Sewing Bee back tonight

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I have just seen this in the newspaper. I am so excited, brand new host too.

Suzy has redeemed her self with this dress

Liked the paint splatter one

Suzy's looks odd. The middle tier is sticking out in a weird way

Pascha is the only good one there.

Marcus to go I think.

There was nothing that I went wow at

I’m just baffled by the clothes she wears and has, presumably, made. There's just no fit. At all.

The explosion in a nursery school got gotw, I suppose Grayson Perry would be happy.

I feel Don is liked and respected his farewell is warmer than last week's.

Struck again by the overall standard which seems way behind previous series.

Don is clearly well liked

They're awful, badly designed and badly made. Maybe I don't understand fashion.

Aw don what a nice man

I do agree with both choices this week although I think I would have picked Marcus - maybe the fact he did something different saved him.

It's definitely not a one horse race this year!

Yes I'm sure in previous series the sewers had a higher level of basic skills

No one cried when sex-pot Janet trotted off last week... just saying

Don seems lovely, but he was struggling with the ridiculous timescales. I thought Luke’s dress was utterly vile.

Definitely.

Such a shame to lose Don.

He's lovely man - but I think the time constraints weren't easy for him.

Aww what a gentleman Don is. Sad to see him go but none of the challenges have suited an actual tailor IMO, had he entered in past seasons he may well have gone further.

Baffled by the indulgent mums/wives letting their actual wedding dresses bring sacrificed 😱

I really feel that they will get a better caliber of competitor if they allow more time. That way we can see some really indulgent flights of fancy in the made to measure, not people scaling back so that they get a garment finished. If I were capable of making beautiful things I wouldn't expose myself to having to half-arse things because of the time limitation.

I'm looking forward to next week. I have a few saris that I'm too old and fat to wear now, they are absolutely gorgeous fabric.

Previous years have had contestants that haven't struggled this much with the time frames. It seems to be a real problem this year.

Every week I think how awful her outfit is. Ailsa also wears awful clothes, so big and baggy

Oversized baggy things seem to be 'a thing' in indie pattern making.

I think they just allow you to make a lot of stuff while not actually being good at sewing as you haven't had to think through even making things the right size let alone any adjustments.

For those of us brought up on the Big 4 it all seems a bit odd.

The made to measure were all shocking. Half of them didn’t seem to fit. Pasha’s was the only one that fitted. The red and silver creation looked dreadful. It didn’t fit.

I notice that Pasha had an array of interesting badges on her jacket during the interview. I wonder if they had any meaning. One looked like suffragette colours.