The Stitch Up‪!‬ James and Jo

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 Bee trophy? Finally Tony plays this or that, sewing edition! Find out whether he prefers buttons or zips, woven or stretch, and skulls or camo!

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 challenges won throughout the season, explain French darts, and laugh over Esme and Patrick’s antics!

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 Asmaas’ dress is purple or blue!

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 is getting close now! 

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 fluffy toilet seat covers, how James doesn’t know who Liz Hurley is, and who has made it through to the quarter finals.

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 laughs along the way!