Sewing Bee 2024 - the Final cut!

[SoupDragon]

Ready for the final on Wednesday!

Will Luke be a drag?
Will Ailsa's nerves hold out?
Will Pascha's cheery competence win the day?

I don’t understand why people don’t like sewer. There are plenty of words that have different meanings and pronunciation depending on context.
I wound up the clock even though I had a wound on my hand.
The wind made it difficult to wind the clock.
I took a bow after sewing a bow on the dress and Esme liked it.
I live to see bands live.
We had a row over who would row the boat.

i just don't like it. Other people do. It's not a massive issue is it?

I always read it with the sewage-receptacle pronunciation, which is a bit off-putting. But I can't think of a better word either!

I was pleased Luke won. Pascha didn't have a good week. Her dress was a beautiful colour but the design was a bit Knot's Landing. I think carping about who Luke is and how he identifies in a show which embraces all comers is childish, frankly. Luke is who Luke is. The fashion and design world is totally inclusive and so we will get diverse contestants. I know it's an old saying - but if you are going to get so offended, don't watch it. People actually used to complain about disability diversity scaring children, for goodness' sake, about the sight of pregnant women presenting programmes, about gay people, and about black, Asian or regional presenters or contestants. After all, Luke's model said Esme is a gay icon so I don't think Esme has a problem with differences.

Any road up, I recognised Pascha's dad and looked him up. He was marketing CEO at C4 and is now CEO of Saatchi. She seems lovely as do they but we do get loads and loads of very middle class contestants (uncommented on) on all these shows , especially at the younger end - so its nice to get all types of people from all types of backgrounds in my opinion. Not necessarily because it reflects who actually is most likely to sew/bake/ pot/play the piano : but to encourage and inspire others. Funnily enough Pascha's dad's big brief at C4 was increasing visible diversity.

I thought it was a lovely final - but I can't sew so I go for entertainment and emotions and they all seemed so lovely. They always do on this programme. I think their auditions must feature a niceness test - possibly making them look at pictures of kittens.

I think , also, that is a man was ever going to win, the chances are it would be a man from a drag background, given all the designing and sewing they do. I assume actual people from fashion design backgrounds are not considered as amateur, otherwise we'd get some very skilled male contestants.

The winning outfit wasn't really drag anyway - it didn't have those exaggerated female shapes. It was a take on the fem/masc look - which women have also worn and seen a lot at fashion shows.

And, yes, a kilt is NOT a man in a dress!

I'd rather look at pictures of kittens than Janet's sex picture!

Luke's was by far the best. There was a sad disconnect between the drawing of Pascha's and the reality. Didn't hurt Luke to have a model who really worked it either, while the others looked a bit uncomfortable. Pro models for all might help.

Anotehr little fact about Pascha- she is an extremely good fencer! (in interests of clarity re double meanings as in the swords, not the panels!)

I am so going to be roasted for this, but why do all these programmes have to be diverse and representative?? Why can't they just pick the best 10 of any applicants? That might be all men, or all women, or all gay, or all POC. They should be the best. As long as all and any can apply, it would be refreshing to know they are the best regardless.

How do you know the best ten applicant's weren't picked?

They need to be good at sewing, good at talking through what they are doing and also have a confident enough personality for TV. Just being a good sewer isn't enough.

I have a personal dislike for "sewist" as it seems so contrived. I'm now sitting have trying to work out what other similar words have "ist" rather than "er" and I can't think of any 🤔

Well that's an utterly depressing thought...the majority of them were barely average at actual technical sewing. If that's the 10 best amateur sewers in Britain I'd be horrified.

I suspect an awful lot of us on here - and a pp said they HAD applied for SB - are actually better at home dressmaking/sewing that most of those were.

I've loved Sewing Bee from the start, but this was the worst series ever and really depressing and frustrating to watch. Like many others, I just want to watch and admire people who are better sewers than I am, and marvel at the skills. Not think, 'Blimey, that's awful. I can do better than that'.

Most of the pattern challenges were poor - and basically if you got finished, however badly sewn, you were the winner. The transformations were odd - very rarely anything that anyone could genuinely wear. And the M2Ms were simply 'not'. No proper fitting. Often unfinished.

If the next series doesn't improve on the sewing side of it I'll probably not bother watching.

Also a very good cook!

Clarinetist, bassoonist, artist...

I was little teary when Asmaa won, last year because it was so well deserved. This year I just thought, well that's that.

Ceramicist

Diarist

I loved Pascha but Luke deserved the win based on the final - maybe it feels a bit “fixed” because he was so middling all along and I think the judges were super easy on some of his previous blunders. That said although I have zero patience with the pronoun nonsense and I hate drag, Luke seemed like a nice person and he had decent skills. All 3 of the final M2Ms were dog’s dinners imo, his was just the least bad. Just not a great series overall.

If that's the 10 best amateur sewers in Britain I'd be horrified.
The 10 best that applied for the show.

It is an entertainment programme not a documentary so the contestants have to be entertaining. I could sew better than most of them this series* but I'd take too long (like Don) and I wouldn't be interesting, chatty or quirky. I won't be applying.

*I make all my clothes and have made pants and a bra, jeans, coats, shirts, dresses, pyjamas just about everything except opera gloves and ballgown. One day I will make a swimsuit and have a pattern in mind but I so rarely go near a swimming pool I don't really need one.

Exactly.

Luke's tie transformation last week and the Lady Gaga outfit were incredible. But yes, Pascha did have many more Garments of the Week and her skills were so much better, and I think if she'd delivered a knockout dress in the final then she'd have won. Maybe!

Patrick and Esme seem to like contestants who have a strong, identifying style. Luke had a stronger style than Pascha did, so doubtless that helped him win.

Scientist!

Genealogist. Yeah. I think we can conclude that sewist isn't unique.

All of those things are noun + ist though. Sew is a verb. I wonder if that's what makes it seem "wrong" to me?

it's interesting.