09x06 - Children's Week

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Barack Obama, Napoleon,
Mother Teresa.

What do they all have in common?

That's right,
they all used to be children.

Children who wore clothes.

Welcome to Kids Week
at The Great British Sewing Bee.

Last time...

It's a top made out of a painting.

...the sewers turned art into fashion.

IN FRENCH ACCENT:
I'm just an artiste, you know.

While Fauve triumphed... Yes!

Fantastic referencing of that
surrealist movement. Well done.

...Vicki struggled. Ah, the stress.

But it was Tony W...
It's puckering.

...who became the fifth person
to leave the sewing room.

It has felt like a completely
surreal experience.

This time...

Aww! ..it's Kids Week.

A good little team. Whoa.

There's a fire-breathing
pattern challenge...

Just dislocated the child's arm.

...denim gets a zhuzh
in the transformation...

A risky choice is being made.
Oh, yikes.

...and they make pint-sized
party outfits made-to-measure.

Yay!

Do you like it? Yeah.
You look amazing.

I'm really excited
that it's children's week.

I've got two children of my own
and I sew for them quite often.

I've got kids, I've got three kids.
Two teenagers and one grown-up girl.

Ooh, little people. But I haven't
made anything for them, really.

Kids are not my thing.

They're just so small, aren't they?

I feel like I fit right into this
week, seeing as all the other

sewers make fun of me
for being a baby,

so I think children's week
should be my week.

Good morning, everybody.

Please get your exercise books
and your pencil cases ready

because it's Kids Week.

Over to headmistress Esme for the
pattern challenge.

Right. Pass them around.

Thank you. Wow. Ah. What we've got
is a dragon dressing gown.

It's got a hood, a belt, belt loops,

nine spikes down the back,
a load of old teeth and two eyes.

On the cutting table you'll find
a selection of cotton towelling

which is comfy and absorbent
for after bath time.

Feel free to choose any combination

of colours that you like for the
spines and the main body.

For this challenge you have
four Game Of Thrones episodes.

That's four hours.

And your time starts now!

Woo! Ooh, love it.
Lovely. Shall we... Ooh, hello.

Ooh, yes, that is thick. Ooh, gosh.
That's softer.

This seems like more for the spikes,
doesn't it?

I'm doing traditional Welsh colours
for our flag, so I'm doing

a red dragon and green spikes
for the green, green grass of home.

Well, I went for yellow, actually,
cos Sara's skirt's yellow.

I've never made anything like this before.

Every now and again
I will make stuff for my son

and it's mainly pyjamas.

I don't think I can quite produce

cool-y enough clothes for him
to wear out.

I'm going for a friendly
sunshine-y dragon.

I'm actually really
happy about making a dressing gown,

but I had a little flashback
memory of my mum.

She made me and my sister matching
really snuggly blue dressing gowns.

We were probably about four
and five.

I remember when I was two
I had one that had, like, a tiara

attached on the hood and I was
so bougie I put it up like that.

We are a big dressing gown family.

One of the best smells in life is
a freshly bathed little bubba.

So, a dragon dressing gown.

Why have you chosen this
and can you make me one in my size?

We've chosen it cos it's kind of
fun but also it's an interesting

challenge to give them a fabric that
we've never given them before.

So cotton towelling,
quite a stable fabric to work with.

Right, OK. But they have got quite
a few things to do.

They've got nine spines
down the back.

Those have to be sewn and bagged out

and then they have to attach them
into the seam.

We've got the belt loops,

the tie and with a thick fabric

I think that's going to be difficult.

They have to sew an edge facing
all the way round.

That needs to be accurately sewn. Yeah.

We don't want it dragging anything
out of shape.

And they have to bind the inside
from the bottom all the way

round the hood and down to the
front edge.

That's a lot of binding to do. Yeah.

So they've got to sew that on
very neatly.

Well, you've also got the teeth
and the eyes,

so they could be all skewwhiff.

What kind of monster would
you be then? A monstrous monster.

I've never, ever sewn
with this fabric.

I think there's deceptively
loads to do.

Let's see how this goes through.

Oh, yes, that is thick.

Cos there's a lot of pieces on this.

I think this is probably the most
pieces that we've had

so far in a pattern challenge.

The dragon dressing gown
has 37 pieces

and construction starts by creating
the all-important spikes.

These are sandwiched between the

centre seam of the hood
and back sections.

The front pieces are then
joined at the shoulders

and the sleeves are inserted.

The hood is popped onto the neck

and front facings are attached
to the hood and front sections.

These seams are neatened
with binding,

belt loops are inserted
before the side seams are sewn up

from the cuff to the hem.

A belt is bagged out and tied
at the waist and, finally,

monstrous teeth and scary eyes are
added to complete the look.

Morning. Hello. It looks like
you've got most things cut out.

Yes. This is my snuggly main layer,
little pink spines.

If it's going badly you'll find me
wrapped up like a sausage roll.

That's a slightly sausage roll pink,
isn't it? It is a little bit.

And a pastry yellow, so what you're
making is a sausage roll.

Excellent idea. Yes. Yes.

I'm just cutting all the spikes out

and I see that they're different
sizes. Ah.

So the B you need ten, these you
need four and those you need six.

Just a lot of triangles.

So I'm about to start sewing
the spikes up together.

Place spike pieces in pairs,
stitch along the two long sides

and then slip your corners
and turn them through.

So trim the corners.

You've got to really snip
close to the corners

because you want to be able to turn
it through and have a nice spike.

So I've got this little seam marker
that's got a point turner

at the end, so that's going to
point it.

They are cute, though. Like, that
colour with that colour, ah, love!

I'm really enjoying this fabric.
Quite soft.

It's quite comforting in a way.
HE CHUCKLES

The terry towelling we know
and love today was first invented

around 1840, and by the 1930s
these soft, fluffy

and absorbent towels could be found
in luxury hotels all over the world.

With the rise of leisure,

terry cloth moved from the bathroom
to the beach.

Beginning with the aspirational
Riviera culture of the '20s

and '30s, the fashion world quickly
cottoned on and started to

produce everything, from shorts and
shirts to swimwear and playsuits.

