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Week one seems a long time ago when ten freshfaced sewers arrived
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and went back to basics.
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Well, now, their minds are about to be
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blown as they take on the most perplexing patterns yet.
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It's like sewing meets Sudoku.
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Welcome to The Great British Sewing Bee.
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'To reach the semifinal...' Oh!
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..the sewers had to survive the stretchiest of sportswear.
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Oh, my God!
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Jade excelled with the most fitted made-to-measure yet...
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I think it's an exceptional fit.
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..and Rumana was the sixth person to leave the sewing room.
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I mean, I always expected to go in week one. You're not going anywhere.
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'Now the semifinalists face a pattern challenge...' What is that?
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'..that is utterly bewildering...' Why does it do weird things there?
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'..an alteration...' OK, I'm done.
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'..that doesn't even start as a garment...'
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No good looking at me, cos I haven't got a clue!
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..and a made-to-measure they have to design from scratch.
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You can't be pernickety at this point. I can.
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'But who will fall at the last hurdle...' No, no, no!
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'..and who will book their place...' Taxi for Tracey, I think!
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'..in the grand final?' Why did I cut it off?
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Four sewers remain, and the grand final only has room for three.
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Here we are again.
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With 60 years of sewing under her belt,
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71-year-old grandmother Joyce...
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If they want precision, they'll get precision.
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..has consistently produced exquisitely sewn garments.
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It's crisply sewn. It was a beautiful fit.
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The thing about Joyce is she's a very good, neat, experienced sewer.
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One gusset! Yes! But what she lacks is a certain kind of flair.
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There's too much space on these coat racks. I know. Don't like it.
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Scientific journal editor and mum of three Charlotte... Magic!
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..has ranked near the top throughout...
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Your hand sewing is absolutely exquisite.
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..but she's won fewer challenges than her fellow semifinalists.
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Charlotte has a very delicate hand.
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She has a beautiful ability with fabrics.
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I'm just going to join up the dots so I can see what I need to do.
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She's very scientific in her approach.
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Everything is methodically planned, and sometimes,
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if a spanner gets thrown in the works, it kind of throws her off.
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Just put me slippers on.
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Former primary school teacher Tracey holds this year's record
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for the most challenges won...
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Well executed, beautifully colour balanced. It's fantastic.
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..but has struggled with fit... Think it should have been slimmer.
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..and has yet to win Garment Of The Week.
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What Tracey needs to do is something, actually,
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she's never quite achieved before.
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She needs to step up to the mark and make a fabulously fitted dress.
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Does anyone want a heart? Cos we all love each other.
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18-year-old art student Jade is the Sewing Bee's youngest-ever
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semifinalist... Oh, yeah!
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..and the only one to have been awarded Garment Of The Week twice.
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Jade has a very open mind to sewing.
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She embraces new techniques, she embraces new shapes,
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new finishes, but she hasn't had the years and years of sewing
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that some of our others have had.
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Inexperience sometimes, I think, lets her down.
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Good morning, semifinalists! Good morning. Come forward.
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How are we all? Good. All right.
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The good news is there are only three challenges until the final.
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The horrific news is they're all, I think, unbelievably difficult.
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This week, it is all about your understanding of patterns
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and pattern cutting.
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Esme, what is the pattern challenge? Right.
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Here you go. Hand that out. Ooh, it's heavy!
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This week, we've got a flared skirt... Yes!
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..inspired by contemporary Japanese pattern cutting.
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You're going to need to combine some fiendishly unusual shapes
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to create an asymmetric, voluminous yoked skirt.
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For this, you do have 3.5 hours.
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Enormous luck. Your time starts now.
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Right.
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# Salagadoola mechicka boola bibbidi-bobbidi-boo...#
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Goodness me, look at that!
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# Put 'em together and what have you got? Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo. #
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I've never seen a pattern quite like this. It looks like a map.
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Oh, blimey!
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Taxi for Tracey, I think.
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This complex pattern follows the same principles
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as modern Japanese cutting styles...
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What is that?
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..where abstract pieces are combined to create complex shapes.
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Seriously? It's all about the shape of that curve.
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They're joining two different curves together,
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so the yoke has got one curve and the skirt has got another curve
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and that's what causes these drapes.
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What happens if they don't sew it perfectly?
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The skirt won't hang correctly
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and they might even end up getting holes
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between the yoke and the skirt.
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Can I ask you about fabric choice? We don't want a fabric that frays.
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In this garment, we have got exposed raw edges,
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so they need something they can cut cleanly.
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Every bit of it will show.
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Let's go and choose some fabric.
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Hey-ho.
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Shall I have purple, like I always do?
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Yeah, go for purple. It's traditional.
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It's calming me down with this horrendous pattern. I like this one.
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I like the colour of it. It's not fraying.
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Tracey, Jade and Charlotte have all chosen a classic woollen fabric
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whereas Joyce has gone for a thicker, bolder option.
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This is a beautiful colour. A bit in your face but look at the reverse.
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Ba-bam!
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Is this neoprene?
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It feels scuba-like. It does a bit, doesn't it?
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Hopefully it will hang quite nicely. We will see.
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I was wondering if they would let me take this pattern home with me.
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Of course you can! Joyce, you can have this table.
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Oh, thank you. You can have this, the mannequin. Thank you.
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Patrick goes home with everyone,
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he's like a party bag that never really starts giving.
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It'll be interesting to see how all these pieces are
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actually going to fit together, because at the minute,
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it just looks like somebody's insane idea on a drunk night.
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To create the top half, or yoke, three pieces are sewn together.
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Then three larger pieces are joined to form the flared lower skirt.
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The yoke is then placed over the flared section
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and topstitched along the curved seam line.
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Finally, it's fastened with an invisible zip.
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Right, I'm going to iron this pattern because it needs to be cut
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really precisely and I want it to lay nice and flat.
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Interesting to see how Joyce, Charlotte and Tracey have all
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ironed their patterns and laid them out smoothly.
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Jade hasn't ironed hers and watching her pin it on,
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there are lumps and bumps when it's sitting on the fabric.
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If they're even just a little bit out, those curves,
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they will never, ever match. No.
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Oh, blimey.
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The edge of the fabric is actually on display,
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which is why it needs to be very nice and neat.
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There's a lot of wobbly curves which are quite difficult to get round.
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I always use a rotary cutter to cut out pretty much.
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Scissors lift the fabric when you're cutting.
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It moves the pattern around a bit. I don't like that.
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"Transfer markings in your preferred way."
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Each pattern piece is marked with small triangles called notches.
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When the fabric is joined, all the notches must line up perfectly
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so the sewers need to keep track of precisely where they all are.
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I'm marking the notches by making little triangles.
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The join is designed to be visible so any marks need to be hidden.
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When I've matched them up, I'll just snip them off.
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I had marked with chalk because it says not to cut them and I think
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that's because you lay it on the top so they will show if you cut them.
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There's hundreds of notches on this so they're obviously important.
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Tracey has chosen to cut her fabric to mark the notches.
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I just wanted to make sure you noticed in the pattern that it says
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not to cut these because it gets laid on top
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and then edge-stitched down, then they show.
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Oh. Right.
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Tracey, morning. Hi. How are you getting on?
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Yeah, all right, I think. Why are you laughing like that?
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Because I've made a fatal error early doors.
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I've snipped the notches.
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Right, what's your next thing to do? Read the instructions!
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Have you not yet?
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I had a quick glance and thought, right, OK,
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it'll make more sense when I've got the pieces.
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It's only five pages.
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Just read it all the way to the end. Yeah.
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That's what I need to do. Yeah. OK.
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Sewers, you have had one hour.
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I am re-cutting.
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Right, let's get stitching.
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Once all the notches have been marked, construction can begin.
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I'm going to do the yoke.
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The yoke hugs the hips and forms the top of the skirt.
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So, that's what needs to go together. There we go, like that.
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These are my darts to give it some shape over the hips.
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You don't want a saggy skirt, do you?
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SHE CHUCKLES
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It might as well have been written in Japanese, this pattern. It might as well.
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"Press towards the centre back."
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Oh, that presses all right.
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Oh, look at that. The top of a skirt!
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"With right sides together,
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sew skirt pieces four, five and six together."
