Great British Sewing Bee 2020

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Returns Bbc1 22nd April 9pm

halsal the tutorial on the website was pretty good.

I used two layers - one of good quality cotton and then medium Calico for the lining.

Oh dear, lot of problems here. It's a tricky one!

Also, are you putting gin nose grips? Where are you getting them from?

I'm making mine from quilting-type cotton - my stash is being raided - for the top layer, and cotton lawn (re-purposed skirt lining) for the lining layer, dillite

dillite cotton as its got to be washed at 60 degrees, and the weave has got to be teeny tiny.

Also loving the sparkly tracksuit

Matt's looks like a lady's.

All of the shirts are being pulled up in the middle by their plackets. Is that supposed to happen?

I've used cotton (I think quilting) that I already had. I've done the one where you can add in a filter - if it gets bad I'll use felt but for now I'm doing without. Just have flower/garden wire for my nose but i have seen people recommending pipe cleaners.

Really glad I'm not doing this challenge - looks evil.

Has one of the blokes he needs to stand out and be "quirky" with the fez?

Oh no, she's about to cry.

There are some really nice shirts there.

As an aside, I remember my mum getting 20 of these each weeek to wash - all done in a twin tub washing machine.

I'm never going to make a rugby shirt

dillite i haven't started yet, but my friends used pipe cleaners.
I'm going to have a go with cotton sew in interfacing in the middle layer.

dillite I just said exactly that to DH!

I'm using ordinary twist ties for the nose grips, or garden ties that come on a roll and you just cut off the length you want.

I've got some 'non-woven fabric' for filters. But apparently interfacing is fine to use for that.

X-post with Jelly re the interfacing...

DBs used to have reversible ones. I'm glad they didn't have to make those!

Thanks all! I have pipe cleaners as well. Will see what happens!

What are cagools???

Reversible rugby shirts I mean.

Halsall great minds!

Showerproof jackets

Like a windcheater maybe dillite? A very thin raincoat/jacket, usually made from nylon I think. They often roll up into a pouch or their own pocket.

I had no idea that those pack-a-macs had their own names! Hoe very quaint.

Oo the leopardskin one's a bit of a skinny fit, is the child not going to wear anything underneath?

I am seeing a drag queen toddler suit.