Unpicked | Ep6 Kids Week - our reaction of The Great British Sewing Bee 2023
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- Опубліковано 7 сер 2024
- The Great British Sewing Bee Series 9 - 2023 Unpicked Episode 6
Episode 6: Kids Week
A great pattern challenge! Who loved it? Well...apart from all those belt loops and belts to turn in 4 hours as well as all the other parts - but it was something many of us would want to make at home? What are you thoughts?
Content Timings:
0:00 | Welcome
0:10 | Viewers Comments on Week 4
5:39 | Who is left?
7:30 | The Pattern Challenge
16:53 | The Transformation Challenge
32:15 | Made to Measure
47:54| Garment of the Week
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Important: Here at The Woolpatch we are huge fans of Sewing Bee and in total admiration of the programme and the sewers and all the wonderful things they create. We know we are not experts, but we love talking about the show and expressing our views each week. Welcome to our free flowing amateur analysis of the latest series of sewing bee. Our opinions are our own, no offence is intended and in no way detract from our love and admiration of the show and the sewers who appear. We'd love to hear what you thought and if you agree or disagree! Let us know in the comments.
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To put you out of your misery the sweater worn by Vicki was the Love Note by Tincanknits on Ravelry. It's been knitted by just about everyone (not me) and I recognised it immediately.
Love the weekly unpicked episodes They really add something extra to watching the Sewing Bee.
Wonderful! I knew the youtube audience would help me out! I thought I was a big fan of Tin Can knits too....clearly not! Yes, so it's me and you who haven't knitted the lovenote but everyone else has hahah. It's a bit like the Ranunculus...have you done that? Stuart (thank you for your kind words too)
Tony’s dress was stunning, fantastic. Well done ❤
Ting! Any child wearing Tony’s dress would have looked great. I’m expecting to see these in the shops any minute now.
I agree with you re the timings and judging. I wish they would give clear and detailed instructions. Loved Tony's made to measure and it was cute too!
One thing I really liked about the show this week is that the sewers seemed to actually enjoy making the robes for the children. Lots of smiles and laughter. The binding obviously gave some a bit of grief, but all in all I thought the sewers enjoyed the challenge. As for the made to measure, I'm amazed anyone could get a child's outfit made in 3 hours with any kind of perfection.
Absolutely! There was something lovely about that first round. It stood out for sure.
How exciting you read out my comment ❤
So glad that sewing bee returned to normal sewing this week. I was pleased that Tony got garment of the week as it was stunning but I also thought his transformation should have come first as it was also very good. Only two slippers this week too so must have been ok! Keep up the good work on the review, always entertaining.
Brilliant, as per usual, making us smile. It was right for Fauve to go this week, I thought. My favourites for the final are Mia and Lizzie and Asmaa at the moment, but I’d like to see someone rising up that isn’t shining yet! I always like an under dog! 😃😘
My brother-in-law is a tough brickie and he really loves watching Sewing Bee. He appreciates the sewers given the tasks given. Does not craft or sew🙂🙂
Lovely to hear, it's all about the hand skills I recon then He can appreciate and respect what they do with their hands like he does as a brickie. The art of construction and 'building' something.
I enjoyed the episode, although there have certainly been better children's weeks in the past, with clever costumes, etc. I did a double-take, however, when I saw the fabric that Lauren was using. I made a dress out of the exact same fabric during lockdown and - shock! I was actually wearing the dress while watching the show! 😲 Not the same dress style, of course! I promise you I am more than 5 years old 😂
Wow what are the odd of that happening!! haha that made me giggle as well.
Great show as usual. Was quite surprised by the neoprene choice, but i think he handled it masterfully!
Stuart, calling Ting's fashion label 'Ting' is just to down-market...it needs to be more dramatic, perhaps the 'House of Ting', featuring a designer collection of... (throwable) slippers! 😉
King Ting's Flingable Things?
Hahah brilliant - this is perfect! of course it's house of Ting. Why didn't I think of that.
@michaelahibert7097 OMG YES!! THIS!! Rolls off the tongue
Vicki’s dress was beautiful, the little model was the happiest person in the room, all day long😊
Another great episode. I made a dressing gown for my oldest son a good many years ago in loopy towelling and have never used it again 😉. I loved tony's dress it was beautiful and agree it was garment of the week. I would wear a red brooch but for the girl's dress agree with ting 're red belt and/or maybe binding round neck or armholes. My slipper count was 4 😉
Yay that's one the battle of the brooch. haha.so the loopy toweling put you off for life then! haha Ooo 4 slippers! That been your most yet?
