Great British Sewing Bee

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Captainmouse said:
Surprise surprise Mathews doing a harness 🙄🥱
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It's a fetish at this point.
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Lostcat said:
Loving the Ghanaian Batakari challenge with the mysteriously roaming pockets, and laughing at the indigo blue dyes rubbing off on their hands and they all looked like they were suffering from extreme hypothermia.

Also, I need a boubou for the summer, it looks lovely and cool, and very forgiving around the thigh and bum region
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I thought my eyes had gone funny re. the hands! Then remembered the indigo.

Well I need to rewatch the final catwalks. I felt cold so put a blanket on myself then promptly fell asleep 😴
 
I actually thought that the postie should have gone. His transformation wasn’t to the brief (no drape) and his booboo wasn’t a booboo (too fitted).

The girl who left, the critique on her final make appeared to be more complimentary considering her fabric choice, more being marked down because of her choice of embellishments.

I also wasn’t a fan on the drawstring on Lizzie’s final dress. I would have preferred it without the tie I think.
 
Jelly Bean said:
I would love a boo boo (if that is how it is spelled 🤷‍♀️) for the upcoming hot weather.
I admired Lizzie's rather than liked it. I didn't really like the cream drawstring, it looked too much like that backing tape stuff. I did love her winning transformation challenge garment though, the asymmetrical draped dress.
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Yes that cream drawstring was quite strange and spoiled the look of the front of the dress and I thought the drape challenge was a waste of lots of nice material.
Very pleased to see that Esme was wearing the same necklace that I bought off Etsy a few weeks ago, now I know I made a good choice. :)
 
Cannoteven said:
Also, Patrick - I so would given half a chance. Just saying.
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Well, there's a line and I'm at the front 😉
[/QUOTE]I recently rewatched all the old series of Sewing Bee, and I really liked when he wore his suits and had the tash. He’s still charming now but he’s definitely leaned into a more casual style recently.

This week, I think the right person went, she wasn’t keeping up with the others.
OF COURSE Mathew incorporated another harness feature in a dress where it really wasn’t suitable :rolleyes:

Mia’s dress and the fabric was gorgeous. And Lizzie did an amazing job with that delicate fabric for her boubou.
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iLoveMeSomeCanoles said:
It's a fetish at this point.
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Yes, it’s too much now, every garment.
 
Off topic although she was a GBSB contestant, but any sewers on here seen the backlash Tilly and the Buttons is getting over the fit on the plus size model on the cover of her latest pattern, ‘Esti’?

I saw the pattern when it dropped on Wednesday and did think jeez yet another unflattering fabric on the plus size and doesn’t look great on her then didn’t think anything more of it but just seen Tilly has had to issue an apology! Some scathing comments on the posts with the pattern pics saying it makes it look like they don’t care about their plus size customers.

My personal fave though included the sentence ‘what would Patrick and Esme think?’ 🤣
 
uokhun92 said:
Off topic although she was a GBSB contestant, but any sewers on here seen the backlash Tilly and the Buttons is getting over the fit on the plus size model on the cover of her latest pattern, ‘Esti’?

I saw the pattern when it dropped on Wednesday and did think jeez yet another unflattering fabric on the plus size and doesn’t look great on her then didn’t think anything more of it but just seen Tilly has had to issue an apology! Some scathing comments on the posts with the pattern pics saying it makes it look like they don’t care about their plus size customers.

My personal fave though included the sentence ‘what would Patrick and Esme think?’ 🤣
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Honestly, and i may cop some hate here, but i think people having a go at Tilly are unreasonable. She regularly includes plus sized models, older ladies, women of various ethnicities, disabled/differently abled women, she ticks all the right boxes so to speak. I saw the promo picture of the larger lady and did think hmmm the fit of the trousers isn’t very flattering, BUT, let’s be real here, there comes a point where unless you wear a bedsheet as a tent, some garments like culottes or elasticated trousers etc aren’t going to look as flattering on a model if they have more of a tummy in that area if you know what I mean. Even ready to wear culottes etc in shops would have the same issue. I think Tilly has tried to be as inclusive as possible, and almost all of her patterns are now in the larger size range. It’s great that there are plus sized sewists in the community. BUT, there comes a point where for certain sizes clothes just aren’t going to look as flattering compared to a model where the fabric can flow /compliment their shape as easily. I think some people are being far too sensitive and demanding of Tilly here. She’s literally ticked every box she can. Just my opinion. I’m not fatphobic but I am realistic and honest. Some of the plus plus sized sewers show their makes and great, they choose lovely fabric and are lovely people, but, i do think to myself, hmmm, those Saguaro pant trousers or culottes or whatever cannot disguise tummies/ thighs once you reach a certain proportion. It might be painful but it’s true. Everyone should be able to make clothes that make you feel good, but if you’re going to try and make trousers, for example, they might not look good if parts of your body are more pronounced, shall I say. I do generally enjoy following a lot of sewists but some of them are becoming quite entitled and moany when people like Tilly are trying to do an honest job and include as many people as she can.

I do think in general the sewing world caters for plus sized more than they did before (I mean, back in the day, if you had a waist over size 30 inches you can forget it!) but there’s only so far people can hold your hand these days. Sewists need to learn how to pattern draft/do adjustments to pattern pieces to accommodate for the more volumptuous tummy or bust etc.

Regarding Tilly reshooting a sample for her new pattern, unless she chooses a dark fabric that will hide the tummy area on camera, I’m not sure what she can change? The trousers look to be cropped palazzo style so in terms of fabric etc they seem quite forgiving already :oops: I’ve only been sewing 3 years but I think maybe their other option is to make the next size up and let the excess fabric skim over the area a bit more, and perhaps elongate the top by a few inches. I don’t know. I do think perhaps the photo/fitting was rushed but I do think you can only take things so far, there’s always going to be someone with disatisfaction with their body and then lashing out at independent pattern makers.
 
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