Hosted by Joe Lycett, the series reaches its dramatic denouement, as the three finalists compete for the title of Britain’s best amateur sewer, taking on a trio of celebration wear challenges. Bringing together a range of advanced sewing skills, from pleating to high-end designing and the delicate handling of luxury fabrics, perfecting celebration wear is a pinnacle for any home sewer. \n\nJudges Patrick Grant and Esme Young start by challenging the sewers to make a little boy's kilt without a pattern. They must use their mathematical skills to create the right amount of pleats such that their kilt will fit their mannequin perfectly. Next, it’s the sewers final chance to show off their instinct for design in the transformation challenge, as they attempt to turn party dresses into dramatic and fun outfits fit to wear at a carnival. Lastly, for the most important made-to-measure challenge of the series, the sewers attempt to construct and fit glamorous cut-out evening gowns for their models, this time a friend or member of their family. Creating a unique, jaw-dropping gown using yards of luxury fabric will take a feat of daring construction and their most precise sewing yet. \n\nOnce the final stitch is in place and the catwalk is over, the sewers’ friends and family, along with past competitors, arrive to celebrate. But once the judges have made their decision, there can only be one winner.
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Series 8: Episode 10
It’s the grand final, and it’s Party Week as the finalists compete for the title of Britain’s best amateur sewer. They take on a trio of party-themed challenge ...
16-02-2024
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Series 8: Episode 9
Sara Pascoe welcomes the four semi-finalists into the Sewing Room to celebrate the influences of Japanese design and sewing. For the Pattern Challenge, Esme has collaborated wit ...
15-02-2024
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Series 8: Episode 8
The quarter-final takes the sewers back to the golden era of the 1930s. Esme and Patrick set them a Pattern Challenge for a pair of women’s sailor-inspired trousers with a ...
14-02-2024
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Series 8: Episode 7
A place in the quarter-final is at stake this week, and the challenges are all about lingerie. Host Sara Pascoe starts the sewers off with a fiddly pattern for a lace underwired ...
13-02-2024
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Series 8: Episode 6
Music Week brings three different musical and sartorial genres to the Sewing Bee. Sara Pascoe kicks off the week with a pattern for the parka coat that was adopted by Mod cultur ...
12-02-2024
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Series 8: Episode 5
It’s Children’s Week in the sewing room, and Sara Pascoe invites the sewers to make a cute sailor suit for a toddler. The task requires them to make elasticated shor ...
09-02-2024
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Series 8: Episode 4
The Great British Sewing Bee does its bit for the planet with Reduce, Reuse and Recycle week. Host Sara Pascoe invites the nine remaining home sewers to create a quilted patchwo ...
08-02-2024
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Series 8: Episode 3
The ten remaining home sewers create light and airy outfits for summer week. Patrick and Esme kick off with a pattern for a high fashion shirred midi dress with puff sleeves. Th ...
07-02-2024
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Series 8: Episode 2
The sewers take to their marks for Sports Week as host Sara Pascoe sets three new challenges. \n \nPatrick and Esme’s Pattern Challenge is a Sewing Bee first: a pair of hi ...
06-02-2024
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Series 8: Episode 1
Sara Pascoe welcomes 12 of Britain’s most talented home sewers into the sewing room, which is in an historic woollen mill on the outskirts of Leeds. Week One sees judges P ...
05-02-2024
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Series 9: Episode 9
Sara Pascoe welcomes the four semi-finalists into the sewing room as they get to work on utilitarian clothing, with a place in the final at stake.\n\nJudges Patrick Grant and Es ...
25-07-2023
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Celebrity Christmas Special 2023
Esme Young and Patrick Grant put four celebrities’ sewing skills to the test. Brand new host and former Christmas Special sewer Kiell Smith-Bynoe is joined by actor, music ...
27-12-2023
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Series 9: Episode 10
It’s the grand finale as the three finalists compete for the title of Britain’s best amateur sewer, making the most extravagant garments. \n\nPatrick Grant and Esme ...
03-08-2023
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Series 9: Episode 8
The quarter-final sees the five remaining sewers make garments inspired by history’s most influential fashion Icons. \n\nFor the Pattern Challenge, judges Patrick Grant an ...
19-07-2023
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Series 6: Episode 2
With Joe Lycett hosting, things are hotting up in the sewing room as the 11 remaining sewers return for holiday week. First up, it is the pattern challenge, which this week is a ...
26-10-2020
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Series 9: Episode 2
It’s not exactly a holiday this week for the sewers, as judges Patrick Grant and Esme Young task them with creating garments based around a travel wardrobe. \n\nIt's a Sew ...
05-06-2023
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Series 9: Episode 7
A place in the quarter-final is at stake, and this week host Sara Pascoe takes the sewers on a trip down memory lane to the 1990s. \n \t\nFirst up, in the Pattern Challenge, th ...
10-07-2023
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Series 9: Episode 3
The ten remaining sewers celebrate clothes from west Africa. Sara Pascoe and judges Patrick Grant and Esme Young are joined by a special guest judge, Nigerian fashion designer B ...
11-06-2023
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Series 9: Episode 4
Taking on the fast fashion industry, the second most polluting industry in the world, Sara Pascoe welcomes back Reduce Reuse Recycle week. First, the sewers attempt a zero-waste ...
21-06-2023
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