{"id":260949,"date":"2026-09-02T02:34:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T02:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/02\/the-great-british-sewing-bee-12x8\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T02:34:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T02:34:35","slug":"the-great-british-sewing-bee-12x8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/02\/the-great-british-sewing-bee-12x8\/","title":{"rendered":"The Great British Sewing Bee 12&#215;8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div> this year&#8217;s contestants<\/p>\n<blockquote lj-screenable=\"social:newinsta:parse\" class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"data-instgrm-captioned\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\"><p> <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/DaqXElZIa4J\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/DaqXElZIa4J<\/a> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>12&#215;8: Literary Icons Week<\/p>\n<p>The five remaining sewers must channel their inner bookworm in a series of challenges celebrating literary icons. For the Pattern Challenge, the judges ask the sewers to create literature\u2019s most iconic piece of headwear, the deerstalker worn by Arthur Conan Doyle\u2019s character Sherlock Holmes. It&#8217;s a challenge that at this stage of the competition is far from elementary.<\/p>\n<p>In the Transformation Challenge, they must imagine what the iconic children\u2019s character Matilda would be like as a grown-up and create an outfit for her from second-hand school uniform. Finally, in the Made-to-Measure, everyone must travel back to the turn of the 19th century and the Regency period by creating outfits inspired by the works of Jane Austen.<\/p>\n<p>pattern challenge: Sherlock Holmes inspired deerstalker hat (3 hours)<br \/>ranking: <span class=\"lj-spoiler\"><span class=\"lj-spoiler-head\"><span class=\"lj-spoiler-leftbracket\">[<\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com\/javascript:void(0)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"18\" height=\"12\" class=\"flaticon flaticon--eye lj-spoiler-icon\" style=\"display: none; fill: currentColor\"><use xlink:href=\"#flaticon--eye\"\/><\/svg>Spoiler (click to open)<\/a><\/b><span class=\"lj-spoiler-rightbracket\">]<\/span><\/span><span class=\"lj-spoiler-body\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote lj-screenable=\"social:newinsta:parse\" class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"data-instgrm-captioned\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\"><p> <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/DcwYK4hjTBB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/DcwYK4hjTBB<\/a> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>5 &#8211; Anna<br \/>4 &#8211; Heather<br \/>3 &#8211; Rebecca<br \/>2 &#8211; Emma<br \/>1 &#8211; Beth    <\/p>\n<p>transformation challenge: make an outfit for an adult Matilda using school uniforms (90 minutes)<br \/>ranking: <span class=\"lj-spoiler\"><span class=\"lj-spoiler-head\"><span class=\"lj-spoiler-leftbracket\">[<\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com\/javascript:void(0)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"18\" height=\"12\" class=\"flaticon flaticon--eye lj-spoiler-icon\" style=\"display: none; fill: currentColor\"><use xlink:href=\"#flaticon--eye\"\/><\/svg>Spoiler (click to open)<\/a><\/b><span class=\"lj-spoiler-rightbracket\">]<\/span><\/span><span class=\"lj-spoiler-body\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>5 &#8211; Rebecca<br \/>4 &#8211; Emma<br \/>3 &#8211; Heather<br \/>2 &#8211; Beth<br \/>1 &#8211; Anna   <\/p>\n<p>made to measure challenge: Jane Austen inspired garment (5 hours)<\/p>\n<blockquote lj-screenable=\"social:newinsta:parse\" class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"data-instgrm-captioned\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\"><p> <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/Dcwb7VZlDk4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/Dcwb7VZlDk4<\/a> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>garment of the week: <span class=\"lj-spoiler\"><span class=\"lj-spoiler-head\"><span class=\"lj-spoiler-leftbracket\">[<\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com\/javascript:void(0)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"18\" height=\"12\" class=\"flaticon flaticon--eye lj-spoiler-icon\" style=\"display: none; fill: currentColor\"><use xlink:href=\"#flaticon--eye\"\/><\/svg>Spoiler (click to open)<\/a><\/b><span class=\"lj-spoiler-rightbracket\">]<\/span><\/span><span class=\"lj-spoiler-body\">Beth<\/span><\/span><br \/>eliminated: <span class=\"lj-spoiler\"><span class=\"lj-spoiler-head\"><span class=\"lj-spoiler-leftbracket\">[<\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com\/javascript:void(0)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"18\" height=\"12\" class=\"flaticon flaticon--eye lj-spoiler-icon\" style=\"display: none; fill: currentColor\"><use xlink:href=\"#flaticon--eye\"\/><\/svg>Spoiler (click to open)<\/a><\/b><span class=\"lj-spoiler-rightbracket\">]<\/span><\/span><span class=\"lj-spoiler-body\">Rebecca<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>watch the full episode:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/l.lj-toys.com\/?auth_token=sessionless%3A1788314400%3Aembedcontent%3A3616053%262187173%26%26%26youtube%26uNsGpg6OdwM%3Abadc179af3e875f7a205cdc9cab62f914fe3c1c5&amp;noads=&amp;vid=uNsGpg6OdwM&amp;preview=&amp;source=youtube&amp;journalid=3616053&amp;moduleid=2187173\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"lj_embedcontent\" allowfullscreen=\"\" name=\"embed_3616053_2187173\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/DaqXElZIa4J\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DcwYK4hjTBB\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/Dcwb7VZlDk4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/uNsGpg6OdwM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com\/132806487.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>this year&#8217;s contestants https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/DaqXElZIa4J 12&#215;8: Literary Icons Week The five remaining sewers must channel their inner bookworm in a series of challenges celebrating literary icons. For the Pattern Challenge, the judges ask the sewers to create literature\u2019s most iconic piece of headwear, the deerstalker worn by Arthur Conan Doyle\u2019s character Sherlock Holmes. 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