This was epitomised
by Sean Connery's baby blue romper

in the 1964 Bond film - Goldfinger.

Italian designer Emilio Pucci
was at the heart of this trend

and started incorporating
terry cloth into his collections

and his garments were the pinnacle
of a post-w*r, glamorous

leisure lifestyle and were primarily
worn by the jet-setting elite.

Today we still see terry cloth
as a staple fabric,

particularly for practical
and cosy children's dressing gowns.

Even chosen for future kings.

I'm just lining up all the spikes
along the back and the hood

and they're really cute, actually.

We have B, A.

Have you sewn towelling before?

So I've made towels into covers for
when we come out of the water

because I do cold water swimming.

Do you ever make kids clothes?

No, I don't have any children or
nieces or nephews.

But you're looking forward to this?
Yeah, it looks fun.

And who's this handsome young devil?
I think it's you.

A little tin... a little tinfoil
Patty over there.

We're even wearing the right coats.
He just keeps an eye on me.

He looks very wise.
Keeps me in check. Yeah.

Right. So now you have to put the
two back seams on top of each other

like this and just sandwich in those spikes.

Right, do the same with the hood.

There we go.

Sandwiching the spikes
in between the backs.

It is quite chunky.

Let's have a little look at this, then.

Sewn on some spikes.

Look how cute that is!

That looks like a dragon.

I love this.

You ever made a dragon before?

Never made a dragon before.
Never made any fancy dress before?

Not really, no. My youngest girls
are 16 and 14 now.

Well, you're never too old for a
dragon dressing gown, I don't think.

No, and I think there's every
possibility I'll try and

scale this up when I go home.

Oh, see what I did there?
Lovely, scale it up.

You're halfway through!

"Lay the coat front pieces right
side down together on the gown back.

"Align the shoulders."

Yeah, because once the shoulders
are together, you start to have

something that looks like a garment
just not just separate pieces.

And then we're onto sleeves.

It's a big dressing gown.

Do you make your kids stuff
sometimes? I do.

I think they would love this.

I'm going to let Ezra have it.
Esme? Ezra.

Oh, I thought...
My little boy's called Ezra.

I thought you were saying,
"Yeah, my kids would love this,

"I'm giving it to Esme."
SARA LAUGHS

Cos she is child size. That would be
nice, though, wouldn't it?.

Technically bribery, though.

I'm now attaching the hood.

Once we've done this I'm then going
to be attaching the face in.

That's going down there which is
then going to go round there.

I've decided to do my hood
facing in the spike colour.

The inside of the hood, I think,
will be a different colour.

Whatever the colour,
to avoid a bumpy bathrobe...

I hope that the facing will

finish off all the edges to make
them look all neat.

...the sewers need to ensure the

facing is attached so it lies
totally flat.

There's so many layers,
I want to make sure it's accurate.

But there is one more extra fiddly
layer to add before they can sew.

This is some bias binding to cover
all of these raw edges.

This makes sure that the seams
don't keep fraying.

And it is a nice finish inside.

It just feels nice and soft
and luxury.

The binding should be sewn along one
side of the raw edge,

folded over and sewn again,
encasing the seam.

OK.

This is a technique I quite like.

It's just so satisfying
cos it's so neat.

I don't know what I'm doing here.
I'm not a fan of bias binding.

I don't use it enough.

Uh, there's always something,
isn't there? Always something.

And Tony's not the only one... Hmm.

...in a bother about the binding.

This is really confusing me now.

I'm going to just do it
how I think looks best

cos I've not got enough time,
I don't think, to worry that

much about it so I'm folding it down
and then topstitching around it.

I'm just going to finish it
how I like.

I've ignored all the instructions
and just been like,

"Do you know what? I'm going to make
the dressing gown of my dreams."

SHE LAUGHS

But however they end up
attaching the binding...

This is all a bit flappy
and I don't like it.

...the dreamy finish will only be achieved...

I'm turning it over like it says,
but it's not going through

cos there's 40,000
flippin' layers.

...if they stay in complete control
as they sew.

Oh, my God, the muscles I'm
building in my arm right now

trying to force this fabric
the way I want it.

Or they risk unsightly bumps
or twists.

Uh! Not great right now.

The facing, I think it's twisted.

This isn't the prettiest thing.

It's a little bit ruffled
and rippled.

This shows my naivety
with bias binding.

This is NOT how they asked for it.

My binding looks a bit flatter,

but I just can't even
think about it any more.

This feels like one big yikes to me,
to be honest.

I don't know what I've done.
I've made a right pig's ear.

That's really nice, I'm happy with
that, but I can't stop

and admire it, I've just got to see
what happens next.

How long have I got left?

You've got one hour left.

Oh, my goodness.

Loads of time, right?

I'm just sewing the belt loop.

The belt loops are made from
thin towelling tubes

which then need to be
turned inside out.

These are going to be
impossible to turn.

It's towelling, isn't it?

You're looking forward to
turning that through. Hate it.

The loops won't turn
through on the loop turner

cos the fabric's just
far too thick.

Has anyone got a tapestry needle?
No, I don't, I'm so sorry.

I'm trying to use the safety pin.

I'm doing it thread... thread and chopstick.

Oh, gosh. Whose idea was this?

Ah, giving birth.

Put the top in like that and then

stab it in and then you can push it
all... Stab what in?

What are you talking about?

Oh, this is ridiculous,
it really is. Come on, mate.

I've tried a loop turner,
I've tried thread.

If it was slippery fabric,
which I'm used to slippery fabric,

I could just go like this
and it would come through!

Yay!

HE EXHALES SHARPLY

Oh, my God. That was horrific.

I'm just making sure that
they're in the same position

and then I'm going to sew
a side seam.

Do you like dragons? Not really
thought about dragons that deeply

to be honest... No? ..but, yeah.

What kind of things do you
think a dragon eats?

Obviously, it has to be spicy,
doesn't it?

Cos he breathes out fire.
So like a curry situation? Yeah.

That's really logical, Mia.
That'd never occurred to me.

Just about to start doing the belt.

I'm going to have to turn it inside
out so that's the whole

bag it out thing again.