I read somewhere the three hours for made to measure (maybe one of the sewers comments when they shared) was because of the constraints of using child models
Ohhhh now that makes sense, similar to when I did am dram and kids were in the show.
Loved Tony's, Mia's, and Vicki's made-to-measures...
I think Lizzie was very lucky, if Fauve's jumpsuit had fitted better it would have been a tough decision. Welt pockets were in the pattern challenge of one of the finals, not sure why anyone would choose to put them in when you have only 3 hours...
I loved Lauren's transformation, I think she has been underscored this week and in previous weeks because her aesthetic preferences don't match the judges'. #TeamNotEverythingNeedsABigBow.
I think I missed part of the description of paper piecing because I was searching online for an adult sized pattern for the dragon dressing gown....
Can't imagine what the 90s week will be like, all I remember are slip dresses and floofy jumpers....
I think that knitwear pattern is The Love Note by Tin Can Knits . Its a very popular sweater with knitters. I am a knitter :)
OMG I love Tin Can Knits! How have I missed this pattern! Thank you - I'm off to look at it and get it knit for the shop!! Thank you so much. Stuart.
Another great show, both the GBSB and Unpicked. The dragon dressing gowns were super and everyone did well but I was surprised at how many of the Bees had not used bias binding before.
The transformation challenge this week was a bit meh! I can imagine getting a denim jacket from a second-hand shop and personalizing it but few of the resulting jackets were something I can imagine any child wanting to wear, the exceptions being Tony’s dinosaur jacket and Lizzie’s scatter jacket. Thank you for reminding me about Lauren’s jacket, yes I thought she was judged harshly.
I cannot understand why they were given less time for the m2m. Little girl’s dresses may be smaller but they take every bit as long to make. Asmaa’s rolled hems were a joy to behold. Mia’s dress was delightful and probably the best-fitting dress, I would have put the sash bow all the way around but otherwise, I thought it was perfection! Tony’s dress was adorable and my garment of the week. I agreed with Ting about Vicky’s dress but I don’t agree that Lizzie should have gone home. Yes, her m2m was a disaster but I don’t think that you can totally discount that she won both the pattern challenge and the transformation round. It would be nice to know the weighting of each round - does the m2m outweigh both of the other two rounds put together?
We've discussed the weighting many times over the years. no one knows. The M2M definitely has more weight as the 'big finisher' and has in the past helped many a sewer out if they were bottom in 1 and 2.
Loved the red brooch idea ❤
Another one for the battle of the brooch! There's 3 of us now for the red brooch haha.
Thank you both so much for another visit.
I would have preferred the transformation challenge to have used torn or damaged demin jackets... how to repair and upcycle them, or like Ting said, to convert an adult jacket to kidswear. I like the idea of upcycling or making them more personalized and unique. I would have liked Mia's if she had removed the back panel of the jacket and changed the fit. Lauren's foundation piecing was a neat idea, but SO much work for 75 minutes. Of course, they told the audience they didn't just want to see something appliqued to the back, so hers was going to be marked down.
It's traditional for the Sewing Bee to do a kids week challenge and i thought it hit the right variety and cuteness. I loved that one little girl danced for joy in her dress and Tony's dress looked angelic with the white colour and his model with flaxen hair.
It did indeed, a success all round this year.
There's something else about the previews of future episodes. Look away from this comment now, if you want to ignore spoilers!
Have you looked away yet?
OK, here we go.
In the "over the next ten weeks" segment before the opening credits of episode 1, we got glimpses of MTM garments from various future episodes. There are 2 left that are still in the future, and they're both worn by Asmaa's model. There's the olive-green dress that we've just seen again in the 90s week preview, and there's some sort of short-sleeved boiler suit with metal fastenings. It's not an absolute guarantee that Asmaa's safe next week, because the producers do sometimes reassign an eliminated sewer's model, but it's a strong clue.
LOVE this comment Tom - thank you. Like listening to the radio 'turn off now if you don't want to hear the football results' haha. What analysis. Love it. Very very clever. I've just gone back to ep 1 to look and yes!!!
I've sewn all my life and Carol's tip to put a second row of stitching down to hold the fabric seam together before adding the binding was spot on. I do it with clothing and with the binding on quilts. Wish Tony had known that little tip. I really liked his robe.
Love this! Not sure of Time difference @lilly-ann but if you're about at 8pm BST to join Carol and I live, would love to have you with us but understand if not. Stuart
Thanks for another great unpicked! I threw a slipper at the transformation challenge (has there been a week when I haven't?!) basically a customization/decorating challenge with very fuzzy judging criteria..! Lizzy's roller skating jacket was cute though!