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OK. Now it's just figuring out left and right.
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Looking at this, to me, that goes there, so that's the right back,
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which is my left hand which is why I always get confused.
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This is the most complicated bloody skirt I've ever done.
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I don't think I've put these in the right places. No, don't worry.
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It's fine.
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Now the top and the bottom have been constructed,
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the sewers have the difficult job of figuring out how they fit together.
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These wavy bits have got to go into those wavy bits.
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That would go... blimey!
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Like that. Or would it? Yes. Oh, gosh.
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I like a jigsaw puzzle but this is...
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Well, how you match it is by following the notches
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and you line it up like that.
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So, when we get to here, that lines up with that.
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That makes sense to me and now... Then we line this up.
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Why have you got this furl of fabric?
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The furl will be translated into this bit.
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Once this is on,
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that will go flat-ish and you will get your fullness here.
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Ah, so this strange origami world is creating these little kicks?
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Yes. But it's just hard.
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This is the semifinal, give them something hard. OK.
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You sure did.
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One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine,
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10, 11, 12, 13 notches.
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That's a whole lot of notches.
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Buenas noches!
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It's very fiddly and of course,
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you've got to get it spot-on for it to sit nicely.
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Where has my notch disappeared to? There it is.
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God, this is hard.
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Joyce, how on earth does that sit right? Well, it doesn't.
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It's like a weird pocket. OK, just think Japanese.
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I was going to take this pattern home but I've changed my mind.
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Changed your mind, Joyce?
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I'm quite enjoying it in a twisted sort of way.
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In A twisted sort of way, yeah! "Twisted" is right.
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With the top and bottom of the skirt pinned together,
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the sewers should secure the seam line in place
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with a temporary basting or tacking stitch.
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I have a feeling it will take quite some time.
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Charlotte, does yours do that? What? That.
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You... No. Everywhere fits but that bit is really weird.
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Did you sew that together correctly? Yeah.
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How weird is that? Pretty damn weird.
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This is the wrong way.
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So that's the wrong way? Yeah. So I have to undo all that.
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I'll just undo all of that. I think that's the wrong way.
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Oh, bloody hell, man!
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Sewers, one hour left for the pattern challenge of the semifinal.
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Right, here goes. Here we go.
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With the top and bottom half basted together...
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I just need to relax and chill. It's fine. It's all good.
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The sewers approach the most important stage of the pattern
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where they must perfectly topstitch the difficult curved seam.
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It says, "ensure the stitching is an even distance from the cut edge",
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so it's clearly the most important thing at this point.
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All four have decided to use a edge stitch foot.
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It's got a little blade in, which, if I line it up
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with this edge of the fabric
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as I go around, will stitch a very set distance.
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But sewing a curve with an edge stitch foot isn't easy.
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Everyone is going so slowly.
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God!
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You think, oh yeah, I'll get a nice smooth edge on this,
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and I'm not getting a nice smooth edge. I'll persevere.
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Occasionally I have to lift the foot and pivot it.
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Know what? This foot doesn't actually work with this because of the curves.
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Oh!
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What are you doing?
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I'm just unpicking this bit of topstitching I did
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because I used the edge foot. OK.
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When you get to a curve, it was pushing it closer to the edge
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so here I was a beautiful distance away
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but then I got round to this curve and it was
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about down to two millimetres and it just wasn't right.
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What foot are you going to use now?
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I'm just going to use the regular foot and take it slowly.
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Little one.
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Damn!
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Spotted a hole. Just let me correct that.
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Right, calm down, stop panicking, it won't get you anywhere.
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Oh, come on.
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I can't present this unfinished
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and I certainly can't do it with a hole in it, either.
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Sewers, please don't hurt me because you actually have sharp objects
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but you only have half an hour left. Be quick.
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Concentrate, concentrate, concentrate.
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I don't normally panic but I am now panicking.
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The topstitching, I'm not particularly happy with
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because it's not even.
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I've done the best I can.
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I'm fairly happy, I think.
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I'd be happier if I could get this basting stitch out.
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I'm now starting to worry about the time.
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Because I've still got my zip to do and my back seam and my waist.
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There's a notch.
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Right, I think I've got them all.
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That's fixed the hole.
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Right, zip, zip, zip, zip.
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I'm trying to pick the right colour zip.
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No, no, no, no.
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Come on, you.
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Sewers, 15 minutes left.
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At the minute, my technique for sewing in an invisible zip
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is whack it in as fast as you can.
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Oh, what a perfect zip!
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I've got to say that. Give myself a bit of a boost.
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Jade, is the zip in?
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Zip's in. I'm just sewing up the back seam.
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Put the waistband on, turn it to the inside,
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sew these little ends over and then topstitch it.
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The pressure is on, hands are shaking.
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It's going to be some speedy sewing.
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Come on!
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Sewers, you have five minutes left.
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Needle!
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Charlotte, those two, are they meant to match?
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At the back? Yeah. Yeah. Oh, it doesn't.
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Joyce? Yes? What are you doing? I'm just tidying up a bit.
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Why does it do weird things there?
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Is it meant to do weird things there?
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I'm just going to clip a couple of these seams
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to see if that will help it lie a bit flatter.
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What is that? I don't know.
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Nothing to see, nothing to see. (Pass me the scissors.) Avert your eyes. (Scissors!) Quickly!
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Just needs clipping.
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If I came first in this, it would be a miracle.
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Sewers, you have one minute.
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Jade has already got hers on the mannequin. Hello!
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Tracey, good girl.
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Not happy with the zip. I've got a little bit of a show.
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I don't like the topstitching.
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OK, sewers, that is time. Time is up.
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Right.
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Please bring your mannequins up to the front and the judges will judge.
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Four contemporary Japanese flared skirts in just 3.5 hours.
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Charlotte, you're up first.
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Well, the first thing to say is, well done.
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I like the way this drapes.
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It seems like it's got... Yes. ..a nice, natural fall to it.
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We can see that there is a lovely,
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smooth curve all the way around this seam.
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What you have done is just give us a little bit too much in that seam.
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OK. Yes, but it's very neat and even all the way round.
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The invisible zip, there's no lumps, there's no tape
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showing or teeth showing and it meets very nicely at the top.
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I like it. Thank you.
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Something's happened here because it is not draping as it should,
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so I think somewhere or other,
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you haven't matched the notches up properly.
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It's relatively neat through the front
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but you're perilously close to the edge. In a few places, yeah.
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Also, we've got an extra row of stitching.
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That's where I tried to correct. Let's have a look at the zip.
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Not quite invisible. Not quite. We can see the tape here.
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We've got a bit of a poke there and it's pushing up at the top. Yep.
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So, this is a much more sculptural fabric and because of that,
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it's giving us more of this weight, which I like.
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They are folding in a lovely soft way.
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How did you find sewing this fabric?
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Sewing the fabric was fine,
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it was this topstitching here with the edge foot.
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It just seemed to drag.
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When you've topstitched it, it has pulled it slightly up.
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It's such a shame. Mm.
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Cos actually, these darts are really nicely shaped.
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They're very well pressed out. The zip, completely invisible.
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No bump at the bottom.
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This is all very nicely sewn.
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It's just that darn thing in the middle. It is. Yep.
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Right, Jade. Can you see at the front how this is sticking out?
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Well, it should be folding in.
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I think if you'd sewn this more accurately,
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that wouldn't have happened. OK. The bottom edge is quite clean.
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You have got quite a nice, smooth bottom edge.
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The zip is very cleanly in. Your topstitching's not bad.
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But this back isn't fitting together.
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Yeah, I didn't realise I had to match them.
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I don't know why I didn't. What do you mean you didn't realise?
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Come on! It should have matched anyway.
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If they were accurately cut.
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It was very, very difficult to cut all of those curves,
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we know that, which is why we set you this challenge.
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Yeah. Can tell.
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Patrick and Esme will now rank the skirts in order of their success.
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THEY CONFER
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In fourth place is Tracey.
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Now, Tracey, your topstitching is uneven
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and your zip didn't go on very well.
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Third place, Jade.
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You just didn't have the accuracy we needed. Right.
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In second place...
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is Joyce.
