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Amateur sewers take on challenges as they compete to be named Britain's best home sewer.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    The Great British Sewing Bee Season 8 Episode 9 - Japanese Week - Semi Fina
    7.3/10(9 votes)

    #1 - Japanese Week - Semi Fina

    S8:E9

    For a place in the final, the sewers follow the pattern for kimono-inspired dress, they mend old denim using Japanese techniques, and they create an outfit using folding and pleating.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 8 Episode 10 - Party Week - Final
    7.4/10(8 votes)

    #2 - Party Week - Final

    S8:E10

    It's Party Week, and the finalists must make an iconic stretchy dress, use their old scraps to make an outfit and fit red-carpet worthy jumpsuits before one is crowned the series winner.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 9 Episode 1 - Classics With A Twist
    7.7/10(14 votes)

    #3 - Classics With A Twist

    S9:E1

    Twelve brand new sewers follow the pattern for a twist top, transform office wear and create cut-out, made-to-measure dresses

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 2 Episode 6 - Vintage Week
    7.8/10(11 votes)

    #4 - Vintage Week

    S2:E6

    Amateur sewers test their sewing and dressmaking skills. The five remaining sewers take on a 1930s-themed quarter-final using old-fashioned techniques and machines.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 2 Episode 1 - Episode 1
    7.9/10(16 votes)

    #5 - Episode 1

    S2:E1

    Amateur sewers test their sewing and dressmaking skills. The contestants are tested on the three core fabrics in a dressmaker's cupboard: cotton, wool and silk.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 2 Episode 2 - Pattern Week
    7.9/10(15 votes)

    #6 - Pattern Week

    S2:E2

    Amateur sewers test their sewing and dressmaking skills. The contestants are tested on their ability to match and combine patterned fabric, with a challenging pleated skirt.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 8 Episode 8 - 1930s Week
    7.9/10(11 votes)

    #7 - 1930s Week

    S8:E8

    The quarter-finalists go back to the 1930s to make women’s sailor trousers. They also turn men’s shirts into 1930s blouses and fit glamorous bias-cut evening gowns.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 9 Episode 3 - West Africa
    7.9/10(14 votes)

    #8 - West Africa

    S9:E3

    The sewers celebrate west Africa over three challenges with batakari, adire fabric and boubous.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 11 Episode 3 - Icons
    7.9/10(10 votes)

    #9 - Icons

    S11:E3

    It’s week 3, and we’re celebrating design icons: Diane von Furstenberg, Vivienne Westwood and Versace.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 11 Episode 4 - Korea
    7.9/10(10 votes)

    #10 - Korea

    S11:E4

    It’s week 4, and we're celebrating Korea with sewing challenges inspired by the jeogori, taekwondo and cheollik.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 11 Episode 10 - The Final
    7.9/10(11 votes)

    #11 - The Final

    S11:E10

    It’s the final, and after challenges including the bias cut dress, sheer fabrics and trompe l’oeil, one sewer will be crowned winner.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 6 Episode 1 - Wardrobe Staples Week
    8.0/10(13 votes)

    #12 - Wardrobe Staples Week

    S6:E1

    Joe Lycett kicks off ten weeks of the most perplexing patterns, eye-popping transformations and stunning made-to-measure garments yet.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 6 Episode 3 - Children's Week
    8.0/10(11 votes)

    #13 - Children's Week

    S6:E3

    Joe Lycett welcomes the ten remaining home sewers back to the nation’s most famous sewing room for children’s week.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 8 Episode 1 - Capsule Wardrobe
    8.0/10(17 votes)

    #14 - Capsule Wardrobe

    S8:E1

    Sewing Bee kicks off with 12 sewers creating a capsule wardrobe. They begin with a mini skirt, then make a going-out top from lockdown loungewear and finish with a fitted wrap dress.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 10 Episode 1 - Back to Basics Week
    8.0/10(17 votes)