In the M2M Fauve was let down by the pattern she used, Simplicity S8850 - I've made it for my daughter and it's a disaster.. with no fastenings, either you go way too big so they can get it on or you go for the right fit and they can't get into it 😂 the dress I made for my daughter only fit her for about 2 weeks..! I don't think Vicki made a good choice either, tulle was not a good idea surely...!
This is a lovely message @kokoknits. Fascinating to read about your experience with Simplicity S8850. I'm now thinking about Fauve during the week practising thinking 'oh no....what am I going to do with this'!! Stuart
Another great show guys 😊. I too was on the edge of my seat wondering if Tony would pull it off, so glad he did. He's been my favourite since the begining but his ups and downs have been a bumpy ride. Thank you for your show loving it 😂
Love your discussions but this week I’m going out on a limb, Tony was criticised for the finishing on his zip and it did look a bit like mine do occasionally!! I was therefore a bit surprised by the garment of the week choice. Having said that there wasn’t really anything else totally outstanding, possibly because of the shorter time frames allowed. See you next week 👋
Mia's was so pretty I thought and nicely sewn, but I did like Tony's as well. The judging is so worthy of slippers
Vicki is wearing the love note. It is a pattern by Tin Can Knits. I have made 7 of them I think.
OMG Fabulous! I knew our UA-cam Audience would help out! Brilliant. Thanks Valorie!
Week 6 - Kid's Week. I know many of you are not fans of this theme but what did you think of the Patter Challenge? A lovely idea.....but what a lot to do in 4 hours....all those Spikes, belt loops and having to turn/bag them out as Fauve said to Patrick when he pointed out her belt points weren't so pointy "Good luck - that took an hour" :D Brilliant Fauve - we will miss you.
Tony “ beanie’s” dress was lovely , great concept and it fitted beautifully . Lizzies made to measure was a disaster and I think the judges should have considered her for elimination - I agree with Ting At this stage a non finished garment is not really a goer ( slipper from me ) . A few of the MTM outfits didn’t seem to fit too well but the models were wearing sweatshirt type tops when trying them on 😮( another slipper - plus my usual one for the transformation challenge ) .I would love to see Tony in the final . Thanks again for all your comments
Looks like slippers just go 'automatically' at the transformation round for many hahah. Yup, I'm the same now, Tony is in my final 4.
I agree with you about the “transformation” challenge, it was more of an embellishment challenge using Betty’s Strictly scraps and a job lot of denim jackets she’d found at a car boot sale!
I thought Tony’s was great. The scuba gave a traditional dress a lovely modern twist and his model clearly loved it 😍 I also really liked Mia’s Christmas dress but, sorry Stuart, not with the red brooch 😂
My 90’s sewing mainly consisted of adapting clothes to wear for work…bump coverage 😂😂 Maybe that should be a transformation challenge…”here’s a tent/table cloth/curtains we’d like you to make a maternity dress/dungarees” 🤰🏻
I must say I’m looking forward to Ting-Couture 😊
I am unable to comment this week as my husband wants a dragon dressing gown and I need to go and lie down in a dark room ……
hahah....you out yet? I want one too haha
@@TheWoolpatch get in the queue!
Another great week guys. I spotted Vicki’s jumper straight away, lovely. For once, I don’t think there is a clear winner this year. It’s anybody’s game. Even Asmaa either gets a challenge amazingly spot on or really not good. Looking forward to the final.
So right, no clear winner, it could go anyway with these last 6! and the knitwear - 'Lovenote' by Tin Can knits.
Lizzie what happened, shocking. Did the two fabrics go together?
I've only sewn terry towelling once and it was a nightmare. Every seam had to be neatened in some way and there were bits everywhere, and I didn't realise until I started cutting out
I think Vicky's jersey is the Ranunculus by Midori Hirose
a few others has commented saying it's love note - by tin can knits. :) Stuart
Asma’s dress was beautiful. Fauve - what happened, that poor little girl was not happy 😢
I do enjoy both your critiques. Why no boys clothes for the last round or would 3 hours been too short to make occasion wear for boys?
aww thank you. It's lovely to talk more about sewing and analyse it. Yes, you are so right and it never occurred to me when we were discussing it about the fact no boys appeared. Perhaps it's to do with the young models so had the be restricted on brief.
Thanks for the entertaining episode, you two! I rather enjoyed the actual show too, given that I'm not interested in children's clothes.
