SEWING BEE 2022 - starts tomorrow Wednesday 27th April

[onenameshelley]

Missed the Christmas specials. That's my day off TV tomorrow sorted.

Whispers I didn't really enjoy them much. . I decided to just re watch series 2 again.

 

[trashpony]

Has Sara been pregnant all the way through this?

I only really noticed this week. Her previous wardrobe must have disguised it well.

I was pretty late to it. My mum said ‘she’s done well to disguise her pregnancy‘ and I was shocked

 

[onenameshelley]

Omg I proper howled this week.

 

[Looby]

Omg I proper howled this week.

Me too!

I’m so happy it’s the four of them.

I know the judges didn’t feel like Brogan’s dress was origami but I totally loved it. They all did really well.

Can’t wait for next week.

 

[trashpony]

Omg I proper howled this week.

Me too! The dog was staring at me

 

[Siouxsie]

I really don't want this series to end!
I was so nervous while they were waiting to be told who was going....I started welling up and hyperventilating
God knows what I'll be like next week

 

[scifisam]

That was a very fair decision - I thought it was going to be Brogan, but it's not like she was actually that much worse than everyone else. Man Yee's origami dress was terrible, for example.

Annie's definitely my favourite. I loved her origami dress and the red dress last week. If either she or Debra win I'll be happy (not that I'll be sad about the other two winning either, really).

 

[trashpony]

Interview with Esme.

She lives in a Peabody flat in Islington and collects animal skulls

Esme Young: ‘I’ve worked in fashion for decades, but I’ve never been able to afford my own home’

 

[scifisam]

Interview with Esme.

She lives in a Peabody flat in Islington and collects animal skulls

Esme Young: ‘I’ve worked in fashion for decades, but I’ve never been able to afford my own home’

As if there weren't enough reasons to love her already. She's just awesome.

 

[Siouxsie]

I've just got a text from Mr S......." Stuck here till gone midnight record the sewing, DON'T WATCH IT WITHOUT ME!!!!!"

It must be serious.....I only get those texts when there's football, cricket or rugby on

 

[RubyToogood]

I passed Leah from a couple of seasons ago earlier today. I wonder what it's like being an ex Bee when it's on?

They frequently seem to live in South East London btw. My neck of the woods is crawling with ex Bees.

 

[Voley]

OK. Final night. I reckon Brogan's going to win it. She's drifted a bit of late but I reckon on the big night she'll knock it out of the park.

Have put a fiver on it with my OH who reckons Annie's got it.

FIVE WHOLE POUNDS.

 

[onenameshelley]

Just catching up

 

[Looby]

It hasn’t recorded as they’ve moved it to BBC2 for the stupid tennis.

Fuming!

 

[onenameshelley]

It hasn’t recorded as they’ve moved it to BBC2 for the stupid tennis.

Fuming!

I also discovered this too, on the iPlayer now.

 

[Voley]

OK. Final night. I reckon Brogan's going to win it. She's drifted a bit of late but I reckon on the big night she'll knock it out of the park.

Have put a fiver on it with my OH who reckons Annie's got it.

FIVE WHOLE POUNDS.

Well that went well.

 

[trashpony]

I really enjoyed that. Right result I think. I cried As usual Also so many babies

 

[hash tag]

Interview with Esme.

She lives in a Peabody flat in Islington and collects animal skulls

Esme Young: ‘I’ve worked in fashion for decades, but I’ve never been able to afford my own home’

"I've never been able to afford my own home". As lovely as she is, Something doesn't ring true. Apart from earning from sewing bee she is a lecturer at LCF.

 

[onenameshelley]

Get the fuck in, so well deserved

Loved, Annie's jumpsuit, totally would wear it, would have to hire some people to hold my trains up

 

[Looby]

I didn’t think Annie’s jumpsuit fitted properly, I just wanted to pull it up!

 

[ddraig]

I didn’t think Annie’s jumpsuit fitted properly, I just wanted to pull it up!

Did wonder why they didn't pick up on that!

 

[Looby]

Did wonder why they didn't pick up on that!

I was so surprised they didn’t.

I bloody love Sewing Bee.