This is quite fiddly. It's the
fabric, it's not making it easy.

15 minutes left!

Oh, my God.

Oh, for goodness sakes!

Oh, this is going to be a right
sausage to do, isn't it?

How can I do this quicker?

I'm suddenly worried
about the time now.

No, that looks dodgy.

Can you show that?
It's just a bloody nightmare.

Never heard you swear before, Asmaa. Sorry.

Ooh!

Lizzie's the old potty mouth here.

SHE LAUGHS

Done that, happy days.

Five minutes left, everyone.
ASMAA GASPS

I've got the features to
go on quickly as.

So we have to add some teeth.

This is the part of the garment
that if my kids were to see it,

they would be so excited about,
whereas I would be like,

"Are you sure you want the one
with the teeth, kids?"

How on earth do you find a good
placement for eyes?

I'm trying to go super, super fast.

I feel like I'm in The Hunger Games.

One minute left!
Oh, come on, Lizzie.

I don't understand
how the child works.

Just dislocated the child's arm.

Needles up, sewers, let the battle
of the dragons commence!

♪ Splish splash, I was takin' a bath

♪ Long about a Saturday night...

Seven mini dragon dressing gowns
made in just four hours.

It's like being in the shower
room at Hogwarts.

♪ They was a-splishing
and a-splashing

♪ Reeling with the feeling... ♪

I love the colours
and your spikes look well sewn.

We've got nice square corners
on the belt, the loops are neat

and you have sewn all of that
binding correctly.

There's a little bit of a twist
in it, but it's minor.

And the teeth are very neatly
and evenly sewn.

I think it's pretty good.

I think another good
combination of colours.

The pink leaps off this teal-y blue.

Oh, dear.

Bit of a disaster with this binding.

We've got raw edge
showing on this side.

And also we've got a little tuck.

I mean, you've found at least

two ways of sewing
the binding incorrectly.

If you keep looking there's loads
of different ways there.

It's almost a catalogue of...

I had a real good go
at every way possible, yeah.

But those spikes are pretty
well sewn

and corners are well turned out.

I like the colours
and these spikes look neatly sewn.

The belt loops I think are
pretty well attached.

The eyes. I think they're a bit

close to the front and you've
topstitched

the binding down which is not what
we asked you to do.

You're the only person who's done
a different coloured belt

and I like that.

Spikes, they're pretty pointy
but the binding,

you've sewn it incorrectly.

I did think it was a weird
way of doing it,

but I didn't understand what the
instructions were trying to say.

I like that you thought,
"I can do a different colour here,"

I think that's being imaginative

but I think it takes away
from the dragon-ness.

It makes it look a little bit
maybe like a mole rat

and you haven't sewn your binding correctly.

You've sewn it correctly on one half
and then you've top stitched it

onto the body of the dressing gown.

But spikes are good,

the belt loops are neat and well anchored.

Overall, I'd say
it's pretty well sewn.

I like the colours
and it's very nicely sewn.

The spikes are neat,
corners are well turned out

and you've sewn the binding
incredibly neatly.

Have you done much bias binding
before? A fair bit.

Yeah. I mean, you can tell.

That's really beautifully smooth
all the way round.

If you want to have a...
I'll have a word with Lizzie.

...have a little look.

Yeah, I think
it's really pretty good.

There's a little bit of a twist
in the binding,

but you've put it on the right way
and the eyes are a little uneven.

It's a little... Just c*ck-eyed.
...wonky-eyed Welsh dragon.

Yeah, he's sleeping, he is.

And also this doesn't look
very even.

On this side it's lower
than on that side.

The facing on the right-hand side,
it's just twisting. Yeah.

I think it's a really big shame
cos it really jumps out at you.

And the corner on your belt, I just
had to poke that one out

a bit better. Probably just about
pull it through.

Good luck, that took an hour.

Patrick and Esme will now decide
whose dragon dressing gown

is on fire and which one is
a damp squib.

In seventh place is Fauve.

The front, it jumps out at you,
the twist.

In sixth place is Tony.

You got into a terrible bind
with your binding.

Mia is fifth, Vicki fourth

and Lauren is third.

In second place...

...Asmaa.

Very neat and tidy throughout
apart from that binding which is

just twisting a little bit.

Thank you. Well done.

So, in first place...

...Lizzie.

You did a really good job

and the binding is absolutely
beautifully sewn on.

Thank you so much.

You've completed the first class
of Kids Week.

Go and get some squash
from the tuck shop.

Well done you. Oh, my goodness,
Tony, I can't believe that.

SHE CHUCKLES

Huh? What?

In my head I was thinking,

"I'll just be really happy
if I'm maybe fifth."

I'm really amazed.

It's the transformation now,
I'm just going to go over

and steal everyone's fabric
and I'm just going to cut it up

and then just throw it back at them
and then I can carry on with mine.

It's not against the rules
to sabotage, is it?

There we are, then.

Next up is transformation.

Patrick, what's getting
a new lease of life this week?

Well, let's hope you've got
plenty of ideas up your sleeve.

We're giving you each a child's
denim jacket

and we'd like you to jazz them up
with hand-me-downs.

So you can do whatever you want -

applique, frills, fringing -

but it has to look exciting.

The judges are off now
but they still love you very much.

You have 75 minutes
and your time starts now.

No, I'm just going to...
Let's do it. There you go.

Oh, sorry, Mia. Sorry.

To jazz up their dinky denim...

Just tip 'em out.
That's it, tip, tip, tip.

...the hand-me-downs should provide
a variety of colour, pattern...

Some spots, some stars.

...and texture.

I have never done anything like this
before, customising.

If that was adult size that would
literally be on my body immediately.

So I've gone for, like, a mixture of
cute and some more, like, sparkly

things so I'm going to see
what looks good.

Not necessarily have a plan
just yet. In the old days,

when I was into early hip-hop

we'd have spray painted these things
and just put a mural on the back.

It's quite intriguing to see
what they're going to do.

I mean, they could remove bits,
they could cut the cuffs off,

they could cut off the bottom. Yeah.

You could fray it, then you could
add bits in behind. Yep.

Say they make shape on the sleeve,

they could reflect it
in other places.

