The Great British Sewing Bee 5x1 - Episode 1

The Sewing Bee is back with brand new host Joe Lycett for eightweeks of brainteasing patterns, spectacular transformationsand stunning made-to-measure outfits. Savile Row's PatrickGrant and Central St Martin's Esme Young scrutinise everystitch as ten of the country's best home sewers take up aneedle and thread and tackle everything from jumpsuits toswimsuits to evening gowns.They are eased in gently with cottonfabric, but that doesn't mean it's going to be easy. For theirfirst pattern challenge the judges have chosen a Dior-inspired‘wiggle dress' designed to hug the female form. It requiresprecision and accurate darts, and any diversion from theinstructions could result in an ill-fitting garment.Next theirdesign skills and sewing instincts are tested in theTransformation Challenge, when the sewers are tasked withtransforming three second-hand items of denim clothing into asingle, stylish new garment in just 90 minutes.For their finalchallenge, the mannequins are gone and replaced with real livemodels who the sewers must flawlessly fit with amade-to-measure jumpsuit. Who will achieve the perfect bodyrise, avoiding the dreaded camel toe? Who will create clothesworthy of Garment of the Week? And who will drop a stitch atthis early stage, becoming the first to leave the GreatBritish Sewing Bee?