's left over wearer's right, while Sandra's shirt buttons wearer's right over wearer's left.

sandra's is wrong then

a man's shirt is the psttern - left over right (so the opening is on the right)

Yes, sorry - Sandra, not Lauren. I wonder why the judges didn't point it out?

They probably did (apparently in real life they had a lengthy going over every detail of every garment with all the positives and negatives highlighted) but I guess it didn't make the final edit.

(possibly because they'd already edited "Lauren gets a fly the wrong way round" into a big plot strand in Week 2, so they didn't want to do a "Sandra gets the button placket the wrong way round" thing in Week 4)