 

[trashpony]

look at this fab archive! I love how in the beginning it was all about Patrick being a Savile row tailor and now it’s all about esme and her fashionista past

swankymodes

swanky modes, fashion, 70's fashion, 80's fashion, London, Camden

cargocollective.com

 

[ddraig]

look at this fab archive! I love how in the beginning it was all about Patrick being a Savile row tailor and now it’s all about esme and her fashionista past

swankymodes

swanky modes, fashion, 70's fashion, 80's fashion, London, Camden

cargocollective.com

That is amazing!! So much on there, ta v much

 

[Siouxsie]

Like a good relationship....sad it's over but oh so happy it happened

Till series 9

 

[scifisam]

Yay, I've been rooting for Annie for a while - she makes clothes I'd like to wear and seems really lovely. They all do, to be fair, as is usually with these shows. It really was a close final - they all did brilliantly.

"I've never been able to afford my own home". As lovely as she is, Something doesn't ring true. Apart from earning from sewing bee she is a lecturer at LCF.

Yeah, it doesn't really ring true, when she lived in rough areas of London in the 80s when properties were going for pennies, and her business was already enormously successful. Still love her though.

 

[Plumdaff]

Although it was successful there's not that much money in avant garde fashion and costume design, Sewing Bee came much later in life, and I'd imagine a lot of what money she had got, got spent on living rather than saving, especially as she had a secure tenancy. In a saner world with more secure housing that would be the much more sensible option.

I have a relative who has been a tutor at Central St Martin's for donkeys years and he lives in a small part ownership flat in zone 5, for comparison.

 

[scifisam]

Although it was successful there's not that much money in avant garde fashion and costume design, Sewing Bee came much later in life, and I'd imagine a lot of what money she had got, got spent on living rather than saving, especially as she had a secure tenancy. In a saner world with more secure housing that would be the much more sensible option.

I have a relative who has been a tutor at Central St Martin's for donkeys years and he lives in a small part ownership flat in zone 5, for comparison.

Yes, sort of, but she was really successful (selling to the most famous people in the entire world at the time and designing costumes for movies), and she was happy to live in areas like Hackney where large family homes were selling for £25k in the 80s - even the area she lives in now wasn't much more than that then. Even if she had no support from her family (who sound like they're at least middle class) it is actually a bit surprising that she wasn't able to buy there in the 80s or 90s. It was really very cheap, not just cheaper than now, actually properly cheap.

Maybe she was ripped off by a business partner or something. Or maybe she chose to spend her money in other ways - not the same as not being able to afford to buy a home, really.

I do quite like that she's stayed a social housing tenant in lots of ways though - it's one of those nice counterpoints to point out to people who assert that social housing is only for unemployed people.

 

[Plumdaff]

I lived in Dalston myself in the mid 90s, so I'm not unaware of how cheap it was. In fact, my auntie who bought in Clapton at the start of the 90s just sold up for an eye watering sum, but they had steady public sector jobs and a small inheritance, not relying on self-employment and selling small runs of handmade clothes out of one shop in North London. My uncle lived in squats and was a very successful buyer for some super fashionable interior decor firms in the 1980s and 1990s yet lived in a Peabody flat, albeit in Chelsea! Seemingly small differences in luck and circumstance do really make all the difference and I find it very easy to believe she's never had that much money to play with.

Social housing should be for a wide range of people - and I'm pleased that she's got a secure home regardless

 

[scifisam]

I lived in Dalston myself in the mid 90s, so I'm not unaware of how cheap it was. In fact, my auntie who bought in Clapton at the start of the 90s just sold up for an eye watering sum, but they had steady public sector jobs and a small inheritance, not relying on self-employment and selling small runs of handmade clothes out of one shop in North London. My uncle lived in squats and was a very successful buyer for some super fashionable interior decor firms in the 1980s and 1990s yet lived in a Peabody flat, albeit in Chelsea! Seemingly small differences in luck and circumstance do really make all the difference and I find it very easy to believe she's never had that much money to play with.

Social housing should be for a wide range of people - and I'm pleased that she's got a secure home regardless

She was selling to the most famous people there were, though, and she owned the business, wasn't just a buyer. There were people in the 80s buying homes on the salary of a single person working part time as an unqualified health care worker with no deposit; it wasn't just for couples and people with inheritances. I mean, with secure rent and a permanent tenancy it could have been a sensible choice not to buy - but it's not the same as not being able to afford to.

Peabody in those days also used to give tenants £1,000 per bedroom to move out and buy a place. They still did up a few years ago - the exact same £1,000 But in the 80s in Hackney that would have been half the required deposit.