Yeah, we want the whole jacket to
look like it's... Yes. Yes.

...been transformed,
not just the back.

It's really going to take
a lot of imagination, I think.

They could applique.

You could actually create little 3D
shapes so we could see some animals.

I mean, they might take inspiration
from your lovely jacket.

What we got on the back?
A giant eagle. Ooh.

That's you, isn't it?
Soaring above the world of sewing.

SHE LAUGHS

I've got some dinosaur camo.
I'm going to put an inlay in there.

I just want to get
these inlays in first.

If I don't do anything else at least
I've done that, kind of thing.

I'm actually going to try
and use the tulle.

I was thinking of doing that,
so different colours.

I'm going to make
a frill for the collar.

I just thought I'd start with the
white and just add things as I go.

I wish I could tell you I had this
incredible vision,

um, but I don't.

Right, so my dad had this denim
jacket and it's just full

of the most random patches, badges,

so I'm just going to go with that.

I'm going to do a motif
on the back.

And while most of the sewers
only add embellishments,

Fauve, Mia and Lizzie are hoping
to make their jackets

a cut above the rest
by restructuring.

I've chopped the sleeves off,

I'm going to go a little bit
punk princess.

My initial idea is to do like a fun
ruffly back situation and I'm

going to take the sleeves off

cos I was thinking of using the
extra, like, waistband I've got

to do like a little ruffle
around the sleeve.

I'm just making a little
stand-up collar

cos it was a bit of a massive
collar and I'm going to put

a stripe along it and I'm going to
applique a big roller boot

on the back and then do star or
a lightning flash or something.

How's it going? I've just taken
ruffles and gone with it. Yeah.

I'm glad I wasn't standing here
when you were chopping things up.

Yeah. That skirt would be gone.
There'd have been a skirt m*ssacre.

Yeah. I thought the skirt was
a good idea and I think

I'm going to chop it to be the
length of the jacket.

Oh good cos at the moment it's a bit
like a shower curtain.

Yeah, it's a bit too long.

Got a little collar.
Cute little frill.

I think I've not gone about this
the right way

because it's taking far too long.

So I've got my back panel in, I'm
just putting my front panels in now.

It's jazzing it up, isn't it?

I need wheels and I think I fancy
yellow wheels.

So this is a good
foundation paper piece.

So it's basically like
a sewer's puzzle.

So you do a pattern on this side,

you actually sew it upside down
and it creates that pattern.

When you're finished, you rip
the paper but your design remains.

Ooh, roller skating!

Yeah, we're doing a roller boot applique.

I just instantly thought about
my niece. She's so cool.

I'm Auntie Lizzo. That's lovely.
Yeah, it's cute.

So Auntie Lizzo's making a cool
roller boot... There we go. Yeah.

So we're going to get some more

sequins, we're going to
get some neon. Ooh!

Perhaps a star or a lightning bolt.
Oh, great.

What's the time, Mr Wolf?

You're halfway through.

Oh, my goodness.

Halfway through is
a load of nonsense.

Peeling all the paper away hoping
the other side is the pattern.

Yeah.

What do you think?
Ooh, disco jellyfish?

I don't have no idea, to be honest
with you, what I'm doing.

No? We're halfway and I've put
two frills on. Uh-oh.

I think this is going to be
a failure!

I'm just going to gather
a puff sleeve

so then it'll all be floaty
like that.

I'm going to have a T for my dad
who we call Papa T.

That little stripe looks quite
booty there. Happy with that.

I just want to bring some
of the features round the jacket.

I've only done stuff on the back
and I don't know

whether to keep it just at the back.

Is that too plain?

I've just got a standard black denim
jacket, the dinosaur hunter.

This is a good dino as well
though so... It is a good dino.

Do you not want to cut
one of these out?

Do you know, you can come again.
I like you.

So I've just unpicked one
row of topstitching, um,

and then I'm hoping that's enough to
just, like, squidge my ruffle in.

All the ruffles.

I've done one half of the ruffle
collar here

and now I'm just working on
the other half.

I would wear this. If this was a big
size, I would wear this.

You have 15 minutes.

SHE GASPS
Oh, my goodness me.

It's just a love heart elbow patch.

It's quite nice decorating
rather than making.

We've used the rest of the tulle
as a frill on the bottom.

I may just add a star.

I'm going to do a little star-y
stripe.

So I've done that at the back.

Done that, but I still think I need
to do more.

I'm just putting a giant
love heart on the back.

I'm literally going to just
put a band of that fabric

around the bottom of the sleeve.

I just want to try and incorporate,

um, something at the front.

Still subtle but then tying in
with the back of the jacket.

SARA AND FAUVE: Sewers,
you've got five minutes.

Oh, my goodness!

Oh, lordy.

The front needs something else.

A risky choice is being made cos
this is like eight layers of denim.

MACHINE RATTLES, SHE CHUCKLES

So what I want to do now is
something to the sleeves as well.

So I've added an extra frill
now to the collar

so it's like an under collar
to the big collar.

So that ties that in.

This is just my final ditch effort
to do something.

One minute left. Get the little
mannequins dressed, they're chilly.

Yes, I'm going to cut them off

and they're like
little funky sleeves.

Ooh, is that enough time to
squeeze in two baby ruffles?

Let's just put a pop of colour
just on there just to tie it.

Oh, yikes. Needles up, sewers.

Get your children dressed
and bring them forward for judging.

And, remember, it's not bullying,
it's character building.

Excellent!

I think I'm going to be bottom.

♪ So come on, jump on board

♪ Take a ride, yeah

♪ Cos the kids are all right...

Seven plain old children's
denim jackets

reinvented in just 75 minutes.

Oh, judges, come out,
come out wherever you are!

And Patrick and Esme have no idea
whose is whose.

Ooh, wow, they look great.

♪ ..Take a ride, yeah

♪ Cos the kids are all right. ♪

I think it looks very fun.

It's very well put together.

And the scale, I love the fact
that the frill on the sleeve is

a different length
from the fringe underneath.

I think they've thought very
carefully about the lengths

of all of these fringes.

Because a denim jacket is
something cowboys wear...

Rough and tumble, yeah.

