The Great British Sewing Bee
Season 9 Episode 3 of 10
The 10 remaining sewers make and celebrate garments from West Africa. Sara Pascoe and judges Patrick Grant and Esme Young are joined by guest judge, Nigerian fashion designer, Banke Kuku. The pattern challenge takes inspiration from a Ghanaian Batakari or Fugu tunic which involves sewing strips of handwoven deboya fabric. In the transformation challenge, the sewers have 90 minutes to make hand-dyed adire fabric into dresses by draping the fabric on the stand. In the made to measure challenge, the contestants make dramatic, flowing wide-sleeved robes worn by people across West Africa
The Great British Sewing Bee airs on RTE One +1 at 12:25 PM, Saturday 21 June. (Subtitles.)
Topics
Leisure hobbies
Handicraft
Show ➝ Game Show
Challenge ➝ Reality Show
Sara Pascoe
Presenter
Patrick Grant
Judge
Esme Young
Judge