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Your topstitching on the yoke and the skirt wasn't perfect.
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But other than that, everything else about it was great. Thank you.
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I'm happy with that.
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Which means, in first place, Charlotte.
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CHEERS AND APPLAUSE Well done, Charlotte!
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This challenge was about beautiful, flowing curves
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and you delivered that absolutely and some very neat sewing to boot.
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Thank you. You guys can go off, have a cup of tea.
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When you come back, the alteration challenge. Thank you very much.
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Off you go.
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# Don't be nice to me... #
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It was a really hard challenge,
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making those curves fit together in a way that they didn't want to do.
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But it turned out all right. I'm really happy.
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I made my prom dress, I made a ball gown,
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but that beats a corset any day for complication.
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That was nuts.
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I'm delighted with myself. LAUGHTER
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I thought I was going to come fourth.
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So I am very happy with second place.
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Judging felt brutal. It was fair, but it was hard.
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They're really looking at every little thing. No room for error now.
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Having tested the semifinalists with a complicated pattern,
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the judges now want to test their designer instincts with
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a completely blank canvas.
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What I have for you today is... Ah!
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A duvet! ..a child's duvet cover. Oh, right.
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What we'd like you to do is transform this into a wearable
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female garment, with a very striking silhouette.
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You can make cuts into it, you can put darts into it, you can
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gather it, whatever you want, to help create an exciting shape.
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You are each being given half-size mannequins.
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And a pillow case. So you can try it out in half-size.
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Now, this is a zero-waste challenge.
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You basically have to use the whole thing.
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Yes. Judges, thank you very much.
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I'll take that cos one of them might like it.
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So you've got 15 minutes with the mini mannequin, then 90 minutes.
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Good luck. Off you go. Your time starts now.
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OK, ready? Come on, girls! LAUGHTER
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You can't take us anywhere!
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Ooh! I quite like that! Oh, there's one on the floor, ladies.
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Can I have that, please, Claudia? I quite like that one.
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'Planning garments on a half-size mannequin...' OK, think. Think.
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'..is a method used by many designers to develop ideas
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'quickly, without wasting fabric.'
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OK, I'm done. SHE LAUGHS
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No good looking at me, cos I haven't got a clue!
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Er... Where's the pins?
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Let me try pinning it, see if that helps me.
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What I want them to do is to play, to be freer,
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to do something different,
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and then you can translate what you do on this into the full scale.
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Yeah, it's only about sort of 50% smaller than you.
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LAUGHTER
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Oop!
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It is quite refreshing to work like this because it's nice to
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actually, in a way, sculpt something round the body.
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You can get more imaginative with things like that.
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Esme, I think, wants something slightly bonkers.
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If we do something that's just like an ordinary dress or something,
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she'll be like, "Hm." I might go for something like that.
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It's gathered at the top, pleated down the front and the back.
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Right, I've cut my pillowcase in half,
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so this is sort of a top and a skirt, more than a dress.
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Oh, I know! I've had another idea.
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I'm not putting the pleats on the inside.
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I think I'll actually put them on the outside,
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so they stick out like...fins.
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I am making a dress.
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I'm putting the stripe over and then I'm going to drape that up
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and into a side bit to make a little bit of a thingy there.
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It's asymmetric. I've got an arm hole here and a sideways neck thing.
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I love that. And a big back sleeve with a giant roll-up.
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Yeah, I guess that's a sort of kimono sleeve, really.
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And I'm going to put a side zip. I'll leave it with you. Thank you.
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I'm happy with that. But that looks awesome. I think it's fantastic. OK.
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Sewers, you've had 15 minutes.
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You should now be moving on to your big mannequins.
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Come here, my darling.
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'Now the sewers have draped their design in mini form,
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'they can recreate on the full-size mannequin.'
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First thing I'm going to do is cut the head hole, which is
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going to be in this corner.
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It was sort of... Was it in the corner corner?
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Or was it not in the corner corner?
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Right, that's the neck. I'm going to do some fin-type pleats.
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The structure of them is quite architectural
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and I think that's kind of what they're after.
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My lad Robert's an architect
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and he's just finished designing a building in Reading.
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And it was full of fins.
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Robert will think I've designed this in homage to his office
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block in Reading.
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I'm putting a dart in, it's just a bust dart,
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otherwise it looks like you're wearing a duvet cover.
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I want a bit of shaping.
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I'm using these to make a drape across the front
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and the same on the back.
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I think to get that nice, flowy effect that I wanted to have,
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I'm going to have to hand sew these down,
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so I'll just catch them down nicely.
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Sewers, you are halfway through this alteration semifinal.
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I want to fashion pockets in there. Oh, I'll bring that up.
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Oh, look at that!
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The beach is the inspiration behind my dress,
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where you want something with lots of pockets to put your book in,
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your sunglasses in, your money for an ice cream.
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This is great fun, watching you sew. Thank you. Be privileged.
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This is the most I've hand sewn in my four years of sewing.
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Is it? Yes. Are you into it? I hate hand sewing.
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Why? I don't know. It just takes forever.
489
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I want this collar to stick up, so I'm going to put
490
00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:31,000
a bit of boning in that seam, just there, just to hold that up.
491
00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:34,000
I'm going to add boning to make shoulder pads
492
00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:40,000
and hip...shelves, is the best description I can come up with.
493
00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:43,000
Boning, bloody hell!
494
00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:45,000
I can't believe you two are doing boning.
495
00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:47,000
Can never get enough of boning!
496
00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:50,000
I'm just going to pin it in for the moment. I'll sew it in a bit.
497
00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:53,000
It's not quite as rigid as I want it. I wanted that.
498
00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:56,000
How am are going to make them do that?
499
00:27:56,000 --> 00:28:01,000
Sewers, you have 15 minutes left. Blimey, Tracey! Pleats much?
500
00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:03,000
Still get a couple more on.
501
00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:06,000
A couple more pleats? Can never have too many pleats, girls.
502
00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:09,000
Do you not know that?
503
00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:12,000
I'm going to go and get a zip for my side seam now.
504
00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:14,000
Do we not have any ordinary zips?
505
00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:15,000
Ah!
506
00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:19,000
I'm not putting any fastenings on my dress because it's not required.
507
00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:22,000
You don't have fastenings on a beach dress.
508
00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:25,000
I might put poppers under the arms, there.
509
00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:32,000
MACHINE SHUDDERS Ooh, it didn't like that.
510
00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:38,000
Sewers, you have five minutes left.
511
00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:41,000
I don't know what I'm going to do with this. Why did I cut it off?
512
00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:44,000
Use this as a binding because I can't throw it away.
513
00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:46,000
Put it in the bin. I can't throw it in the bin.
514
00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:49,000
Course you can. Put it in my trousers. That's cheating.
515
00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:52,000
Not a bow! If they want a bow, they want it to dwarf it.
516
00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:55,000
Just keep the hem the way it is, with the button holes
517
00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:58,000
and the buttons on them. I've done a hem on the front
518
00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:00,000
and I've used the original hem on the back.
519
00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:07,000
Well, they wanted structure, they've got structure.
520
00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:09,000
Sewers, one minute left.
521
00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:24,000
All right, sewers, that's it. End of the challenge.
522
00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:27,000
Please bring your mannequins to the front.
523
00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:30,000
# Tears on my pillow
524
00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:32,000
# Pain in my heart
525
00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:36,000
# Caused by you. #
526
00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:39,000
From pillowcases to duvets to dresses, but what will Esme
527
00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:43,000
and Patrick make of the semifinalists' transformations?
528
00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:45,000
I'm massively impressed. Me, too.
529
00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:49,000
Just to be clear, you asked for this to be a zero-waste challenge.
530
00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:53,000
No part of any of the duvets found its way in the bin.
531
00:29:57,000 --> 00:30:00,000
I think this is probably the most normal, in terms of its shape. Yes.
532
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:03,000
But it is a flattering shape. It's quite Grecian, isn't it?
533
00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:05,000
It's very Grecian.
534
00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:09,000
It might be a little bit revealing. A touch!
535
00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:11,000
I think these pleats are really well managed.
536
00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:13,000
They create a very pleasing shape.
537
00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:16,000
It looks like these pleats are hand done.
