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Lace and Leather: The Great British Sewing Bee Semi-Final -
A few weeks ago, we debated on Twitter and Facebook whether the challenges on this series of The Great British Sewing Bee had been harder than ever before. I think that this week’s episode answered the question for us. Yes, the challenges are definitely harder. For the first challenge of the Sewing Bee, the remaining contestants had to make a pencil skirt – easy enough. However it was then revealed that the skirt would have to be made out of lace, and be lined. Lace is a notoriously hard fabric to work with – the very nature of the cloth means that it does not have much structure, making it liable to move whilst you are trying to cut or sew. If the lace you choose does not have a dense pattern it is also important to take extra care when you are doing the seams, to avoid any unsightly stitching being on show. We will be posting a blog in the near future full of tips for sewing with lace, if The Great British Sewing Bee has not put you off in the meantime, you can view all of our lace fabric here. The challenge so Neil slip from […]
Rebecca