Great British Sewing Bee is back on 15th July

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I'm looking forward to it.

obvs you need a cutting mat for a rotary cutter.

didn't see that one @CaptainMyCaptain i have one of those, it's brilliant with the carbon paper (the sewing stuff, not the typewriter stuff) for putting the markings on the fabric

I love a tracing wheel, I use them to mark the exact seam line when doing finickety sewing. It's very satisfying.

I have two of them already. Love my scissors better.

Me too. I've never really got on very well with my rotary cutter. I have different sized scissors that give me more control when I'm cutting out "fiddly bits".

I use rotary cutters quite a lot due to an arthritic thumb that objects to more than the odd few snips with scissors. Not in the slap dash way they do on GBSB, though! I like the rest of my digits too much

Rotary cutters are great for long straight bits. I use shears sor other parts

I am very much a fan of Kits sewing but I thought he messed up the transformation challenge this week on purpose to avoid looking like the goody two shoes always winning everything. He even said ‘I deserve to be in the bottom with this’ like that was is aim - he could afford to lose.

I have some lovely shears and can't even open them properly :(

I haven't looked back since getting my rotary cutter. I have a large one and a small one and 2 cutting mats that I place on the dining table and I place weights on the pattern. It is great for slippery fabrics like silk satin. I use my scissors for fiddly bits but >90% is rotary cut

@2Rebecca I love my rotary cutter too. I use a very small one (on an A0 cutting mat) for jersey fabrics. I initially bought the classic larger cutter but was recommended a smaller blade which has been game changing for accuracy. Scissors lift the fabric which is the last thing you need when you've spent ages placing some viscose jersey on the foldline!

I thought he looked a bit miffed about it, also about not getting Garment of the week. But credit to him for accepting that his transformation challenge was quite crap.

I thought the same, I love those adverts, they're really funny.

Yasmin's model was no doubt acting serious, as a politician would in the eyes of a 9 year old.

Oh missed this comment. Totally agree. It's a great advert.

Orla's beekeeper outfit was my favourite this week. Caz is my favourite of the contestants, I don't always like what she makes but I love her approach to the challenges and she seems a really fun and genuine person who loves sewing. Kit is clearly very creative and talented, and will probably win. I was sad to see Dan go because I like him.

The person I'd like to have seen more from was Saffi. It was the right decision to send her home in episode 2 as she hadn't finished her made to measure, but she had some really interesting ideas for garments.

Urgh. No pics of Grayson Peery at children's events with a prosthetic willy?

This is a bit fussy for my taste

Sarah's jumper looks like me when I've been doing a lot of seam trimming!

Looks really quite tough to sew.

Gaynor looking astonished at the very idea of being a bit more radical this week!.

Ooh these collars and frills must be time consuming.

Yes. Grayson Perry creeps me out. I can't understand why he's the nation's darling

I feel I missed something grim regarding our "cultural guru".

Might be just the editing and it'll come together in the end, but this is looking a lot like the production team have set an impossible challenge in the time.

He's openly admitted getting a sexual kick from dressing as Claire.

I do like his pots though.

I vaguely know him as a female impersonator who has a creepy view of feminine attire but hadn’t been interested enough in him to know about the “ baby doll” connections although it figures. Shame no real artist as an inspiration