Great British Sewing Bee- only staples and glue guns are allowed

[dillite]

I thought I would make a new thread quickly seeing that the first one is nearly full

Yeah it's probably going to be a nightmare for her!

Loving the fifties dresses, I have a couple of really lovely original cotton fifties day dresses.

Don't like Mercedes or Jen's

I love Merc's fabric but not the bubble hem design. I never liked them tbh. Diana could just about get away with them but literally no one else.

Getting triangles cut in Leah's boob seams will be hell as that fabric is so heavy

I'm sure Mercedes' fabric is IKEA curtaining - I recognise it.

I've got an original 50s dress too, but it is tiny (Esme sized). My daughter wore it when she was a teenager. I wonder if i can do anything with it? (inspired)

I really can't warm to using rotary cutters for dress patterns. I use mine for patchwork because they're great for straight cuts but they're hopeless for curves imho.

Give me a decent pair of dressmakers' scissors any day.

Nope, I hate a bubble skirt

Mercedes’ hem looks wonky

Janet's is looking good.

Finding myself rooting for Riccardo because it seems to me watching he's been overlooked and underrated.

I had a bubble hem dress, I looked like a toddler in it.

fuzzy you could insert side panels in a matching or a contrasting fabric to make it look like one of those illusion dresses?

You can utilise a couple of tea towels to put extra panels in Fuzzy, then cunningly repurpose some cushion covers and a pair of jodhpurs to make a contrasting hem and lengthen the sleeves.

You're welcome.

Leah's bodice looks too long

Great minds dillite

I do hope Riccardo does well - he's never credited as he should be.

Riccardo has to win this one, surely?

Riccardo’s really captures the 50s look. Love Jen’s fabric and I think Juliette’s is pretty

Riccardo's is lovely, so elegant.

Perfect suggestions. The dress is pink with a sort of Italian village printed round the bottom, so inserted jodhpurs would be just right.

Thank you Partrick.

About time

Jen loves piping, she does it for everything

Oh, I LOVE Ricardo's!

*Patrick