What I've been watching (168/365)

[white_hart]

The current series of The Great British Sewing Bee came to an end last night. I very much enjoyed watching it, though it did seem as though they were making an awful lot of dresses. Or maybe they always made lots of dresses and I just noticed more this time because I was in a watchalong group on Facebook and people kept saying "I'd wear that" and I wouldn't wear any of them? Anyway, I was pleased by the final result; the winner was the person who I'd had as favourite from week 1 (though I would also have been happy to see one of the other finalists win; the third I felt was probably not really quite up to it).

While I was waiting for Sewing Bee to start last night I watched the first two episodes of We Are Lady Parts on All4. This is a comedy series about an all-female Muslim punk band and so far I'm loving it.

T and I are rewatching This Life, which is on Britbox. This involves regularly shouting "Egg, you muppet!" and "Miles, you wanker!" at the TV, with an occasional foray into "Fuck off with your biphobia, Warren!". Although even the women, who seemed reasonably sympathetic nearly quarter of a century ago, are fairly awful viewed from middle age. (The series also turns out to feature a very early appearance by a young Martin Freeman. And apparently the "10 years on" special, which cannot possibly have been almost 15 years ago, features an early experience by a young Jodie Whittaker.)

Comments

[alithea]

Yes, I think it's just been dress heavy at the end. I agree on the winner, although I think it would have been even closer if it was not for that raw hem!

[antisoppist]

I agree and about the raw hem too. You can't win if you didn't finish it. Generally good sewing skills will win over amazing design skills but ideally you have to have both and the winner knew that and deliberately demonstrated out-of-comfort-zone design in the final task.

I was surprised no-one had done one of those buttonholes before though. I found them easier than the thread sort. Though I have discovered my sewing machine has a buttonhole foot and possibly they are easier with one of those. I am about to find out.