...or something, then you've got all
this pretty frill. Yeah.

I think it's a great combination.

It's very pretty, isn't it? Yeah.

It almost looks regency.

It does have a little bit, you know,

that frilled collar and cuff
idea. Yes. Yes.

They've taken the heart motif
and run with that throughout

the rest of the garment. Yeah. Yeah.

It feels like something
that could be shop-bought.

So it's been very,
very heavily customised.

Skirt on the bottom,
a couple of very neat sleeves.

They've created a new collar.

We've got two layers of sleeve,

two layers of skirt on the fold.

Nice attention to detail, isn't it?
Yeah.

The colour combination, I think,
works well.

The black really stands out.

I like that they've created shape
in them and given them

a very tactile... Yes. 3D.
...3D quality.

For me, it's just missing
something on the collar

or on the shoulder to tie it
all together.

Not a lot happening at the front

but all sorts happening at the back.

We've got a little T.

I think all of this patch work looks

fantastic and it's really fun

and it's really vibrant.

I wish there was more on the front
other than just a pocket. Yeah.

I like the combination of colours,
don't you? Yeah.

The first thing that I thought
when I saw it was Soviet Cosmonaut.

Yes! It's moved a long way from
a normal denim jacket. Yeah.

They've thought about using
lots of different elements... Yeah.

...in a really fun way.

I mean, the back is great as
an ex-roller disco aficionado.

I like the way that they've
appliqued the dinosaurs over

the top of the dinosaur camo.
Yeah, me too.

And they've done the same on the
back. They've really played with

the positioning of it
in a really nice way.

The two fabrics work really
well together.

So they must have seen this fabric
and thought, dinosaurs!

I think it looks good.

THEY WHISPER QUIETLY

The judges will now rank
the jackets from worst to best.

In seventh place is the black
jacket with the neon sausages.

That's Asmaa.

Nice idea. I think we needed it to
feel more coherent.

In sixth place is the one
with the skirt on the back.

Lauren, I thought
the back was beautiful.

I just wish there was
more on the front.

Fauve is fifth,
Mia is fourth and Vicki is third.

So in second place...

...dinosaur jacket.

That's Tony.

Absolutely looks like something
a little boy would wear.

Which means in first place
is our roller skating cosmonaut.

Just something very, very
appealing about the way all of those

graphics have been applied
to that jacket.

The whole thing just works.
Thank you. Well done.

Now, bath, story, bed.

You've got a big day tomorrow.

To have got those comments
was fantastic.

I've had a fairly stellar day.

I'm feeling a bit gutted.

Yeah, I struggled really
with this one.

It might be I just peaked too soon

and now it's just downhill,
but we'll see.

Tomorrow's a new day.

♪ The kids are all right... ♪

Morning everybody.
Congrats, Lizzie.

Congratulations.
Yeah, well done for yesterday.

I am honestly shocked.

So, who's ahead with their
developmental milestones

and who is a late bloomer?

Well, Lizzie's at the top.

Her pattern challenge had
very good binding.

Also in the transformation
Lizzie's did stand out,

but all of the others were really
very, very close.

So does that mean that no-one's
struggling this week?

On relative positions Fauve is
sitting at the bottom. Right.

But all of them,
very good transformations.

Yes, very difficult to decide
who came bottom.

So it really is on such
tiny details, then? Yeah.

Yeah. It could be anybody?
Apart from Lizzie?

Apart from Lizzie, I think. OK.

I think Lizzie's probably safe.
Well, I better go.

I bribed them to be quiet
with some pick 'n' mix.

For the final challenge of Kids Week

the mannequins have been swapped for
real children.

Hello, Flo!

What's your name, then? Mia.

Mia. And my name's Mia, too.

So we've got Lara,
Fauve and Patrick.

We're a team today, aren't we?
A good little team.

Welcome back, sewers,
and hello to our little models.

For this week's made-to-measure
the judges would like you to make

occasion wear for
a five-year-old child.

An outfit so fancy
that people are asking,

"And who are you wearing?"

You have three hours
and your time starts now.

So we've got three hours
to make you a pretty dress.

Let's get that tum-tum.

The sewers have had a chance to
practise their garments at home...

Oh, my gosh, you're a pro.

...but this is the first time

they've met their little models for
a fitting.

They're a bit tall for you,
aren't they?

This is what's going to show us
how to make the dress. Can you see?

I've got no recollection of being
five at all.

It was so long ago.

I was a bit of a tomboy.

I was proper girlie-girlie.

Loved twirling, I loved frills.

High five!

Tell me about this challenge.

What are you hoping to see
from our sewers?

We're looking for extra flourishes.

We could have frills, bows, jewels.

Is this going to be more difficult
for them because it is smaller?

It can be difficult to get
into certain bits of the garment.

Quite a few of them will have made
already children's outfits

so they'll find it easier, but there
will be ones that never have. Hmm.

It's made-to-measure so I presume
fit is very important on this?

It is, but if you think about
a child, their body's straight

so it's not quite like cutting
something for an adult.

Ah, OK. It's like a little pencil.
Yeah. Yes. Yeah.

I'm starting to create the bodice.

I would say it's a simple garment,
but what I'm learning is doing

small things it doesn't necessarily
translate to being simple.

So far it's not too bad.

I mean, it's so cute working this.
It's so tiny.

Hello. Hello! Morning.
What are you making?

A Christmas dress for a little girl
to celebrate Christmas

and all its fun especially for children.

They love Christmas the most,
don't they?

Well, I say that. I think
I love Christmas the most.

Mia's dress will feature green
tartan fabric cut

diagonally on the bias.

A red sash on the back will come

together to form an elaborate bow

between the bodice
and layered skirt.

It's on the bias so it's stretchy.

Yeah, so I'm going to be
very careful.

But I wanted to do it
so the cross was a nice... Yeah.

And then it's going to have a big
old bow like a Christmas present.

It's a lovely Scottish Christmas. Yeah.

Mia maybe making it traditional...

Christmas has just always been my
favourite time of year, it still is.

...but Tony has chosen a fabric for
dramatic effect.

I'm making a neoprene dress. Right.

Uh, so it's an ivory neoprene.

