Great British Sewing Bee 2026

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Back on 14th July at 8pm

That caught me out too, didn't realise about the channel change.
I'm not a fan of this "teamwork" challenge.

Well the pairs challenge didn't make me change my mind. It has no place on sewing bee

I think we're seeing this week that Tim is a very anxious person which is perhaps why he's coming across as abrupt or defensive.

I can’t usually be bothered with the transformation challenge, the teams element made it a bit more enjoyable for me. I tend to discount it in terms of the final result in any case.

I agree, I like Tim - he was very warm in the teams challenge. I think Esme makes him nervous- no wonder!

Free motion embroidery? That’s a whole other craft/skill.

FFS.

Poor Minnie. She's having a nightmare.

I'm not enjoying the made to measure this week. It's like a pattern challenge on steroids. We've seen some great sportswear in previous series....

Given they can prep the pattern beforehand and have the same model each week, how have some of them not done an FBA on these shirts?

Anna's shirt was far and away the best. I'm glad Minnie didn't go.

He’s a friend of a friend - I haven’t met him - and I am assured he is utterly lovely. Very kind and funny. So yes, beware of editing!

Minnie’s shirt was rather lovely. I guess a couple of hours work will remove the glue.

Anna’s was out of this world. I wonder if she just has extraordinary imaginative vision, or whether she does enormous amounts of research.

I really enjoyed that made to measure.
Some fantastic designs! Beth's dog was lovely and Minnie's was so clever and striking. I'm glad she gets to stay. Anna's was incredible and a
I think deserved GOTW.

Adele has just gone up in my estimation for being a Blackburn fan! But that aside, I think Tim was the right person to go, although I agreed with Patrick when he said Minnie should have tested her approach. I guess it gets harder as you go as you have so many garments to make, but surely you'd have at least one dry run of everything rather than just going in cold?

I still think it's between Rebecca and Anna for the win - more likely Anna although my vote would be Rebecca.

Love the tribute to Cilla 💕

Anna deserved to win.

Adiós Tim.

I liked Minnie's design M2M - strong, striking and well executed - but Anna's was a well deserved GOTW. Her creativity is really something.

I was surprised to find that I liked the team element in the transformation challenge. I thought Minnie and Beth's was the best - cohesive and dramatic.

I love Esme's green necklace

It was Tim’s time to go! There’s some really fantastic sewers left, I love them all.

I thought the free motion dumbell was incredible. The rays didn't really work though.

I liked Minnies design the best. Shame she messed up with the glue.

Has anyone seen a pattern for Rebecca's jumper? It looks like crochet from what I can see of the stitches.

And it was another example of a total waste of time and resources.

Was it this one? (I got a lot of sweaters for cats, looking for. It!)

PATTERN Cat Sweater Crochet - Etsy UK https://share.google/bQ9AtYIObWK5FhCYG

Yes, I think that's it! Thanks @PickAChew

I wish there was a section where they told us what of the contestants outfits is handmade vs RTW. Not that it matters, it would just save me wondering for the duration of the episode / trying to spot fabrics and patterns that I recognise!