Sewing Bee! Mannequins at the ready!

[Roussette]

It's back on Thursday! here. No details of contestants yet. How many men this time? Any?

Ten sewers, six weeks, can't wait!

(Can't think of another word for sewers at the moment, wish I could!)

Am I the only non-sewer on this thread?

Anne - don't be a non-sewer - pick up a needle and find something to sew!

Be inspired and see if there are any courses in your area

No, I don't sew either. Stilll traumatised by long-ago debacles at school; the teacher used to regularly have to pick my messes out of the sewing machine and coax it back to life .

I just watch for Claudia, Patrick and the bitchery and tensions personalities.

Soupy you do need to remember that whilst I haven't done them for more than 20 years, when I was doing them that was pretty much all I was doing as an apprentice tailor - well pockets, bastes for fittings and final buttons!

Avd I did two years of crappy Needlework at secondary school where I was told I had "little talent for the subject" :o which i remember and smile about every time I sew a child's costume for "dress as a ?????" Day at school :)

I had no idea what a welt pocket was and last year taught me about the flat felled seam.

I'm a lapsed sewer. Many many years ago I used to make some of my own clothes. I have no talent whatsoever, but I did at the time enjoy it. Then along came DH, DCs, and we moved and I lost the foot pedal to my machine in the move and I sort of gave up!

I love watching it but don't really want to start again but love hearing about others talents and watching Sewing Bee!

Delurking to say that I never "got" Patrick until he shaved his beard

Oh, I'm the other way round. I love the beard and am a bit at him without it.

I still would, though, don't get me wrong.

I'm sure he'd be relieved to hear that.

Beardy Patrick's my bag

I sew name tapes on DD's uniform. That is sort of sewing.

My sewing machine gave up.

Just when I had big plans for a bit of cotton lawn I've been hoarding for months.

Anne - that is definitely sewing. It was about the only thing I did for ages (apart from the inevitable mending!).

Really looking forward to tonight. Here's what's happening -

"At a time when home sewing was at its height, the first challenge will involve following one of the biggest-selling dress patterns of that era.

Next they are given a vintage item to transform into a wearable garment, before making a 1950s blouse out of an unforgiving sheer fabric"

I can't wait for the 'unforgiving' fabric - total 'mare! And all this is on antiqu machines!

This is going to be trip down memory lane for me as my DM had a machine like this and I used to pratt about on it making dolls clothes.

Here's what's happening tonight - can't wait!
"At a time when home sewing was at its height, the first challenge will involve following one of the biggest-selling dress patterns of that era.

Next they are given a vintage item to transform into a wearable garment, before making a 1950s blouse out of an unforgiving sheer fabric."

And all on antique machines! Like the idea of 'unforgiving' fabric = total nightmare!

This will be a trip down memory lane as I used to pratt about making dolls clothes on a my DM's sewing machine like this one..

Oh god... posted twice, MN playing up this morning with lots of glitches, apologies everyone!

Here we go!

Roussette, that's exactly the machine I learned to sew with, too.

I know... they're using these machines now on the prog and it brings back memories - they couldn't thread them and I was shouting out how

I just love this style of dress.

Yes isn't it lovely shame I'm so thick round the waist

I was just saying to dh that I could probably thread that machine blindfolded .

Remember the funny bobbin that's like a little pointy shuttle?

Yes! And remember when it all the cotton ended up in a complete knot under that slidey silver plate?!

Hi Mary! See you later

I do like Ryan.