538
00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:19,000
And the zip will help to loosen the waist.
539
00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:22,000
Yep. So that's been very well thought out.
540
00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:25,000
They've kept the original hem. Still got buttons on the bottom!
541
00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:29,000
Yeah, but then you could do it up between your legs and you'd have...
542
00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:31,000
You could have a jumpsuit. Yes. A pants suit.
543
00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:34,000
Yeah. Yeah, great. I think it's really good.
544
00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:42,000
A top and a skirt. Guess what we've got here. Boning.
545
00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:44,000
To make it stick out.
546
00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:47,000
At the side, we've got the poppers.
547
00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:49,000
Which allows us in, cos actually, we've got
548
00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:53,000
quite a small opening at the top.
549
00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:56,000
I think what's lovely about this is that it's a very geometric
550
00:30:56,000 --> 00:31:01,000
pattern and they've created a very structured sort of geometric
551
00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:02,000
form out of it.
552
00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:05,000
They've used the pleats really cleverly to give us
553
00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:07,000
all of this cinching at the waist.
554
00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:10,000
And I like how the pattern has been mixed up.
555
00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:13,000
I think they've done a very good job on this. It's clever.
556
00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:20,000
So, this one, I think, has been folded in half
557
00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:25,000
and then the other side has been turned in to the drapes.
558
00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:27,000
Let's have a look at the back.
559
00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:32,000
A sort of pleat detail that's running diagonally around the body.
560
00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:35,000
Yes. I think it's definitely wearable.
561
00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:39,000
I'm just not sure it's the most flattering shape,
562
00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:43,000
with these bits at the sort of hips.
563
00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:47,000
It just feels a little heavy, but it is bold.
564
00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:49,000
It could be a cover up for on the beach.
565
00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:58,000
Now, this one looks great. Brilliantly clever.
566
00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:01,000
I think the thought that's gone into the placement of all of this
567
00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:03,000
pattern is really smart.
568
00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:05,000
They've used the checks on the angles
569
00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:10,000
and I also think the shape is very cool and very, very striking.
570
00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:12,000
It has this sort of belt feature that feels very Japanese.
571
00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:15,000
We've even got a little dart here.
572
00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:18,000
There's one thing, and I'm really nitpicking here,
573
00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:22,000
I would have liked this knot to have been bigger.
574
00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:26,000
I love that you're at that level of critique for this garment!
575
00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:29,000
Which, I think, shows how much you like it. Yes, exactly.
576
00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:33,000
Esme and Patrick will now decide whose duvet transformation is
577
00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:35,000
the most impressive.
578
00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:41,000
In fourth place, it is the striped kind of poncho number. Joyce.
579
00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:42,000
To me,
580
00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:46,000
just lacked some of the lightness that some of the others had.
581
00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:50,000
In third place is this Grecian number here.
582
00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:55,000
We really liked it, but it's not quite as imaginative as those two.
583
00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:56,000
In second place...
584
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:01,000
The pink pleats.
585
00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:03,000
Fantastic.
586
00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:07,000
I mean, really genuinely lovely and a great, striking garment.
587
00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:08,000
Thank you. Well done.
588
00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:12,000
In first place is the black and white one.
589
00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:14,000
CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
590
00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:17,000
First place for the second time today.
591
00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:21,000
You have absolutely transformed the duvet into a garment
592
00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:24,000
in a really imaginative way. Well done. Thank you.
593
00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:27,000
Well done, all of you. I know it was a difficult day.
594
00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:29,000
Tomorrow's going to be really easy.
595
00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:31,000
It's not, I'm lying.
596
00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:34,000
But go home, relax, have a good night's sleep,
597
00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:38,000
we'll see you tomorrow for the big made to measure challenge.
598
00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:42,000
I've always been creative in a two-dimensional way,
599
00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:44,000
like with quilting and so on.
600
00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:47,000
But I've never really been able to translate
601
00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:50,000
that into three-dimensional things before.
602
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:52,000
This challenge really unlocked that side of things.
603
00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:54,000
Really loved it.
604
00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:57,000
I'm looking forward to tomorrow more than
605
00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:59,000
I was looking forward to today.
606
00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:01,000
At least I know what I'm sewing.
607
00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:03,000
Tonight, I'll probably go to sleep, dreaming about it, wake up,
608
00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:05,000
dreaming about it.
609
00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:08,000
Coming third in both challenges definitely puts me
610
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:10,000
in a bit of a vulnerable position.
611
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:14,000
I will come in with swords, scissors,
612
00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:17,000
whatever it takes for me to get into the final.
613
00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:23,000
Second and fourth, it's not good. It could have been fourth and fourth,
614
00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:25,000
which would have been even worse.
615
00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:36,000
JOYCE: Here we go, girls.
616
00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:40,000
One more challenge to go, one last chance to convince the judges
617
00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:42,000
they deserve to be a finalist.
618
00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:44,000
Barring an absolute disaster,
619
00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:47,000
Charlotte's pretty much booked herself a place in the final.
620
00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:49,000
Let's talk about Joyce.
621
00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:53,000
You did like her skirt, but you didn't really love her alterations.
622
00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:55,000
This is just a rectangle, isn't it,
623
00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:57,000
with a bit of drape bunged on the top.
624
00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:59,000
Let's discuss Tracey.
625
00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:01,000
I thought it was a great alteration.
626
00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:05,000
The yoked skirt, I was disappointed with. How do you feel about Jade?
627
00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:08,000
You liked the grey dress, but the skirt, you said there were problems.
628
00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:11,000
She bodged it, basically. Yeah.
629
00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:13,000
Today's challenge is a new one for us.
630
00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:17,000
It's tackling something that we've not put in front of them before
631
00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:20,000
and hopefully, it gives us a way of separating three very,
632
00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:21,000
very even sewers.
633
00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:23,000
I'm looking forward to this.
634
00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:27,000
Morning. You all right, love?
635
00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:31,000
Welcome, sewers. And welcome back to our lovely models.
636
00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:34,000
For your semifinal made to measure challenge,
637
00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:40,000
the judges would love you to make a beautifully fitted day dress,
638
00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:46,000
but as it's pattern week, you will be creating your own pattern.
639
00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:47,000
Are you all ready? Yes. Yes.
640
00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:51,000
Enormous luck. You have seven hours. Your time starts now.
641
00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:56,000
The sewers have had a chance to practise creating their day
642
00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:58,000
dresses at home.
643
00:35:58,000 --> 00:35:59,000
OK...
644
00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:03,000
But their first task in this final challenge is unlike anything
645
00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:04,000
they've faced so far.
646
00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:08,000
Basically, they're starting from what is called the block.
647
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:11,000
The block, essentially, is a template.
648
00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:15,000
If they took this, stitched it together, they'd have this. Right.
649
00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:17,000
But what we've asked them to do is take this block
650
00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:19,000
and dramatically transform it.
651
00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:22,000
They can do absolutely anything with this.
652
00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:25,000
They can create any shape, any length, any sleeves,
653
00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:30,000
but this just allows them to start with the basic building block.
654
00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:32,000
The idea is that we alter this block,
655
00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:34,000
so they don't all look the same.
656
00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:36,000
I think we'll all produce something
657
00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:37,000
quite dramatically different, really.
658
00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:40,000
This challenge is about designing,
659
00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:42,000
as well as making the actual garment itself.
660
00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:45,000
You start with a block, you can make anything,
661
00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:50,000
by manipulating the position of the darts, by adding bits on,
662
00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:53,000
by adding collars or sleeves or changing the shape of the skirt.
663
00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:55,000
You can do anything.
664
00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:59,000
I'm making a very kind of '50s style dress cos it's
665
00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:02,000
the sort of thing I would like and I would wear.
666
00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:05,000
To adapt her block into a '50s design, Tracey's adding
667
00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:08,000
a cinched waistband, under bust gathers and a circular skirt.
668
00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:11,000
The V-neck will have a statement collar
669
00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:14,000
and the three-quarter length sleeves will have matching cuffs.
670
00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:18,000
Collar and the cuffs will take quite a bit of time cos I want them
671
00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:20,000
to be really, really neat and perfect.
672
00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:23,000
And this fitted band across the middle, we'll take up in fitting.
