Great British Sewing Bee 2026

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Back on 14th July at 8pm

Yippee - I agree with GOTW!

I hope Beth wins.

For a moment there I thought Anna might be in trouble this week. She was last in the hat challenge and her MTM wasn’t great either.

Dont agree with that at all. No spoilers but....someone else should have gone.

Me too

Wow, Beth's MTM was simply stunning.

So happy for Beth, her dress was lovely and detailed.

Wrote down Beth's garment as garment of the week before she finished. Just beautiful and I loved the neckline. Oh my heady days, as Jane Austen's beloved niece Fanny (Frances) would say. I would have expected Jane to be wearing Heather's dress.

That was a tough call. Heather's dress didn't have the the front impact, so off on the jacket. Emma's dress was bad at the back. Close call. Emma was lucky to stay.

I think so too.

I absolutely think they got the correct gotw this week. Gorgeous! I think out of Emma’s and Rebecca’s, both of which were not well executed, Emma’s looked like it would be easy to fix and was wearable. I thought the style of Rebecca’s was dull and unflattering. Difficult call but maybe that is what edged it. I wasn’t a fan of “Gothsten”. I thought it was a bit predictable of Anna. It was better executed than the two at the bottom though

I thought the right one went.

Ohhh I’m conflicted.
GOTW was the right choice. I’m not sure the right person went home but I didn’t like what they made. I was half expecting them not to send anyone home.

Oh and I thought Beth should have won the transformation challenge too.

I think it's just growing. I have short hair and from one wash it can suddenly go poof.

Was anyone surprised that Rebecca burst into tears?

I also thought they might decide not to send anyone home this week - Emma certainly looked surprised to be staying in! I think her performance throughout has been more solid than Rebecca's on balance, which might be what swung it, as there wasn't much in it.

I think the right person went. Rebecca’s looked frumpy and unflattering. Beautiful dress material but awful if intricate jacket. Glad Anna’s didn’t win. The punk and goth everything is as sticking in her comfort zone as Rebecca’s a bit frumpy everything is sticking in hers. I don’t want dressmakers to show “ their” personality. I want them to show more flexibility and imagination and to look as though they can design for a client’s personality, just like you don’t want a hairdresser to give everyone their trademark hair cut.

I thought Beth’s GOW was absolutely beautiful.
She has been very solid throughout the show. Just calmly getting on with her sewing.
I thought Anna’s take on a Jane Austen dress was great. She has such imagination and is very talented.
Does anyone else feel that for Beth, sewing is a hobby, albeit one in which she excels, but for Anna, creatively designing is her passion.
I loved the dress she was wearing - the black with white colour and red tie.
No I wasn’t surprised that Rebecca burst into tears @placemats
She wears her heart on her sleeve.
Were we ever told what her invisible disability was ?

Was that the pleated skirt over one shoulder? I didn't rate that at all. At least Rebecca's looked like a dress you could wear.

Esmé specifically mentioned wanting to see their personality in the MTM challenge.

Stomach issues and ME I think.

I wonder if they had been told that before though and that isn’t fair on people with more introverted personalities as Esme will usually choose the dramatic over the understated.

Rebecca’s jacket was historically correct - it was a spencer, and she’d labelled it as such in her notebook, but they never called it that on air. Unfortunately the pink was a godawful shade, the froggings were too modern-looking, and of course it just didn’t fit.

I know Anna’s not popular on here but she also made a spencer and it was absolutely spot-on - those little puffs at the shoulders were swoon-worthy. The collar and the incredibly fine white cotton shirt underneath were amazing too. The Goth bit I have no interest in, but apart from her disaster with the black net it was very well sewn.

Patrick did use the word ‘Spencer’. The colour was terrible though.

“……….I know Anna’s not popular on here…..” @Halsall posted.
Well I for one think she is really talented.
She is creative and an excellent sewer.