Patrick Grant
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Series SeasonSeason 8 episodes2022
The Great British Sewing Bee
Series 8
Sara Pascoe hosts as 12 talented home sewers create beautiful garments.
Episodes
Each episode has its own detail page.
Episode 158 min2022-04-27
Capsule Wardrobe
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.
Episode 257 min2022-05-04
Sports Week
The sewers make a pair of high-top trainers for Sports Week. They also create daywear from old netball kits, and they fit a sports jacket inspired by their sporting hero.
Episode 358 min2022-05-11
Summer Week
It’s summer week, and the sewers make light and airy outfits, including a summer dress, a creation from old hammocks and a two-piece trouser co-ord for a man or a woman.
Episode 458 min2022-05-18
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Week
Scraps are put to use in Reduce, Reuse, Recycle week to create quilted patchwork jackets. Old coats are given a new lease of life, and second-hand duvets become maxi dresses.
Episode 558 min2022-05-25
Children's Week
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.
Episode 658 min2022-06-01
Music Week
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.
Episode 758 min2022-06-08
Lingerie & Night Wear Week
A lace bra and knicker set tests the sewers before they turn thermals into daywear. They must then fit a pair of luxury pyjamas to their male models
Episode 858 min2022-06-15
1930s Week
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.
Episode 958 min2022-06-22
Japanese Week - Semi Fina
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.
Episode 1058 min2022-06-29
Party Week - Final
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.