673
00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:25,000
I've definitely got to prove myself today.
674
00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:28,000
I've definitely got to get this right.
675
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:30,000
The block pattern has a sleeve on it.
676
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:33,000
I've decided to take the sleeve out because the style of dress
677
00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:36,000
that I wanted to go for was more of a summer dress.
678
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:38,000
Jade's sleeveless dress will also have cut out
679
00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:42,000
sections on the back bodice, with a flared skater skirt.
680
00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:48,000
I have never worked from a block before. So this is very new to me.
681
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:50,000
The dress I'm making,
682
00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:54,000
it's fitted from the bust to just above the hips, then it flares out.
683
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:56,000
For a Christmas present,
684
00:37:56,000 --> 00:38:00,000
my husband and I were given afternoon tea at a Brighton hotel.
685
00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:02,000
You dress up and you look pretty.
686
00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:04,000
So that's my inspiration.
687
00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:07,000
Joyce's tea dress will be cut from eight princess seamed panels
688
00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:09,000
that follow the curves of the body.
689
00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:13,000
She's adding a V-shape neckline, large contrast collar, and hem band.
690
00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:17,000
This is my front.
691
00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:20,000
So, you made this from the block.
692
00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:22,000
Yes, I did.
693
00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:25,000
What I did was, because it's continuous and the block
694
00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:29,000
came in your bodice and your skirt, I taped them together.
695
00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:35,000
I then, on the skirt, added 12 inches in length and then four
696
00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:39,000
inches in width because I wanted a bit of fullness at the bottom.
697
00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:41,000
OK.
698
00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:44,000
I am making a dress with a cowl neck,
699
00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:47,000
so it's nice and drapey at the front.
700
00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:51,000
I've opened up extra, way more than was there before.
701
00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:54,000
And that will make the cowl neck.
702
00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:57,000
I'll cut this out again without the spaces in it, obviously.
703
00:38:57,000 --> 00:39:01,000
Charlotte's also extending the shoulder length of her bodice
704
00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:02,000
to create a dropped shoulder.
705
00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:06,000
She's adding a fitted waistband and flared A-line skirt.
706
00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:12,000
Are you inside going, "I'm going to give about 50% of myself to
707
00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:15,000
"this because I've already won twice and I'm going through"?
708
00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:17,000
I've going for the three-for.
709
00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:19,000
The three-for!
710
00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:21,000
The hat-trick. Well, why not?
711
00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:24,000
# Plant a little seed and watch it grow. #
712
00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:27,000
It's crucial the sewers continue measuring their models,
713
00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:29,000
as they adapt the block,
714
00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:33,000
as any design changes could totally alter the fit.
715
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:36,000
But Jade's taking an extra precaution.
716
00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:40,000
A toile is basically your dress, but in a cheaper fabric.
717
00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:45,000
I want to make sure it fits her perfectly, so any tweaks that
718
00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:50,000
I'll need to make can be done on the toile, rather than the real thing.
719
00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:54,000
Tracey has also decided to spend time on making a toile.
720
00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:57,000
The fit is obviously something that's been a weakness.
721
00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:59,000
I'm very used to fitting things on myself.
722
00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:01,000
I really need to be careful of that today.
723
00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:05,000
I am not making a toile. I am just going to go for it with the fabric.
724
00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:08,000
I think I'm doing enough measurements as I go along.
725
00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:10,000
I'm worried about Tracey's fit.
726
00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:14,000
It just seems like she's completely miss-measured the busts.
727
00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:17,000
Yes. Because it's nowhere near where it should be.
728
00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:20,000
Thank God, she made a toile.
729
00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:23,000
The only times I make toiles are when I make wedding dresses,
730
00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:26,000
and I've made one, my daughter's.
731
00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:29,000
I've made a seam allowance, as such, where I can adjust.
732
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:30,000
So that's my thinking.
733
00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:34,000
What do you think?
734
00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:37,000
Well, I think the back's OK, but this is not long enough.
735
00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:40,000
I can see now that it's not long enough to go over her bust.
736
00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:43,000
Think about your basic measurements. I want that there.
737
00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:46,000
So how am are going to make that longer and that still be there?
738
00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:49,000
No, I'm confused now. Yeah. That's now going to be too low.
739
00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:51,000
No, I want it to be V-shaped.
740
00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:54,000
I want it lower here than it is in the middle.
741
00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:59,000
I'm not happy with the way they are bagging.
742
00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:03,000
It definitely does need taking in in places and sorting out.
743
00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:04,000
I need to alter the front.
744
00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:07,000
It didn't feel tricky when I made one for myself.
745
00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:11,000
I don't know why it's getting so complicated now.
746
00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:15,000
Two-and-a-half hours gone. Are you worried about time? No.
747
00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:18,000
Says me. Yeah, we'll speak in a couple of hours. Come on.
748
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:20,000
I'll do your back. Ah! I'll do your back.
749
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:23,000
While you're relaxed, let me ask you this. Yes, go on.
750
00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:26,000
How much do you want to be a finalist? Oh, so much, it's...
751
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:28,000
Now you've made me all tense again!
752
00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:33,000
Whilst Jade and Tracey are still fitting their toiles,
753
00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:36,000
Charlotte and Joyce start constructing their dresses.
754
00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:38,000
This is the front bodice.
755
00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:41,000
The fabric is absolutely key to this design because you need
756
00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:44,000
something with a lot of drape to make the cowl neck work.
757
00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:46,000
If you had something that was a bit stiff, it would
758
00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:49,000
just sort of sit there and it wouldn't look attractive at all.
759
00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:53,000
The fabric I'm using for my dress is 100% linen. I just love that fabric.
760
00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:54,000
The colours are so me.
761
00:41:57,000 --> 00:42:00,000
So, tell me, where have you got to?
762
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:05,000
I have sewn my bodice front, gathered it to the waistband.
763
00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:07,000
Oh, right, OK.
764
00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:09,000
I guess you haven't fitted it.
765
00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:11,000
I've checked the size of the waistband.
766
00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:13,000
I haven't fitted it, as such.
767
00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:17,000
I was going to fit it once I got the bodice together. OK.
768
00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:19,000
Does it feel too tight now?
769
00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:22,000
No. No?
770
00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:25,000
I'm much happier with that. We're good to go.
771
00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:28,000
Happy with the fit on their toiles, Jade and Tracey
772
00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:30,000
can finally begin cutting their fabric.
773
00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:33,000
I've got a wine coloured cotton spandex that just stretches
774
00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:37,000
a little bit, which means that this fitted area across here will be nice
775
00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:40,000
and snug and then I've got a nice print that I'm going to use
776
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:42,000
for the collar and cuff sections.
777
00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:46,000
I am glad I did a toile because the back piece needed to be
778
00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:48,000
basically reshaped for the way that her back is.
779
00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:51,000
Please fit, please fit, please fit.
780
00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:53,000
Please fit, or I will cry.
781
00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:55,000
Oh, dear. It's huge.
782
00:42:55,000 --> 00:42:56,000
Why is there all this here? Damn it.
783
00:42:56,000 --> 00:43:00,000
Damn it, damn it, damn it. Bloody hell.
784
00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:03,000
It's almost like it need another dart in it.
785
00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:05,000
I quite like it. It's loose there.
786
00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:09,000
Don't really want to take it in any more but I can do.
787
00:43:09,000 --> 00:43:11,000
I tell you what, we'll do the rest first
788
00:43:11,000 --> 00:43:13,000
and then we'll make a decision.
789
00:43:13,000 --> 00:43:15,000
I intended to make those darts bigger in the back
790
00:43:15,000 --> 00:43:17,000
and then I think we'll be all right.
791
00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:20,000
Can you spin round to the front?
792
00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:26,000
It fits you amazingly in the front.
793
00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:29,000
I think that's beautiful, Jade. Beautiful. Yeah?
794
00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:31,000
Beautiful.
795
00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:35,000
Oh, that looks great, Tracey. That looks all right? Lovely.
796
00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:37,000
Much happier with that, compared to this morning.
797
00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:40,000
If they're happy with the fit of their bodice,
798
00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:42,000
the sewers can move on to their skirts.
