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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 Fan Favorite
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    The Great British Sewing Bee Season 4 Episode 7 - Puzzling Patterns
    9.1/10(9 votes)

    #1 - Puzzling Patterns

    S4:E7

    It's the semi-final with just four sewers left to battle it out to for a place in the final. All that stands in the way are three challenges designed by judges, Patrick Grant and Esme Young. This week they want to test the sewers' knowledge of complex patterns and pattern cutting. For the Pattern Challenge, the sewers are tasked with making an asymmetric yoked skirt inspired by modern Japanese pattern cutting.

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  2. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 5 Episode 8 - Special Occasion Week
    9.0/10(11 votes)

    #2 - Special Occasion Week

    S5:E8

    The three finalists take on a trio of evening wear challenges. The judges begin by asking the sewers to follow the most complex pattern yet, a double-breasted waistcoat.

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  3. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 1 Episode 1 - Episode 1
    8.8/10(21 votes)

    #3 - Episode 1

    S1:E1

    Contestants make an A-line dress, alter a top and create a made-to-measure dress.

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  4. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 3 Episode 5 - Semifinal: Tricky Fabrics
    8.8/10(9 votes)

    #4 - Semifinal: Tricky Fabrics

    S3:E5

    Amateur sewers test their sewing and dressmaking skills. It's the semi-final, and the five remaining sewers take on a set of tasks working with tricky and technical fabrics.

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  5. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 4 Episode 1 - Construction
    8.8/10(11 votes)

    #5 - Construction

    S4:E1

    Under the scrutiny of Savile Row's Patrick Grant and Central St Martin's Esme Young, ten fresh-faced home sewers face three challenges designed to test their skill and understanding of basic garment construction. First the sewers follow a pattern for a woman's top made up of four pieces.

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  6. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 5 Episode 5 - Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle Week
    8.8/10(11 votes)

    #6 - Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle Week

    S5:E5

    The fashion industry is the biggest polluter of our planet next to oil, so for the first time on The Great British Sewing Bee, it is Reduce, Reuse and Recycle Week.

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  7. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 5 Episode 6 - British and Irish Fabric Week
    8.8/10(10 votes)

    #7 - British and Irish Fabric Week

    S5:E6

    With Joe Lycett hosting, the quarter-finalists face British and Irish fabrics week. Patrick Grant and Esme Young ask the sewers to create a ‘worker's jacket’ from linen.

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  8. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 5 Episode 7 - World Sewing Week
    8.8/10(10 votes)

    #8 - World Sewing Week

    S5:E7

    Joe Lycett hosts the semi-final, as the four remaining sewers go global, taking on garments and techniques from around the world.

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  9. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 9 Episode 4 - Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
    8.8/10(14 votes)

    #9 - Reduce, Reuse and Recycle

    S9:E4

    It’s Week 4, and the remaining sewers create zero-waste trousers, upcycle tote bags and repurpose crochet blankets in Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. week.

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  10. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 9 Episode 10 - Finals Week
    8.8/10(11 votes)

    #10 - Finals Week

    S9:E10

    It’s the final of The Great British Sewing Bee, and after challenges including a Victoriana dress, fabulous men’s outfits and a two-in-one dress, only one sewer will be crowned winner.

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  11. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 5 Episode 4 - Technical Fabric Week
    8.7/10(12 votes)

    #11 - Technical Fabric Week

    S5:E4

    The fabrics in the haberdashery go technical, as the seven remaining home sewers take on man-made fabrics designed for sport and the great outdoors.

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  12. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 6 Episode 10 - Celebration Week
    8.7/10(12 votes)

    #12 - Celebration Week

    S6:E10

    The competition reaches its dramatic denouement as the final three sewers tackle celebration wear challenges and the series winner is crowned.

