Ann Rowley of The Great British Sewing Bee

Steampunk seems to go on and on - I liked that guy too. I loved it when he said he'd never sewn a zip before, because all his clothing was inspired by earlier eras!

 

and welcome!

 

I watched this too (I get BBC, ITV and all that here ). I watched the first episode before I left on my trip and recorded the rest. In the end, I had to watch all three episodes in a row! I thought from the beginning that Ann would win. No question... She's great! I however thought too that the time frames were a bit too tight. I was just fascinated, I could never do these things with that little time.

Karin

 

I thought the costume guy was great too! And the men's trousers - yes... I've made more than one pair of shorts with a zip fly for myself, but I admit I wouldn't know which side opening was right if you asked me! I always need instructions for that, but if you have them and follow them correctly, it's actually not that complicated, and they've all come out nicely. I would just never have been able to do it in that little time.
Good point about overlocking - I would never leave a raw seam edge anywhere! First lesson I learned. And probably another reason why I would take more time!

Nicole - same thing on my mother's side of the family. They rarely had time for such things anyway. Mending things is probably what was mostly done. But my mom, her brother, their cousin (and her daughters) - they all sew and are extremely creative, and my cousin and I do our things too. Though my cousin doesn't sew a lot, she's generally very "crafty"... and her brother who for a long time was the computer geek cliché come true is showing some very un-computer-geek-like tendencies when it comes to style and food no less! Who knows where this came from, but there's certainly something running in the family...

Karin

 

Oooh, ooooh! There's a new series, just started.

Let's hope it's not a one horse race this time.

 

Ooops - how could I have missed that? Thanks for the info - have to check and program my recorder right now!

 

Episode 1 was last night! I watched it on iPlayer today.

 

I really enjoyed it! I felt sad for that guy, and he seemed interesting. They certainly go for variety of characters.

That sign language bit was so sweet. Your other half is funny, and presumably spot on. Woof!

 

VintageVendeuse, thanks for the hint! I live in Europe and I get all the BBC etc. british channels here, in fact I pay extra on my digital TV to get the whole package, but when I miss something and they don't do a repeat, there's nothing I can do... now I can catch up on this and last week's Mr. Selfridge, which my recorder inexplicably didn't record...