I agree with you on the timing issue. If (and it's a big if) it's quicker to make these garments, then why not have a less frantic episode for a change? The other one of my slippers was dedicated to the MtM challenge. As you say, another girl's dress. Why not boys? Occasion wear for boys can be so boring, why not let the sewers come up with something original for that?
As for the transformation, I kind of get why they set it. You buy a lovely second-hand denim jacket, and your stroppy/fashion-conscious child won't wear it because it's boring. What I didn't get was their criteria for judging.
And lastly, sorry Stuart, I'm with Ting on the brooch thing. But if they ever do a child-grandma-lookalike challenge, you're right on the money ;-)
oh my, boys occasional outfit!! Never occoured to me to discuss this - why no boys! And I'm a boy and never even thought to say why no boys outfits....we get so conditioned don't we. But no brooch? hahaha child-grandma lookalike haha. Looks like I've lost the battle for the brooch!! haha Stuart
Another "I would have been tempted to..." thing from me this week. In the pattern challenge, what was with those round pupils in the dragon eyes? I would have been tempted to go off pattern and make reptilian vertical-slit pupils, with the white felt on top and the pupil shape cut out of it to reveal some black felt.
In the transformation, did some of the jacket pockets get sewn shut by the appliqué?
In the MTM, I thought Asmaa said she was aiming to do the rolled hem on the overlocker. That's done with the stitch finger retracted, and high thread tension to roll the edge, and it's way less time-consuming than using a scroll foot on the sewing machine. So, her hem was still impressive, but not completely jaw-dropping!
Yes, very very good point and in keeping. Kids love monsters/dragons to be exactly that. It never occurred to me, but now you've said it, yes, would be way better than round cartoon eyes.
GOTW, later seen at Buckingham Palace
I'm sorry but Lizzies's jacket shouldn't have won. The sewing on it was horrendous... Looked like I had done it!
Tony Beanie's white dress was outstanding.
Bring on the 90's. xxJane
I must admit I enjoyed this week as it seemed to have gone back to sewing not designing. As someone else has pointed out, the models were wearing t.shirts or similar when the fittings took place therefore some of the contestants may not have allowed for them not wearing any when on the cat walk. I think maybe the models should have had white t.shirts or similar to take up some of the "slack" when modelling. And I am the only one you closes her eyes when I see rotary cutters being used to cut out patterns?
Scissors every time for me.
All the time when the use rotary cutters. As a quilter/patchwork, I only use the with the proper mat and more importantly the ruler....It's like fingers down a chalkboard for me watching them cut with a rotary cutter. I totally understand why, but it still makes me panic haha.
@@TheWoolpatch I have been binge watching the past series and Ricardo, Series 5, was asked at one point why he had so many plasters on his fingers. Later it went to a shot where it showed him cutting and all you heard was me shouting "I'm surprised you got any fingers left!" He was cutting towards himself milli-meters from his fingers and the fabric was slipping at well. When I use a rotary cutter which is only for quilting, I always manually open it and never lock it open. I did once and caught my finger when I left it on the cutting mat, it was painful and bloody. When the cutters are not in use I always lock them closed, mainly in case I drop them.
Not my fave week but loved Tony's dress - elegant. I am still throwing a slipper 🥿 at end of episode when they show too much of next week's makes. Great feedback from you guys as usual.. sorry Stuart but red brooch idea not one of your best 😂
Aww what no red brooch? hahah. Great having you watching and joining in. Stuart
Just seen somone got there before me. Oops.
Sorry to be a pain but the title is wrong it is not Kid's Week - it should read Kids Week. It is a plural and not possession.
Not a pain at all! Thank you for letting me know. I can change the title....sadly, I can't change the actual show credits....that's up there forever looking embarrassing haha. I even double checked the BBC, and clearly still put it in the wrong place as they had it as Kids' Week. That's why I'm not teaching anymore haha. Stuart
Mia's Christmas dress was my garment of the week, but I'm happy for Tony as well. His denim dino jacket was my favourite.
And I don't understand why you didn't like the transformation challenge. You always say that it's impractical. But when they have to do something the people actually do (thrift sth and then customize it) you don't like it either ??!
Yay! Another one for Mia and her Christmas Dress! Wasn't it a 'cracker' (pun intended) haha
As for the transformation challenge - eek, that is true - it does come across like that.
It’s one thing to practice the sewing of a made to measure, but if you don’t have an appropriately sized person to fit it to, you won’t pick up the fact that it is a poorly fitting pattern.
Lauren was poorly judged for the transformation. Make your mind up judges or use telepathy on the contestants
Yeah, we talked more about this one with Carol and she said the same