The reason I went for neoprene
was for the structure. OK.

Um, I was looking for something
that had a bit of drama on it,

pretty much, but I've had to
experiment at home

cos I haven't really seen
that many done.

When I first come up with the idea,

I was using old wet suit
material. Were you?

Tony's unconventional choice

of thick scuba fabric will form

a dramatic box pleated skirt.

He's embellishing the neckline

with rhinestones

and adding a large bow as a nod to

one of his daughters.

My 16-year-old daughter found her
Christmas list from when she was

five and top of the list was a
sparkly dress with a bow on it.

That immediately just sprung to mind
so I'm just going to put some

sparkles around the top and a
whacking great bow in the middle.

Aw, adorable.

I've sewn all the shoulder seams
and now I'm attaching

the lining of the bodice to the main
piece of the bodice.

What I'm doing now is creating
pin tucks that will be within

the bodice of the dress.

The front of the bodice is pin tucks
and tulle.

It's like sewing with air.

While most sewers concentrate
on complicated bodices...

So I need, um, six rouleau loops.

So there's going to be ribbon

that criss-crosses at the front
of the dress.

...Lizzie has decided to start on
the most straightforward

part of her two-piece.

I am assembling
the tiers of my skirt.

Most of the effort for this is
going to be in the waistcoat so I

just want to get as much done of

this so I feel like I'm making
a bit of progress.

As well as the taffeta tiered skirt,

Lizzie is making a fully lined

waistcoat with a complex

welt pocket.

The occasion is a forest wedding
with festoon lighting. OK.

I was never comfortable wearing
those sort of girlie-girlie dresses

and I always felt a bit like
I didn't quite fit in so I'm

making something that I would've
felt a bit more at home in, I think.

For Vicki's inspiration...

I wanted it to be floaty
and playful.

...she's happy to go girlie.

So I'm making a birthday dress for
my little girl. Aw.

And last year she wanted a princess
dress and I was like,

"I can't do it,"
so I just bought her one.

So this is me proving to myself
I can make a princess dress.

She's going all out with delicate

bodice pin tucks, exposed gathers on

the skirt and she's using shirring

elastic to gather the sleeves.

So there's loads going on here.

There's flourishes everywhere. Yeah.

So I presume you've practised? Yes.

It took me five hours.

Did it? Oh, wow.

Five hours and didn't finish it.

Oh good. OK, well that bodes well.

VICKI LAUGHS

As usual, Asmaa's also being ambitious.

I knew I wanted something that
wasn't pink

and didn't have tulle in it.

I don't know why, but I just wanted
it to be different,

so I decided to go with aqua.

Asmaa's party dress will feature

a lined silk bodice,

laced with a crisscross ribbon

attached to a floaty, multi-tiered

organza handkerchief skirt.

I mean there's lots of different
fabrics on this table... Yeah.

...here, aren't there?

Three layers of organza and then
these are handkerchief shape

so this is going to go on top of
that and I have simplified.

Oh, OK. There was ribbon involved.
The ribbon has been taken out.

So only a lined,
tie-fronted bodice with... Yes.

...three layers of hanky organza. Yep.

Yeah, so simple, yeah. Yes.

This dress is a very traditional
dress and it's one of the reasons

I started to sew, actually, because
my daughter got to an age where they

stopped making these cute dresses
on the high street so I just used to

find patterns and try and recreate
the dresses that she wore as a

two-year-old now that she's
a seven-year-old

cos she still loves that.

Lauren's dress is inspired by

her little girl.

It'll have a floral print

tiered pinafore

and all-in-one mock blouse with

Peter Pan collar and puffed sleeves.

What occasion is it for?

I'm doing it as like Sunday best.

When we go to church we wear
quite, like, traditional clothing

so I'm just pretending I'm in my
living room right now panicking

cos we have to go out for lunch
at two o'clock. OK.

I'm just pulling the back bodice
through the tiny channel here and

bagging it out so that it's fully
lined and there's no raw edges.

It's a little sleeve. So cute!

It's just taking me ages to get
going this morning.

It's like I've sort of forgotten
how to work at speed.

I need to do well, if I want to
stay, but I'm just going to try

and enjoy making this because I can...

You're halfway through!

Yeah, no, I'm panicking now.

Just had the halfway call
and I think I'm all OK.

I've got one sleeve,
I just need that other sleeve

and then I'll be good to go.

I am finishing off my bodice.

I've done the invisible zip
and I'm really happy with how it is.

Is it nice to hang around with
a little model,

someone closer to your own age?

Oh, do you know what,
everyone's bullying me about my age.

Do you know, I'm not going to stand
for it anymore. Ah! I'm not.

I'm going to get Fauve involved.
I'm scared of her so I'll stop.

As their bodices come together...

Ah, cute.

...it's important the sewers
check them for size.

This is the bit that I want to
put on you now to see if it fits.

Oh, look at you, princess.

And for an energetic
five-year-old... Ooh.

No, you're going to put your arm in
that one for me, Lara, is that OK?

...they'll need to get the fit
tight enough to stay in place...

Ah, yay, look at that!

...but comfy enough for them
to run around and play.

Looks good. Do you like it?

Spongy but good. Spongy in...

Spongy but great, mate,
not just good.

And for Fauve's design...

Can you jump about and move?

Yeah.

...practicality is key.

I'm making a jumpsuit.

It's a looser fit,
I don't want it too fitted

cos she's a child,
she needs to be able to move in it.

The bodice itself is a wrap?

Yes, the back is a wrap-over as well
so that she just steps into it. OK.

Cos I think it's just easier for
a child to get in and out of that

instead of having any zips
or anything.

Without any fastenings,
fit will be key

for Fauve's cotton
floral jumpsuit.

She's adding ruffled sleeves
and matching turn ups

and a mum pleasing bow.

I've got quite a big family
so my mum's one of 21 first cousins,

but being the girl, I wasn't allowed
to go and play with the boys

cos my mum used to put me
in these big frilly dresses so...

OK.

...I'm making something
that I wanted to wear,

my father would've let me wear.

It's got a hint of tomboy about it. Completely.

So my dad used to buy me
football shirts... Oh, wow.