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  13. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 7 Episode 8 - Music and the Movies Week
    8.7/10(9 votes)

    #13 - Music and the Movies Week

    S7:E8

    Joe Lycett hosts as the five remaining sewers tackle challenges inspired by music and the movies, taking on garments and techniques from the silver screen. First, they must follow a pattern like none they’ve encountered before, as judges Patrick Grant and Esme Young ask them to make a dress inspired by Baby from Dirty Dancing. The techniques involved in creating the iconic dance dress include a tightly fitted bodice and perfect full circle skirt. Next up, it’s the Transformation Challenge, and just like Julie Andrews's Maria in The Sound of Music, the sewers are asked to adapt old curtains into play clothes for children. For their final challenge, the Made to Measure, the sewers take on the disco era with an outfit inspired by the movie Dreamgirls.

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  14. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 8 Episode 4 - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Week
    8.7/10(13 votes)

    #14 - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Week

    S8:E4

    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.

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  15. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 9 Episode 7 - 90's Week
    8.7/10(15 votes)

    #15 - 90's Week

    S9:E7

    It's Week 7, and we’re going back to the 90s with cargo pants, 90s icon fancy dress and body-skimming supermodel dresses.

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  16. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 3 Episode 2 - Children's Clothes
    8.6/10(10 votes)

    #16 - Children's Clothes

    S3:E2

    Amateur sewers test their sewing and dressmaking skills. The nine remaining amateur sewers are tested on their ability to make clothes on a miniature scale.

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  17. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 4 Episode 2 - Children's Clothes
    8.6/10(9 votes)

    #17 - Children's Clothes

    S4:E2

    Nine amateur sewers return, ready to show judges Patrick Grant and Esme Young that they can make beautiful clothes on a miniature scale. Claudia Winkleman sets the sewers three challenges, each designed to test different fabric handling skills on children's clothing.

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  18. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 4 Episode 3 - Lingerie
    8.6/10(8 votes)

    #18 - Lingerie

    S4:E3

    Eight sewers return to the sewing room to take on delicate lingerie. The three demanding challenges require the sewers to work with the fiddliest of pattern pieces and the most delicate fabric. First they follow a pattern for a bra which proves testing for even the most dextrous of sewers, requiring precision engineering and some of the smallest pattern pieces ever seen in the sewing room.

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  19. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 5 Episode 1 - Cotton Week
    8.6/10(14 votes)

    #19 - Cotton Week

    S5:E1

    Joe Lycett presents as the sewers create a 'wiggle dress' and transform three items of denim clothing, before having to fit real live models with made-to-measure jumpsuits.

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  20. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 5 Episode 3 - 70's Week
    8.6/10(12 votes)

    #20 - 70's Week

    S5:E3

    With Joe Lycett hosting, the remaining home sewers head back in time to the 1970s, attempting to revive the glamorous, rebellious and sometimes ridiculous, style of the decade.

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  21. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 6 Episode 8 - World Sewing Week
    8.6/10(11 votes)

    #21 - World Sewing Week

    S6:E8

    Five sewers do battle in the quarter-final, where they must master techniques and styles from France, Spain and the Philippines.

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  22. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 6 Episode 9 - Movie Week
    8.6/10(11 votes)

    #22 - Movie Week

    S6:E9

    For their semi-final challenge, the four remaining sewers go to the movies, taking on garments and techniques from the silver screen.

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  23. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 7 Episode 1 - Week One
    8.6/10(12 votes)

    #23 - Week One

    S7:E1

    The sewing competition returns for a seventh series and in week one the judges settle the contestants in with a trio of challenges based on everyday wardrobe staples - sleeveless blouses, t-shirts and dresses.

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  24. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 9 Episode 5 - Art Week
    8.6/10(14 votes)

    #24 - Art Week

    S9:E5

    It’s Week 5 and Art Week as the sewers take on modernist skirts, transform canvasses and make surrealist, made-to-measure dresses.

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  25. The Great British Sewing Bee Season 1 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    8.5/10(16 votes)

    #25 - Episode 2

    S1:E2

    Contestants follow a men's trouser pattern and create a made-to-measure silk blouse.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Puzzling Patterns" is the best rated episode of "The Great British Sewing Bee". It scored 9.1/10 based on 9 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 6/27/2016. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Special Occasion Week".