Great British Sewing Bee 2024 - Taking on the challenge - Week 5

[@vampirebl4des]

i love this transformation !!

[@oopsiedaisy94]

This is so cute ❤ amazing job on this!

[@smule77]

Cool idea to do the transformation challenge while recaping the episode 👍 No idea how KZbin knows that I've been watching Sewing Bee for years, but here I am because the algorithm thought I might like your content. I do! I've started sewing a few years ago and while my garments look good when finished, it always takes me many hours to complete a project. I know, it's the result that counts when you do sew as a hobby. But I wonder how they do it on the show, there's always so little time. What do you as a professional say about that? Could you do these task in this time with relative ease or would you feel challenged? Keep up the good work - looking forward to your next one 😊

[@sewmamabear3485]

You get quicker at things the more you do them, so for me a welt pocket for example wouldn't take me as long because I get the concept so there isn't as much hesitation or scouring of instructions... I also sew on the machine at the top speed which is a confidence thing... something you build the more you sew. But their time limits are seriously tight, they do it for effect though it's the same on bake-off. The thing is, one of the real joys in life is being able to take your time and enjoy the process and the journey. As soon as you have to rush it stops being relaxing and mindful and I'm not sure I'd enjoy that element of it. Focus on how good your garments look when you're finished and with time you'll realise things don't take as long anymore but relish the time, I love having no rushed deadline on my projects.

[@sewmamabear3485]

I have also been doing the tasks in the time limit they were given or comparing the time I've taken to their limit afterwards and generally I finish early but I'm not being interviewed whilst I sew and I'm more relaxed and a lot more experienced than them all so that doesn't surprise me.

[@smule77]

​@@sewmamabear3485 Thank you for taking the time to answer me :) You are right, making sewing a competition (against time) takes the joy out of it... I don't mind being so slow, in the end it's the result that counts - I'd rather have a very nice looking garment that took many hours to complete than something that is finished quicker but looks so bad that I wouldn't want to wear it. It's pointless to invest fabric and time (even a rushed project isn't gonna be finished in ten minutes) in something you'll want to throw straight to the bin... I'm currently working on something that should be a top with a zipper in the back. I messed it up because I chose the wrong pattern size (too big) and when I adjusted it to become smaller, I overdid that and now i can barely fit into it. Instead of giving up, I decided to get rid of the zipper, turn it front to back and make a sort of tailored light summer jacket with short sleeves out of it that will be loosely closed with two straps that can just be tied together. Of course I had to do something with the neckline - had to add a piece of fabric in the back, but it's gonna be almost invisible. I was a bit frustrated when I realized that I had failed making the garment I wanted, but having this new idea and working on that really filled me with joy.