Sewing Bee

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New thread for this weeks 🙂

Yes - I wondered if they got their dresses, too.

And Lizzie's was by far the poorest.

Agree. Like an Elsa dress

Yay, Tony!

Oh I feel all emotional for Tony

The right choices I think.

I can't believe it. Fauve really irritated me, and now I don't want her to go . . . 😢

She sort of grew on me too

I preferred Mia’s dress, I think the neoprene would be sweaty and uncomfortable.

I really liked Fauve, but it was her time.

I'm sad to see Fauve go and she was clearly well liked.

Cargo pants! I'll have to go to the place that has sewing bee patterns afterwards. I love cargo pants.

Shame for Fauve! I loved the jumpsuit idea but I think most five year old girls would want the sparkly princess dress option over that, tbh, even if the grownups would prefer the more practical option. Loved the look of Tony’s dress but question the comfort levels of the fabric. I think Vicky’s model looked the happiest in her dress, she was doing twirls and everything 😊

Right decisions. I forsee a lot of neoprene dresses in shops soon - love the way it kept the structure.

Are all girls skirts so short now?

I'm really glad they focused on the sewing this week. It was really nice to see their technique critiqued for a change. I'm sad to see fauve go , but happy to see Tony win gotw. 90s week looks fun , homemade combats are tempting.

@MouseMinge ikr! I need some of those.

Bring on the 90s! Will we get a Patrick throwback snap?

Patrick referenced himself at the roller disco when praising Lizzie’s transformation, soooo… maybe, just maybe he still went in 1990?!

I liked the dragon dressing gown and the dresses. Never a fan of the middle challenge. Tony's dress was interesting but as a little girl I'd have wanted Aasma's dress

Bit of a daft question, and apologies if this has been answered before, but who makes the demo models of the garments the sewers have to make? I would like it to be Esme but I think it's unlikely 😃

I expect they have a team of runner intern elves who sweep the floor and tidy up the workshop,replace and restock all the haberdashery and return it to its pristine colour coded glory, re fold and re stack the fabrics in the fabric stash and rustle up the demo clothes for the following week before daybreak. They are probably all related to Esme, she has a touch of elf about her.

I am glad Tony won GOTW, in my opinion he was robbed of first place in the transformation because his dinosaur jacket was charming, cleverly designed and very wearable. I think a lot of kids would have pounced on it like raptors.

I really liked Tony’s dress and am quite happy to see Fauve go

I liked Tony's dress last week, too - it was very subtle.

Tony's nailed it 2 weeks in a row, imo. The criticism of his fab dress last week was really unfair. It was head and shoulders better than Fauve's monstrosity. I am wondering why he didn't try the neoprene for surrealist week though, I imagine he'd have been able to make something quite marvellous out of it.

Aasma got away with a poor week. Both her transformation and party dress were uninspiring. I thought the latter looked too big across the bodice. Hope she's back on form next week.

I've just caught up with last night's. I'm always sorry to see someone go home. Unlike other shows with a similar format, I have liked all the contestants. I thought Fauve was funny and genuine. Anyway, someone has to leave I guess as it's a competition!

I agree that Aasma wasn't really on top form this week (I think she might win as she is so talented) but loved Tony's dress. Very original and super cute.

Just caught up on this thread. I can't remember who made it but I was pleased to see that the tartan/check dress, which had the bodice cut on the cross, had the big check centre front.

As for bias binding - well, it's useful because it can go round bends.

I haven't done a stitch today. Out of the 372 projects half-started in this house, I wonder if I could get off line and put in 7 stitches before bed-time.

Mia's Christmas dress, I think.