...but he had to buy Juventus
football shirts because they were

the only pink ones so that's
the only ones my mum would accept!

What I'm just about to do
is start on the skirt section.

I'm doing the outer skirt first
cos that's what's visible

and took me the most time
when I practised.

I am going to pin
the two handkerchief layers.

I'm sewing up the individual layers
and then I'm going to gather them

all together and attach them
to the skirt in one piece.

I've got tier one of the skirt, tier
two of the skirt but it's taken me

a ridiculously long time to get
this far and I'm a bit concerned.

I'm very conscious of my timings.

I've got a lot to do. Yeah.

You know what it's like,
one minute seems OK,

and then it's all going... Yeah.

...Pete Tong.
Totally get that.

So I've done the main part
of the bodice,

I'm just going to gather the top of
the pants but it's not going to be

gathered too much because
she's got to step into it.

When I was little,
I used to wear some horrid outfits.

What kind of stuff? I had, like, a
velvet dress and I used to wear red

and white striped tights with it.
I've got a picture.

I'm sure I'm wearing that
ugly dress.

Velvet dresses, why?

Good model pose though, love.

Naomi Campbell, eat your heart out.

Pleated all of my skirt.

The reason that I wanted to choose
this material is because it

does that and that's going to hold
that form forever and a day, really.

I'm sewing the wrong bit together.

Ah! I'm stressed.

I'm just trying to do a good job
but there's so many gathers.

It's just taking way longer
than I planned.

Go to your happy place. You're fine.

Oh, bless you.

So fiddly.

What have you got left to do?

I've got one more sleeve to put in,
neck binding to finish.

And then the zip? Hem, zip.

Are you going to get finished,
do you think?

Let's hope cos I'll be
so annoyed if I don't.

Yeah, it would be annoying.

Yeah, it would be, wouldn't it?

I'm worrying because I know I've
still got to do the waistcoat.

I'm just going to put this aside
and just crack on.

Right, reset, reset, come on.

30 minutes left!

Oh.

I am very concerned that Lizzie
is not going to finish.

It's going to be a disaster, this.

Her waistcoat is still in six parts.

I will be amazed
if she got it finished.

This is the final layer
for this mahoosive skirt.

Asmaa, she's gathering the skirt

but of course that takes a long time
because she's got layers and layers.

She still hasn't hemmed it.
And you've got to hem that.

I was going to overlock the hems
but I think I'm going to attach it

to the bodice and then at least
I know there's a dress.

I'm just trying to get
my sleeves in.

There's definitely a risk of me
sewing the wrong bit.

Vicki still has quite a lot to do
so she's going to have to work

like greased lightning
to get it finished.

And she looks really stressed.

I'm not good,
I've got too much to do.

I don't think I'm going to finish.

The skirt took way longer
than I planned. OK.

And then I just got
all butter fingers. OK.

It's so annoying.

So right now I'm sewing the
bow sash that's going to be

attached to the back.

Genuinely have a jumpsuit, somehow.

Just popped the zip in
which is all right,

just got to do the finishing around
that now and get the hem done.

I can't talk now.

I'm just going to overlock this
to finish off the hems.

The way I've hemmed it
is by overlocking it

and then just doing one turn.

It's a quicker way and still neat.

Doing my welt pocket on this little
waistcoat is the fiddliest part

and this is the part that Patrick's
going to be really judging me on

but this is the world
of mini tailoring.

15 minutes, sewers.

OK, I need to calm down,
my heart is...

Oh, it's pumping.

We're going to just try
and add the cuff

cos I think it'll just
tie it all in.

I'm sandwiching the bow sash
in the side seam.

Did I show you the bow?

Oh, my God, it's massive.

It is massive, isn't it?

I'm just basing the tulle to the
main fabric at the arm holes

but it's fiddly.

There's one more side to do
then it's sort of a dress.

Hemming up.

I'd better not do any disasters.

Oh, my God, why would you want
to make a tulle dress?

I think I've just bitten off
more than I can chew on this one.

Going to put a whacking great bow.

I might be on the,
uh, final stretch.

Somehow, in some bizarre universe,

I've managed to do cuffs
in five minutes.

I'm just going to attach
the gathered skirt to the bodice

as fast as I can.

I've got to get my zip in.

I'm just trying to remember
how to do it.

Five minutes left.

Get your models dressed, everyone.

I just need to finish.

Jewels are going on.

Your dress is all finished, Mia.

Right, let's have a look, darling.

Put your arms up in the air.

Yeah, tuck your shirt in
and we're going to pull this up.

Bit of a rush.

Nearly finished.

Let's just see how much
of this I can finish.

Tuck it all in. Tuck it all in.

It's a little bit stressful, Flo.

Whoa!

One minute left.

I'll just have to leave it there.

It's not a perfect finish
because I haven't put my buttons on.

Oh, no, we're stuck on your bow.

So I'm going for a little brooch
from my coat to do the waistcoat up.

How long do you want it?
You tell me how long.

To there?

So I'll just help you
with these sleeves.

Let's get your bow done up,
shall we?

Such a lovely colour on you, Flo.

You look amazing.

Woohoo! Cute.

What do you think?

Needles up, sewers.

The moment you've been
waiting for has arrived.

Best party ever!

♪ All the boys and the girls,
they got me going on

♪ Then the beat kicks in...♪

Seven children's occasion wear
outfits made-to-measure

in just three hours.

One thing I really like is that

it looks like she's got
a blouse underneath. Yeah.

But actually it's
all the same dress.

The pin tucks look really neat
and the shape

and the fit of the sleeves
is fantastic.

The gathering is neat
but there's a little tuck here

and this panel is too long,

so we've got this little crease.

Just a few little details that
stop it being absolutely perfect.

Are you enjoying wearing that?

Where would you wear it to?

On holiday.
On holiday?

Hello.
Nice to meet you.

It looks great.

It looks fantastically Christmassy.

I think it was a great choice
of fabric in terms of the weight

of it cos it's given you
a really clean finish.

I like that it's on the diagonal.

Cutting it on the bias helped
to make it fit really well.

