The Great British Sewing Bee: Episode 3
May 7, 2020 2:34 AM - Season 6, Episode 3 - Subscribe
Joe Lycett welcomes the ten remaining home sewers back to the nation’s most famous sewing room for children’s week.
Yes poor Therese! Glad she brought it back in the next two challenges.
posted by ellieBOA at 7:46 AM on May 8, 2020
posted by ellieBOA at 7:46 AM on May 8, 2020
This was a really enjoyable episode, and I couldn't stop laughing at Esme's failure to recognise pizza and sushi.
The smocking challenge was great and I was also interested to hear the history of smocking and the appropriation of it by the upper classes. These days children don't wear smocked dresses because they're so expensive - all the work that goes into the ruching and embroidery is very costly. So it's true that it's probably only upper-middle-class or upper-class children who would wear them.
posted by essexjan at 3:14 AM on May 10, 2020 [2 favorites]
The smocking challenge was great and I was also interested to hear the history of smocking and the appropriation of it by the upper classes. These days children don't wear smocked dresses because they're so expensive - all the work that goes into the ruching and embroidery is very costly. So it's true that it's probably only upper-middle-class or upper-class children who would wear them.
posted by essexjan at 3:14 AM on May 10, 2020 [2 favorites]
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I felt bad for the sewer who came in last in the first section - I think she was overconfidently working in home-sewing mode, where you can really take the time to make sure everything is perfect, and forgot that under the clock that isn't really an option.
I liked how much everyone seemed to enjoy the transformation challenge, and Esme's food blindness was hilarious.
Some of the musical selections are also hilarious, or any of a number of other words.
posted by trig at 6:01 AM on May 8, 2020