The Stitch Up

It’s the FINAL! Who will win the coveted Sewing Bee trophy? In the final episode of Series 10, we see the three finalists having to sew up a pair of opera gloves, take on leftover party supplies to create a dazzling outfit and show their unique flair in a made-to-measure draping challenge 🕺💃  Our duo are joined by Mitch Bridgewater from Series 8 of The Great British Sewing Bee. We discuss his ti...

It is fashion icons week in the sewing room and that means one thing, the semi finals! The semi finalists need to construct a Balenciaga inspired dress, transform ties into a dress (thanks to Jean Paul Gaultier), and make a Coco Chanel inspired made-to-measure 👔 Our duo are joined by Tony W from Series 9 of The Great British Sewing Bee, talking about his time on the Bee, his gardening, and some h...

It’s the quarter-finals and Diva week puts each sewer to the test with a Tina Turner-inspired fringe dress, an animalistic transformation, and a stage-stopping made-to-measure! 🐆 Vicki from Series 9 of The Great British Sewing Bee joins our duo to discuss her time on the Bee, talk about her highlights from this series, and to tell everyone what she’s up to now! You can follow Vicki on Instagram @...

We’ll make this brief! Arguably one of the hardest weeks, lingerie week sees the contestants creating a fancy pyjama top, transforming shapewear and fashioning up a bustier dress. In this episode, James quizzes Jo on stats from the series so far 🔍and Jo discusses a bustier dress that has been on her ‘to make’ list for too long 👗 Join James and Jo for lighthearted sewing discussion, a whole host...

It’s Kid’s week in the sewing room which means lots of fun and tiny seams! The contestants are challenged to make a sequined bomber jacket, transform beach towels into animal fancy dress, and create a garment inspired by a childhood photo 👶 Tony R, finalist of Season 9 of The Great British Sewing Bee, joins Jo and James to discuss his highlights from the current season, his time on the show, and...

This week The Stitch Up is jetting off to India! The contestants are challenged with making Nehru jackets, getting creative with Madras cotton and calico, and constructing sari-inspired evening wear in the made-to-measure challenge🥻  Esme and Patrick are joined by a special guest, as are Jo and James! Priya Khanchandani stars in the sewing room while Asmaa, winner of Season 9 of The Great British...

This week we’re going green as it’s reduce, reuse, recycle week in the sewing room, a phrase which James and Jo evidently find hard to say. Our talented sewers are tasked with creating quirky scrappy bags, stunning monochromatic pieces, and transforming wedding gowns into dazzling party wear! 💃  Our duo are joined by special guest, Matthew from Season 9 of The Great British Sewing Bee, to discuss...

This week in the sewing room is all about travel and holidays, which is the polar opposite of what Jo is feeling now… given her imminent accounting exam! Our sewers are tasked with tablecloth blouses, roped into a rucksack transformation, and transported to the French riviera for a made to measure.  Our duo dive into the final 4 profiles of this year’s 12 contestants, and debate all important ques...

It’s Sports Day in the sewing room and the contestants are tasked with making a half zip fleece, an avant garde creation from cricket whites, and a sporty garment fit for an Olympian in the made-to-measure 🏅🏏 Listen to find out James’ word of the week as well as how you can sew up your own fabulous Lycra creations using patterns that were spotted on the show 🕵️ Finally, Jo sneakily quizzes James...

Welcome back to a brand new series of The Stitch Up, where James and Jo discuss the first episode of The Great British Sewing Bee Series 10 🎉 For the first task of the new series, the contestants were asked to create a denim A-line midi skirt with visible topstitching in a contrasting thread. This meant that every seam was visible and nothing could escape Esme’s scrutiny! 🧐  The transformation c...

It’s Christmas! Join James, Jo, and special guest Tony R (season 9 finalist) to discuss this year’s Great British Sewing Bee Celebrity Christmas Special. The four contestants must create a Christmas stocking, transform adult puffer jackets into children’s food-themed fancy dress, and then create an outfit for their dream Christmas Day. Who will wrap up their year with the coveted Christmas Sewing...

It’s the final episode of The Great British Sewing Bee Season 9 and a winner must be crowned! The final three contestants first have to make a demanding Victoriana-style evening dress pattern, turn regular garments into an exuberant men’s red-carpet outfit, and engineer a dress that transforms into a second dress whilst walking down the runway! Join James and Jo as they talk statistics on the chal...

It’s utilitarian clothing week in the ninth episode of The Great British Sewing Bee Season 9, and also the semi final!  The contestants are tasked with making a classic double-breasted trench coat, transforming items out of the cleaning cupboard into wearable garments, and creating a fashionable boiler suit. Join James and Jo as they talk tabards, mix up drill and twill, and argue over whether Asm...

Join James and Jo as they discuss the eighth episode of The Great British Sewing Bee Season 9. This week the contestants have to make Audrey Hepburn’s iconic Breakfast at Tiffany’s dress, turn shower curtains into high fashion garments, and create a mens smoking jacket. Join us to learn what a shawl collar is, discuss who Hugh Hefner is, and try to interpret James’ autocorrected notes. The final i...

This week James and Jo discuss the seventh episode of The Great British Sewing Bee Season 9 where the contestants are transported back in time to the 90s. Watch them grapple with cargo pants, transform household textiles into iconic fancy dress, and channel 90s supermodel fashion to make a glamorous dress fit for the catwalk. Charlie the dog makes a brief cameo in this episode that discusses fluff...

Join James and special guest Greer for Kids’ Week in the sewing room, where the contestants have to create a dinosaur towelling robe, upcycle denim jackets using hand-me-downs, and create a show-stopping special occasion garment! James and Greer tackle the big questions such as “what is bias binding?” in Jo’s absence and attempt to navigate through their sewing knowledge together, with lots of lau...

In the fifth episode of The Great British Sewing Bee Season 9, the contestants are tasked with creating a modernist skirt, turning art students’ canvases into catwalk-worthy transformations, and constructing a surrealist-inspired outfit. Jo and James discuss the garments that wowed them the most, James learns about appliqué, and we sadly say goodbye to another contestant.

It’s the fourth episode of The Sewing Bee season 9 and it’s Jo’s favourite week: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle! Did you know that in the UK we throw away 1 million tonnes of clothing every year? Now more than ever it’s critical to be reducing our consumption of fast fashion and making our clothing go further. This week the contestants have to make a zero-waste trouser pattern, give discarded tote bags a...

This week James and Jo discuss the third episode of The Sewing Bee season 9 where the contestants are tasked with creating garments that celebrate West African fashion and fabrics. Nigerian fashion designer Banke Kaku, joins Esme and Patrick as a guest judge to assess the quality and creativeness of each garment. To start off, a Ghanaian batakari must be made from handwoven strips of deboya fabric...

Join James and Jo for the second episode of The Stitch Up where the contestants were tasked with creating items based around vacationing! Firstly they had to make a roll top rucksack with complex straps and metal hardware. Secondly, a windbreak must be turned into creative emergency rainwear. Thirdly, the contestants were tasked with made-to-measure swimwear.  Join us as we discuss who think made...

In this debut episode of The Stitch Up, James and Jo dive straight into the first episode of The Great British Sewing Bee Season 9. They dissect the challenges and marvel at the remarkable talent of the new batch of contestants as they face their first sewing hurdles.  From the nerve-wracking pattern challenge to the intricate transformation of a garment, the hosts unravel the stitches, unravel th...