799
00:43:42,000 --> 00:43:45,000
This is what the skirt block looked like.
800
00:43:45,000 --> 00:43:48,000
So this is now, instead of being a pencil skirt, which is
801
00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:51,000
what it would have been, before I opened up this space,
802
00:43:51,000 --> 00:43:52,000
it's now going to be much fuller.
803
00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:56,000
I've done a skater skirt where it's like nice at the waist
804
00:43:56,000 --> 00:44:00,000
and flares out, so that's my type of skirt that I like to wear.
805
00:44:00,000 --> 00:44:04,000
Tracey, what are you doing? I'm doing pi. Why?
806
00:44:04,000 --> 00:44:07,000
Well, because I'm making a circle skirt.
807
00:44:07,000 --> 00:44:09,000
Why have you got to use pi to make a circle skirt?
808
00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:12,000
Because I need to draw a pattern for it. My head's going to explode!
809
00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:15,000
I need to use pi to work out the circumference.
810
00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:17,000
When they teach you pi at school, you think,
811
00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:19,000
"I am never going to use pi in my life.
812
00:44:19,000 --> 00:44:22,000
"Why are they bothering to teach me this?" And now, I've got to use pi.
813
00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:25,000
Jade has also set herself a challenge with her skirt.
814
00:44:25,000 --> 00:44:29,000
I'm going to pattern match here, so that will join on to there.
815
00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:31,000
Like that.
816
00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:35,000
So it will only pattern match mainly on these two.
817
00:44:35,000 --> 00:44:39,000
And if I can, maybe on those ones there.
818
00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:42,000
I am now doing the collar
819
00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:46,000
and because I have chosen to do the underside
820
00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:49,000
and the fabric of the dress, I'm going
821
00:44:49,000 --> 00:44:52,000
to have to be careful that the underside doesn't show.
822
00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:57,000
And how I hopefully get over that is make the upper collar
823
00:44:57,000 --> 00:45:01,000
slightly baggier and it rolls over a fraction.
824
00:45:01,000 --> 00:45:04,000
This is one of my four collar sections.
825
00:45:04,000 --> 00:45:06,000
This is definitely a statement collar.
826
00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:09,000
I want it to be really pointed.
827
00:45:09,000 --> 00:45:13,000
While everyone else works on their collar...
828
00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:17,000
I'm just trying to get this one to sit in the right place,
829
00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:20,000
which at the moment, isn't wanting to.
830
00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:23,000
..Jade is still pattern matching.
831
00:45:23,000 --> 00:45:26,000
So I think we'll take that down an inch there, don't you?
832
00:45:29,000 --> 00:45:31,000
Driving me nuts.
833
00:45:34,000 --> 00:45:36,000
These are my sleeves and my cuffs.
834
00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:39,000
I'm just going to attach the cuff to the sleeve.
835
00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:43,000
Yeah, I don't think that's bad. You might have to give me
836
00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:46,000
a second cos I have to get my head round this bit!
837
00:45:49,000 --> 00:45:52,000
I'm really worried you're going to give yourself a headache.
838
00:45:52,000 --> 00:45:54,000
I've already given myself one.
839
00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:58,000
Yeah, but I think you can't be pernickety at this point. I can!
840
00:45:58,000 --> 00:46:00,000
All right. OK. Semifinal. Exactly!
841
00:46:02,000 --> 00:46:06,000
Sewers, I'm really sorry, you have half an hour left. Gordon Bennett!
842
00:46:06,000 --> 00:46:08,000
Somebody's watch is fast!
843
00:46:08,000 --> 00:46:10,000
My pattern matching isn't perfect perfect,
844
00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:12,000
the way I would like it to be.
845
00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:14,000
The teardrops are obviously a lot smaller.
846
00:46:14,000 --> 00:46:16,000
But I'm not. I'm doing it again.
847
00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:19,000
I've not got time, if I want to get a zip in.
848
00:46:19,000 --> 00:46:22,000
That is half an invisible zip.
849
00:46:26,000 --> 00:46:30,000
I'm making the sashes that go inside of the dress.
850
00:46:31,000 --> 00:46:35,000
The easiest way to turn out a really long tube of something is to
851
00:46:35,000 --> 00:46:37,000
sew a length of ribbon inside.
852
00:46:39,000 --> 00:46:40,000
There it is. See it coming out now?
853
00:46:43,000 --> 00:46:46,000
There we go. And then we just cut the ribbon off.
854
00:46:46,000 --> 00:46:50,000
I'm just trying to work out what the length of the dress should be.
855
00:46:50,000 --> 00:46:55,000
I think something like that. Could you turn just a tiny bit?
856
00:46:55,000 --> 00:46:57,000
Turn round slowly.
857
00:46:57,000 --> 00:46:58,000
Stop. Go back again.
858
00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:01,000
I'm going to bi-spine the hem,
859
00:47:01,000 --> 00:47:05,000
just because I think it will give it a really nice effect.
860
00:47:05,000 --> 00:47:08,000
I'm going to do a narrow hem. You fold it over, stitch it,
861
00:47:08,000 --> 00:47:11,000
then trim it really close to the stitching, fold it over again.
862
00:47:11,000 --> 00:47:14,000
A hem like this would normally take at least half an hour
863
00:47:14,000 --> 00:47:17,000
and I haven't got half an hour. Do you think we'll all finish? Yeah.
864
00:47:17,000 --> 00:47:20,000
Skin of my teeth, but yeah. I'll just have to get on with it.
865
00:47:20,000 --> 00:47:22,000
We all thought we had loads of time.
866
00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:26,000
A circle skirt and I'm still hemming for ever and ever and ever.
867
00:47:26,000 --> 00:47:28,000
I will get it finished!
868
00:47:29,000 --> 00:47:31,000
Not having any nonsense.
869
00:47:31,000 --> 00:47:34,000
Sewers, you have five minutes left.
870
00:47:34,000 --> 00:47:35,000
Right, breathe.
871
00:47:40,000 --> 00:47:43,000
Should have enough time. I just need to stop my hands shaking.
872
00:47:43,000 --> 00:47:45,000
Where did that go?!
873
00:47:45,000 --> 00:47:48,000
You're kidding me. How did I not notice that?
874
00:47:48,000 --> 00:47:50,000
I've got a pucker in the back seam.
875
00:47:57,000 --> 00:47:59,000
Tracey, you're the only one sewing.
876
00:47:59,000 --> 00:48:01,000
Everyone else is having a little press.
877
00:48:01,000 --> 00:48:05,000
Do I need to come there and watch you cry? No, I'm ready to press.
878
00:48:07,000 --> 00:48:09,000
Right.
879
00:48:10,000 --> 00:48:12,000
All right?
880
00:48:12,000 --> 00:48:14,000
There you go.
881
00:48:14,000 --> 00:48:18,000
Come on, Charlotte! You go that way, I go this way. How does it feel?
882
00:48:18,000 --> 00:48:21,000
Yeah. Happy? Yeah. That's your pattern!
883
00:48:21,000 --> 00:48:24,000
Yeah! Come on, Tracey! I'm just ironing my model!
884
00:48:26,000 --> 00:48:28,000
That's it.
885
00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:32,000
Time is up. A huge well done to all of you. Water! Water!
886
00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:34,000
Water!
887
00:48:34,000 --> 00:48:36,000
# Love me in the daytime
888
00:48:36,000 --> 00:48:38,000
# Love me in the night-time
889
00:48:38,000 --> 00:48:40,000
# Any time you love me
890
00:48:40,000 --> 00:48:42,000
# Baby, that'll be the right time.
891
00:48:44,000 --> 00:48:46,000
# Put your arms around me
892
00:48:46,000 --> 00:48:49,000
# When the lights are low
893
00:48:49,000 --> 00:48:53,000
# Never ever gonna get enough of you. #
894
00:48:56,000 --> 00:49:00,000
Charlotte, I think this dress is a delight.
895
00:49:00,000 --> 00:49:02,000
Watching it move, there's a lightness, an elegance,
896
00:49:02,000 --> 00:49:04,000
a bounce to it.
897
00:49:04,000 --> 00:49:06,000
You've completely transformed the block.
898
00:49:06,000 --> 00:49:11,000
It has a kind of romantic feel to it, somehow. It's kind of sexy.