You've bagged the bow out
really neatly but just having

one piece of red on the front

does make it look a little bit imbalanced.

I think either have the sash
come all the way round the front

or just put an edge of red
on the two tiers,

but the fit of it
looks absolutely perfect.

Thank you.

I love the colours.

They go really,
really well together.

The rouleau loops at the front
are really neat

and I love this crisscross ribbon.

You've done a rolled hem
on the overlocker on all of these

pieces on the skirt,
that's incredibly neatly done.

I think it might fall off
her shoulders a little bit

but that zip is perfect.

And I love that you've made
a matching headband.

Is the headband fun to wear?
It looks great.

High five.

Thank you, my darling. Bye.

I like that we can see
your pleats at the front

but something's
happened at the neck.

It looks like you might've stretched
the binding so it's sticking out.

The whole thing looks really
delicate but we can see

the overlocked edge of the arm hole
and that needs to be caught inside.

I think arm hole,
neck hole have let it down

because actually what you've done on
the net layer is really very nice.

The back is a little wibbly wobbly

and the zip isn't that well sewn in.

It was last minute.

♪ Hold me closer tiny dancer

♪ Count the headlights
on the highway...♪

Because it was all white I thought
it might look a little bit flat

but, actually, the way you've used
the pleats to create all those

interesting shapes

and the way the light falls on the
dress is really, really smart.

I really like the 3D-ness of it.

Hmm.

The insertion of its zip
isn't great at the bottom.

At the bottom, hmm.

But it's unusual -
it's not what one would expect.

I think it's surprising.

Ooh, you're doing ballet.
That's surprising.

♪ Girls who wants boy
who like boys to be girls

♪ Who do boys like they're girls
Who do girls like they're boys

♪ Always should be someone
you really love...♪

I think the colour
combination is lovely.

The depth of the frill

and the depth of those cuffs
is absolutely spot-on.

It just doesn't quite fit.

It falls off the shoulders.

Yeah.
Ooh, sorry.

The wrap isn't caught into the seam.

It's a shame cos it would
give it more tension,

and the shoulders are too big.

I think you've conceived a really
fantastic looking outfit.

It's just a shame that the fit
isn't quite right.

Have you got pockets?
Cos I love a pocket.

I sometimes put
sweeties in my pocket.

♪ I know a girl from a lonely street

♪ Cold as ice cream
but still as sweet

♪ Dry your eyes Sunday Girl...♪

I think the choice of fabrics
actually works well.

That deep claret-y waistcoat with
plum purple skirt looks very nice.

It's a shame you haven't finished it

and it's a bit tight,

but this pocket's really great.

Do you like the feel of the velvet?

It feels a bit like my friend's cat.

Does it?
Yeah.

Unfortunately we've got the lining
showing to the front edge.

I think if you had got
the buttons on it,

you've got very little room
for overlap.

And we've got an open seam
at the back.

I think it was an ambitious
project... Yeah.

...and obviously you've really...

Lost control.
You haven't finished it.

WHISPERS: Thank you, Florence.

That challenge was just
a complete disaster.

I feel hopeful there's enough grace
because of how I did yesterday

but you can't take it for granted
that a strong day means you're safe.

I'm settled on the fact that
I may not have done enough

and I may be going home.
Just disappointed with the fit.

A couple more minutes
and I may have been able to fix that

and it wouldn't have looked so bad.

I have no idea what just happened.

I was completely blown away with
both Patrick and Esme's comments.

I can't believe it, it's fantastic.

Well, what a lovely lot of clothes
and hardly any food spilt on them.

That's a surprise, isn't it?

Who's doing well this week?

Mia's made-to-measure, I think
the fit was absolutely on point.

Those multi-layers of skirts
worked extremely well.

And Tony's, it wasn't obvious,

but I thought it had real impact.

It's a tough call between them.

So going into this,
Lizzie was our leader.

If it was down to today only,
Lizzie would be going home.

Her made-to-measure,
it's unfinished and it doesn't fit.

Because she was so strong yesterday

that could save her?

Well, I think we have to have a
really close look at the other two

who are in danger of...
Yes, going. ..going home.

Those two are Fauve who was
sitting at the bottom this morning

and Vicki.

I think the design of Vicki's
is really nice

but there are problems
in the sewing.

And Fauve's didn't fit,
it was too big at the top,

so we've got some serious
discussing to do.

Well, let's find out who's won
garment of the week

before they all grow out of it.

Kids Week is nearly over,

puberty is fast approaching,

but before it hits us, Patrick,
who has won garment of the week?

Garment of the week this week is...

ALL: Yeah!
APPLAUSE

Well done.
Tony!

It was different
and it felt like it wasn't obvious

but when we saw it,
it had real impact.

TONY: Gobsmacked, thank you.

We don't want to see
any of you going home

but we do have to lose one of you...

...and that person is...

...Fauve.

I said! Come on, man.

Oh!

I'm so proud of myself

because I came in not knowing
as much as some other people.

Every challenge I've learnt,
every challenge I've got better.

Stop it.

Fauve will really be missed.

It was so difficult to decide
who was going home.

It was really tough. Really.

You know, you've all been
so good this week.

Fauve's made-to-measure - she made
mistakes and the biggest mistake

was it didn't fit which was such
a shame because she's a good sewer.

Well done, Tony.

Garment of the week, I couldn't have
called it. Comments by the judges

were fantastic.
I'm just absolutely blown away.

I mean, today you nailed
the execution.

I think it was a close run thing
today between Mia and Tony

but Tony just shaded it and the
overall design concept was great

and I think because of that,
it was a worthy winner.

You've been great,
great fun in here.

Tinfoil Patrick
is the weirdest thing ever.

I hope he's going to a good home.

All my sewing bees are friends

and I think it's just the best
experience of my life.

Next time...

Whassup!?
THEY LAUGH

...it's back to the '90s.

Oh, my gosh.

The pattern challenge
revives cargo pants...

I love living on the edge.

...the sewers create fancy dress
with added spice...

Geri is about to have a fight
with Nicole from All Saints.

...and strut their stuff...

It's really stunning.

...with super model made to measures.

Oh!
Just shimmy shimmy.

OK, well, this is terrifying.