    #15 - Back to Basics Week

    S10:E1

    The Great British Sewing Bee turns ten as 12 brand new sewers follow the pattern for an A-line skirt, transform T-shirts and put their take on day dresses in the Made-to-Measure.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 11 Episode 2 - Activewear
    8.0/10(10 votes)

    #16 - Activewear

    S11:E2

    It’s Week 2 of The Great British Sewing Bee as sewers tackle activewear: a seven-panel cap, a cycling kit transformation, and stylish athleisure to take you from gym to coffee shop.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 2 Episode 5 - Tricky Fabrics Week
    8.1/10(14 votes)

    #17 - Tricky Fabrics Week

    S2:E5

    Amateur sewers test their sewing and dressmaking skills. The six home sewers are set three challenges which require them to handle some of the most difficult fabrics to sew with.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 2 Episode 7 - Semifinal
    8.1/10(12 votes)

    #18 - Semifinal

    S2:E7

    Amateur sewers test their sewing and dressmaking skills. The four remaining sewers face three challenges - none of which permit a pattern for guidance.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 2 Episode 8 - Final
    8.1/10(12 votes)

    #19 - Final

    S2:E8

    Amateur sewers test their sewing and dressmaking skills. The three finalists enter the sewing room for the very last time. Who will be the winner?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 7 Episode 2 - Summer Week
    8.1/10(11 votes)

    #20 - Summer Week

    S7:E2

    Week two is Summer Week on the sewing competition and the contestants are asked to create paperbag shorts, transform second-hand men's swimming gear into a woman's outfit worthy of sunset cocktails and finally make sun dresses.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 7 Episode 5 - Children's Week
    8.1/10(9 votes)

    #21 - Children's Week

    S7:E5

    It's children's week in the sewing room and judges Patrick Grant and Esme Young's pattern challenge choice is a classic for any toddler's wardrobe - a romper suit. The transformation task sees the sewers turning an adult wetsuit into a kids' fancy dress costume, before they tackle a children's raincoat, remembering it must be fully waterproof but allow enough movement for jumping in muddy puddles.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 7 Episode 6 - Reduce Reuse Recycle Week
    8.1/10(10 votes)

    #22 - Reduce Reuse Recycle Week

    S7:E6

    The fashion industry is the biggest polluter of our planet next to oil, so The Great British Sewing Bee returns to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle Week, with all the usual fabric in the haberdashery being replaced with charity shop clothes and soft-furnishings. Host Joe Lycett kicks the six remaining home sewers off with a pattern for a gentleman’s waistcoat using just second-hand clothes. In the Transformation Challenge, the sewers are tasked with changing items of army surplus into a stylish and wearable garment for a woman. Finally, the sewers are asked to use old jeans to create a Made to Measure dress. Jeans are one of the most polluting garments to manufacture, so to breathe a new lease of life into them, each sewer must create a new denim dress that fits their model perfectly. At the end, someone will win Garment of the Week, and a sixth sewer will be asked to leave the Sewing Bee.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 8 Episode 5 - Children's Week
    8.1/10(12 votes)

    #23 - Children's Week

    S8:E5

    The sewers follow the pattern for a toddler's sailor suit, make fancy dress Halloween outfits and create out-of-school garments from old school uniforms.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 8 Episode 6 - Music Week
    8.1/10(13 votes)

    #24 - Music Week

    S8:E6

    Music Week brings a pattern for a parka once loved by the Mods, old denim gets the country music treatment, and David Bowie inspires the sewers for their Made to Measure outfits.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 11 Episode 5 - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
    8.1/10(8 votes)

    #25 - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

    S11:E5

    It’s Reduce, Reuse, Recycle week, with sewers creating a zero-waste jacket, transforming discarded tents and raiding wardrobes to Make Do and Mend for new outfits.

    Director:Unknown
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Worst Episodes Summary

"Japanese Week - Semi Fina" is the worst rated episode of "The Great British Sewing Bee". It scored 7.3/10 based on 9 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 6/22/2022. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Party Week - Final".