899
00:49:11,000 --> 00:49:13,000
It's a really good choice of fabric.
900
00:49:13,000 --> 00:49:18,000
The drape is very soft, not too high and not too low.
901
00:49:18,000 --> 00:49:21,000
If we can just turn you round...
902
00:49:21,000 --> 00:49:24,000
This drape here maybe could have been got rid of if you'd
903
00:49:24,000 --> 00:49:29,000
shaped the armholes slightly and the dart is really, really long.
904
00:49:29,000 --> 00:49:33,000
But you really understood your model's body shape.
905
00:49:33,000 --> 00:49:36,000
I think the waist is absolutely in the perfect position.
906
00:49:36,000 --> 00:49:40,000
I think the length of the skirt feels perfectly right.
907
00:49:40,000 --> 00:49:45,000
The hem looks really neat. It looks great. It looks great. Thank you.
908
00:49:47,000 --> 00:49:50,000
# With the parting of the ways
909
00:49:50,000 --> 00:49:53,000
# You took all my happy days
910
00:49:53,000 --> 00:49:57,000
# And left me lonely nights. #
911
00:49:57,000 --> 00:50:01,000
Right, Tracey. You've also transformed the block.
912
00:50:01,000 --> 00:50:04,000
You've put all the shape into this waistband here
913
00:50:04,000 --> 00:50:07,000
and in to the gathers here. Yeah.
914
00:50:07,000 --> 00:50:10,000
And this fits so much better than your toile did.
915
00:50:10,000 --> 00:50:15,000
It's a good choice of fabric, it's a good combination. I'm a little...
916
00:50:15,000 --> 00:50:17,000
I don't know what it is about the collar.
917
00:50:17,000 --> 00:50:19,000
It feels a little heavy.
918
00:50:19,000 --> 00:50:22,000
Maybe if you'd made the neck slightly wider
919
00:50:22,000 --> 00:50:27,000
and the front slightly lower, it would have given it more lightness.
920
00:50:27,000 --> 00:50:29,000
One other slight fit issue.
921
00:50:29,000 --> 00:50:32,000
There's just a little bit too much fullness here.
922
00:50:32,000 --> 00:50:37,000
But the cuffs on the sleeve are crisp, they're well pressed,
923
00:50:37,000 --> 00:50:39,000
they're well sewn.
924
00:50:39,000 --> 00:50:42,000
There is a lot of very precise sewing in this garment, so
925
00:50:42,000 --> 00:50:46,000
I think you should be extremely pleased with yourself. Thank you.
926
00:50:48,000 --> 00:50:51,000
# Doo doo-dee ooh doo-dee ooh
927
00:50:51,000 --> 00:50:53,000
# Doo-dee ooh-dee-ooh
928
00:50:53,000 --> 00:50:55,000
# Doo doo-dee ooh doo-dee ooh
929
00:50:55,000 --> 00:50:56,000
# Doo-dee ooh-dee-ooh. #
930
00:50:56,000 --> 00:50:59,000
You've taken the block and you've turned it into one, two,
931
00:50:59,000 --> 00:51:03,000
three, four... Eight panels? Yes. You've done a good job there.
932
00:51:03,000 --> 00:51:08,000
Thank you. I would like it a little bit more nipped in at the waist.
933
00:51:08,000 --> 00:51:12,000
It just looks ever so slightly straight.
934
00:51:12,000 --> 00:51:15,000
I'd like very much the idea of the band at the bottom
935
00:51:15,000 --> 00:51:17,000
and then it's echoed in the collar at the top.
936
00:51:17,000 --> 00:51:20,000
Whether it should be smaller... Let's do that.
937
00:51:20,000 --> 00:51:22,000
Yeah, maybe.
938
00:51:22,000 --> 00:51:26,000
But one thing I like a lot about this collar is if we look here, we
939
00:51:26,000 --> 00:51:31,000
can see how it's rolling round and that is how you should cut a collar.
940
00:51:31,000 --> 00:51:33,000
So that is successful.
941
00:51:33,000 --> 00:51:39,000
The sleeves, I think, are very, very neatly inserted.
942
00:51:39,000 --> 00:51:43,000
The fit is just a little nibble away from bang on for me,
943
00:51:43,000 --> 00:51:46,000
but I think you should be very pleased with that.
944
00:51:46,000 --> 00:51:48,000
Thank you.
945
00:51:48,000 --> 00:51:52,000
# O meu ganza faz chica chica boom chic
946
00:51:52,000 --> 00:51:55,000
# P'ra eu cantar o chica chica boom chic. #
947
00:51:57,000 --> 00:52:00,000
The overall impression is really striking.
948
00:52:00,000 --> 00:52:02,000
You've made a really good choice of fabric.
949
00:52:02,000 --> 00:52:05,000
I think these fabrics work together very well.
950
00:52:05,000 --> 00:52:09,000
You've thought carefully about how the pattern runs down through
951
00:52:09,000 --> 00:52:13,000
the centre and this runs all the way, absolutely dead centrally.
952
00:52:13,000 --> 00:52:17,000
You haven't managed to match it up across the waist. No.
953
00:52:17,000 --> 00:52:21,000
That has got a point on and this is the point chopped off.
954
00:52:21,000 --> 00:52:24,000
Yeah. If we can just turn you round,
955
00:52:24,000 --> 00:52:28,000
you had a lot to do to get these back triangles fitting as well,
956
00:52:28,000 --> 00:52:30,000
and you've done that extremely well,
957
00:52:30,000 --> 00:52:33,000
but I think the time you've spent doing that
958
00:52:33,000 --> 00:52:34,000
is time that you've not had
959
00:52:34,000 --> 00:52:37,000
to get the small of the back fitting nicely.
960
00:52:37,000 --> 00:52:39,000
It is just too big there.
961
00:52:39,000 --> 00:52:44,000
But the proportion of this dress is just right.
962
00:52:44,000 --> 00:52:47,000
I think you understand how it all needs to look,
963
00:52:47,000 --> 00:52:50,000
and you've delivered on that really successfully. Thank you.
964
00:52:56,000 --> 00:52:58,000
I was determined I was going to show something
965
00:52:58,000 --> 00:53:01,000
different to the judges and I think I have,
966
00:53:01,000 --> 00:53:03,000
'I've shown a more creative side of myself.'
967
00:53:03,000 --> 00:53:05,000
'As hard as it was'
968
00:53:05,000 --> 00:53:08,000
and as gruelling as it seemed, I did enjoy it
969
00:53:08,000 --> 00:53:12,000
and I think I produced one of the best fitted garments I've ever made.
970
00:53:12,000 --> 00:53:15,000
'After all these years of sewing, and believe me,'
971
00:53:15,000 --> 00:53:17,000
I have been sewing for a number of years,
972
00:53:17,000 --> 00:53:21,000
it would be absolutely amazing if I was in the final three.
973
00:53:21,000 --> 00:53:24,000
It would actually be a pinnacle for me.
974
00:53:24,000 --> 00:53:27,000
I think all four of us were all very nervous to go back in,
975
00:53:27,000 --> 00:53:31,000
because we're that close to getting into the final.
976
00:53:31,000 --> 00:53:33,000
I think I'd rather stay out here
977
00:53:33,000 --> 00:53:36,000
and everyone can shout out the window to me and tell me that way.
978
00:53:38,000 --> 00:53:40,000
First up, shall we discuss garment of the week?
979
00:53:40,000 --> 00:53:42,000
Who are the contenders?
980
00:53:42,000 --> 00:53:46,000
Jade, Charlotte, from the made-to-measure.
981
00:53:46,000 --> 00:53:50,000
But also, Charlotte's alteration.
982
00:53:50,000 --> 00:53:53,000
I think this is one of the best alterations we've seen
983
00:53:53,000 --> 00:53:54,000
on Sewing Bee.
984
00:53:54,000 --> 00:53:59,000
So therefore, I presume Charlotte and Jade are both finalists.
985
00:53:59,000 --> 00:54:01,000
Yes. Yes.
986
00:54:01,000 --> 00:54:03,000
Then you have to really think
987
00:54:03,000 --> 00:54:06,000
about whether it's going to be Joyce or Tracey.
988
00:54:06,000 --> 00:54:09,000
Do you want to first start off and talk about their very difficult
989
00:54:09,000 --> 00:54:13,000
patent challenge? Joyce did this red... Mm.
990
00:54:13,000 --> 00:54:16,000
..and Tracey came fourth with her purple.
991
00:54:16,000 --> 00:54:19,000
Joyce's was more expertly sewn on the whole. Yes.
992
00:54:19,000 --> 00:54:21,000
Tracey's was a bit ragged.
993
00:54:21,000 --> 00:54:23,000
Yes, it wasn't precise enough.
994
00:54:23,000 --> 00:54:26,000
But then Tracey gave us, in the alteration challenge,
995
00:54:26,000 --> 00:54:31,000
something really imaginative... Yes. ..that really fulfilled the brief.
996
00:54:31,000 --> 00:54:34,000
And Joyce's was a little bit, sort of lacklustre.
997
00:54:34,000 --> 00:54:39,000
She hadn't transformed the duvet. It's still a rectangle.
998
00:54:39,000 --> 00:54:42,000
Then it comes down to their made-to-measure. I think it does.
999
00:54:42,000 --> 00:54:47,000
And both were pretty competently handled. Both are well sewn.
1000
00:54:47,000 --> 00:54:50,000
Both of them transformed the block.
1001
00:54:50,000 --> 00:54:51,000
This is...
1002
00:54:51,000 --> 00:54:55,000
very difficult and I think we need to have another look
1003
00:54:55,000 --> 00:54:59,000
and take a little more time over this decision. Yes. Yes, absolutely.
1004
00:55:09,000 --> 00:55:11,000
Firstly,
1005
00:55:11,000 --> 00:55:14,000
thank you so much for giving us such a brilliant semifinal.
1006
00:55:14,000 --> 00:55:17,000
We know how difficult it was.
1007
00:55:17,000 --> 00:55:19,000
The first bit's the lovely bit -
1008
00:55:19,000 --> 00:55:23,000
the garment that impressed the judges the most.
1009
00:55:24,000 --> 00:55:28,000
So, our garment of the week this week, is...
1010
00:55:31,000 --> 00:55:33,000
LAUGHTER
1011
00:55:33,000 --> 00:55:36,000
Well done, Charlotte!
1012
00:55:36,000 --> 00:55:39,000
No way! Told you! That is insane.
1013
00:55:39,000 --> 00:55:42,000
This was probably the best alteration I think we've seen.
1014
00:55:42,000 --> 00:55:47,000
You embraced it wholeheartedly and produced something fantastic.
1015
00:55:47,000 --> 00:55:49,000
Thank you, that is bonkers.
1016
00:55:49,000 --> 00:55:52,000
SHE LAUGHS You look so shocked.
1017
00:55:52,000 --> 00:55:55,000
Did it not in the back of your head think... No! ..maybe that?
1018
00:55:55,000 --> 00:55:57,000
Not in a million years!
1019
00:55:58,000 --> 00:56:03,000
Now the less lovely bit. We really don't want any of you...
1020
00:56:03,000 --> 00:56:04,000
to go.
1021
00:56:06,000 --> 00:56:07,000
But somebody has to.
1022
00:56:07,000 --> 00:56:12,000
And the person leaving us this week is...
1023
00:56:23,000 --> 00:56:25,000
We're so upset about it.
1024
00:56:25,000 --> 00:56:26,000
The person leaving is Tracey.
1025
00:56:26,000 --> 00:56:28,000
GASPS
1026
00:56:28,000 --> 00:56:31,000
Oh, Tracey, darling. Oh, sweetie.
1027
00:56:31,000 --> 00:56:34,000
I thought it was going to be me.
1028
00:56:34,000 --> 00:56:39,000
Clearly devastated, but I came here hoping to get through a few weeks,
1029
00:56:39,000 --> 00:56:41,000
I've got through seven weeks.
1030
00:56:41,000 --> 00:56:44,000
And I think, you know, I should be proud of that.
1031
00:56:44,000 --> 00:56:45,000
Can I cuddle you?
1032
00:56:45,000 --> 00:56:48,000
I'm sorry. Thank you. I'm sorry.
1033
00:56:48,000 --> 00:56:50,000
I've done a lot of brilliant things,
1034
00:56:50,000 --> 00:56:54,000
met some fabulous people and it's, er, you know,
1035
00:56:54,000 --> 00:56:57,000
once-in-a-lifetime...experience.
1036
00:56:57,000 --> 00:56:59,000
And I'll not regret a minute of it.
1037
00:57:00,000 --> 00:57:03,000
You've been so great throughout all of it.
1038
00:57:03,000 --> 00:57:06,000
What I love about Tracey is she has embraced
1039
00:57:06,000 --> 00:57:11,000
every single challenge with such joy and openness
1040
00:57:11,000 --> 00:57:15,000
and that to me is why it's such a shame that she's had to go.
1041
00:57:17,000 --> 00:57:19,000
It's...gutting to see Tracey go.
1042
00:57:20,000 --> 00:57:22,000
I'm really going to miss her.
1043
00:57:22,000 --> 00:57:25,000
The sewing room won't be the same without her.
1044
00:57:27,000 --> 00:57:30,000
If I could take the time to congratulate our three finalists.
1045
00:57:30,000 --> 00:57:31,000
Whoo! INDISTINCT
1046
00:57:31,000 --> 00:57:33,000
I'm very excited about the final,
1047
00:57:33,000 --> 00:57:37,000
because every week somebody really surprises me.
1048
00:57:37,000 --> 00:57:40,000
So I'm having no bets on who's going to win.
1049
00:57:40,000 --> 00:57:42,000
Do you know what? I'm just going to enjoy it.
1050
00:57:42,000 --> 00:57:45,000
I don't care where I come. I'm a finalist.
1051
00:57:45,000 --> 00:57:49,000
I've made it to the last three. I am going to enjoy it.
1052
00:57:49,000 --> 00:57:51,000
Even the alteration challenge.
1053
00:57:51,000 --> 00:57:54,000
I cannot wait to tell my family about this.
1054
00:57:54,000 --> 00:57:56,000
They are going to scream.
1055
00:57:56,000 --> 00:57:57,000
TELEPHONE RINGS
1056
00:57:59,000 --> 00:58:00,000
Hello? Hello.
1057
00:58:00,000 --> 00:58:02,000
I'm in the final.
1058
00:58:03,000 --> 00:58:05,000
Hello?
1059
00:58:06,000 --> 00:58:08,000
Oh, Mum!
1060
00:58:11,000 --> 00:58:13,000
SOBBING ON PHONE
1061
00:58:13,000 --> 00:58:14,000
Oh, Mum, don't cry.
1062
00:58:16,000 --> 00:58:19,000
"I'm so proud of you." Thank you.
1063
00:58:19,000 --> 00:58:21,000
Next time...
1064
00:58:21,000 --> 00:58:23,000
Now it all comes down to this.
1065
00:58:23,000 --> 00:58:26,000
Final press. Final garment.
1066
00:58:26,000 --> 00:58:27,000
The judges deliberated...
1067
00:58:27,000 --> 00:58:31,000
She's panicking a bit, isn't she? Slightly, yeah. It's a shame.
1068
00:58:31,000 --> 00:58:33,000
..and they have decided...
1069
00:58:33,000 --> 00:58:35,000
Damn, damn, damn...
1070
00:58:35,000 --> 00:58:38,000
..that the winner of the great British Sewing Bee...
1071
00:58:38,000 --> 00:58:40,000
Just one more. Just one more.
1072
00:58:40,000 --> 00:58:42,000
..is...
1073
00:58:42,000 --> 00:58:44,000
This is not good.
1074
00:59:18,000 --> 00:59:21,000
Rolls-Royce Corniche - one of the best of the very best.
1075
00:59:21,000 --> 00:59:24,000
It may only be half as powerful, a tenth as reliable.
1076
00:59:24,000 --> 00:59:26,000
None of that matters.
1077
00:59:26,000 --> 00:59:27,000
Chris Evans cracks me up.
1078
00:59:27,000 --> 00:59:29,000
He's going to be going on and on about
85616
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